Difference between revisions of "The Falkland Wiki"
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font-weight:bold; border:transparent; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Welcome!</h2> | font-weight:bold; border:transparent; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Welcome!</h2> | ||
[[File:Mill Wynd.jpg|thumb|right|150px|An old house in [[Mill Wynd]], since demolished]] | [[File:Mill Wynd.jpg|thumb|right|150px|An old house in [[Mill Wynd]], since demolished]] | ||
− | Welcome to '''Falkland | + | Welcome to '''The Falkland Wiki''' – the online encyclopaedia of Falkland and its tangible heritage - |
archaeology, buildings, landscape and some of the people who have helped to make Falkland the special place that it is. | archaeology, buildings, landscape and some of the people who have helped to make Falkland the special place that it is. | ||
− | This site is maintained by volunteers from | + | This site is maintained by volunteers from '''[[The Falkland Society]]'''. It was created to preserve and display the outcome of '''The Falkland Listed Buildings Survey''', |
its history, previous names, and special features. Starting on World Photography Day, 19 August 2020, | its history, previous names, and special features. Starting on World Photography Day, 19 August 2020, | ||
volunteers have been taking photographs of buildings throughout the town. | volunteers have been taking photographs of buildings throughout the town. | ||
+ | We are progessively adding '''what3words''' references to the articles about individual buildings, using a combination of three English words to identify a particular 3-metre square location on the Earth's surface. See [https://what3words.com/about https://what3words.com/about] for more details. | ||
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Why not check out our associated websites: [https://falklandsociety.org.uk/ The Falkland Society] and [https://historicfalkland.scot/ Historic Falkland]. | Why not check out our associated websites: [https://falklandsociety.org.uk/ The Falkland Society] and [https://historicfalkland.scot/ Historic Falkland]. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:05, 11 March 2024
Will you help us expand this site to document our history and our heritage? Email us at news@falklandsociety.org.uk if you'd like to get involved.
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