THE BOGLEHEADSSM WIKI:
A Valuable Reservoir of Investor Information
One of the most overlooked parts of the highly successful Bogleheads™ community is its wiki. While the Bogleheads.org forum gets most of the attention from both members, visitors, and the press, there is an often-overlooked wealth of valuable information available at no cost on the BogleheadsSM wiki. One visit to that part of the Bogleheads.org site is all that’s needed to convince visitors that they should probably bookmark this valuable resource for further exploration.
Background
Initially started by Boglehead Barry Barnitz in 2008, the wiki has expanded over the past few years with the addition of a dedicated group of Boglehead editors and contributors. Since wikis are always a work in progress, the information available continues to expand both in new subject matter and with additions and refinements to existing topics.
History
Ken Schwartz recorded some of the initial groundbreaking history of the wiki in his wiki page, Bogleheads™ wiki history.
Barry Barnitz elaborated by stating the following. “I first got the notion about incorporating a wiki into my blog page from a forum conversation in which Alex mentioned that a wiki was a future consideration for the forum.”
“Secondly, I posted some material on Dan Kohn's wiki, my first experience with the medium. I wanted a medium for writing some longer pieces than is practical for a blog, so I created a wiki (using a free public available wiki platform) and placed in on my blog.”
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