Based on some other threads it looks there are number of folks who would like to increase the public's recognition/understanding of the Cal Specials. Well, one way would be to write up a Wikipedia entry for California Special.
If you are not familiar with it, Wikipedia is an on-line encyclopedia. A wiki is (roughly) a website that allows for on-line collaborative authoring. So Wikipedia is an on-line collaborative encyclopedia - anyone can add content. At first blush this sounds like a recipe for misinformation/disinformation but it actually works pretty well as others correct/edit material and act as a check-and-balance system. In fact, I read that there were fewer (but possibly more egregious) errors in wikipedia than in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Anyway, the use of Wikipedia is increasing exponentially. I use it almost as often as Google to find information (usually by typing "subject wikipedia" in a Google seach line). Example: I was watching "United 93" (good movie) last week and I wanted to get a timeline for the 9-11 attack to read before I saw the movie so that I could understand the detailed event sequence in the movie. I typed in "9-11 Timeline wikipedia" in a Google search and got an incredibly detailed timeline for what happened along with a huge number of hyperlinks embedded in the text.
Anyway, lots of people are using wikipedia so if someone who (1) has the time (I dont) and (2) wants to be a budding author they might like to try putting together a wikipedia entry for the California Special. Right now when you Google "California Special Mustang Wikipedia" you end up on the page for the Mustang which has a single line about the GT/CS being a special edition mustang. And no link to the californiaspecial.com website (which, by the way, can be added to that page by anyone). As comparison the Shelby Mustang has a rather nice page w/lots-o-links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Mustang
Anyway, this was just a thought. Again, I would take a shot at doing a page but I just dont have the time...
If you are not familiar with it, Wikipedia is an on-line encyclopedia. A wiki is (roughly) a website that allows for on-line collaborative authoring. So Wikipedia is an on-line collaborative encyclopedia - anyone can add content. At first blush this sounds like a recipe for misinformation/disinformation but it actually works pretty well as others correct/edit material and act as a check-and-balance system. In fact, I read that there were fewer (but possibly more egregious) errors in wikipedia than in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Anyway, the use of Wikipedia is increasing exponentially. I use it almost as often as Google to find information (usually by typing "subject wikipedia" in a Google seach line). Example: I was watching "United 93" (good movie) last week and I wanted to get a timeline for the 9-11 attack to read before I saw the movie so that I could understand the detailed event sequence in the movie. I typed in "9-11 Timeline wikipedia" in a Google search and got an incredibly detailed timeline for what happened along with a huge number of hyperlinks embedded in the text.
Anyway, lots of people are using wikipedia so if someone who (1) has the time (I dont) and (2) wants to be a budding author they might like to try putting together a wikipedia entry for the California Special. Right now when you Google "California Special Mustang Wikipedia" you end up on the page for the Mustang which has a single line about the GT/CS being a special edition mustang. And no link to the californiaspecial.com website (which, by the way, can be added to that page by anyone). As comparison the Shelby Mustang has a rather nice page w/lots-o-links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Mustang
Anyway, this was just a thought. Again, I would take a shot at doing a page but I just dont have the time...
. You may, just may, want to include some info in the GT/CS writeup on the connection of Shelby Little Red/Green Hornet on the GT/CS page (since, I figure, you are *the* expert on them). This of course would warrant a link from the Shelby page. And voila, now all the Shelby fans will follow the links Shelby -> Little Red, GT/CS and say "Wow, I didnt know that!".
