Thanks for the kind words, guys. It really means a lot. And a big thanks to everyone who's contributed to CollinWiki so far, even if it's just adding a missing comma; it's all important. The more people who join in, the faster we'll get this ball rolling. Although I did create the webpage and have so far contributed the majority of the information found therein, I don't want to think of it as my site. A wiki belongs to no one person but rather a community. It's true, I am very "proud" of the site so far, but nowhere is the site referred to as "Proudhug's CollinWiki". All first person references are pluralized, and I even encourage others to add/edit/change the "important" pages on the site. I look forward to a day when I can go to the site to look something up I need to know.
Now, I by no means mean to knock any of the amazing reference works done by many other fans and writers, but I (not-so-modestly) aspire for CollinWiki to become the source for information on all aspects of Dark Shadows, in one easy-to-use location. It certainly won't supplant everything of course, and I wouldn't want it to, but it can make for a good quick-check site, or even a long, fun leasurely read. Obviously, the wiki-nature of the site creates the possibility of some unreliable information, but I trust with some good editors and admins this can be largely prevented.
I'm very excited about this project and I'm extremely grateful for not only those who've contributed so far, but also for those who share in my excitement and plan to visit regularly. Not only am I new to the whole wiki thing though, I'm still relatively new to Dark Shadows itself, so I'm desperately hoping for some of the more seasoned experts to help us out and expand our group of editors. Most of us have been talking about Dark Shadows for years and still haven't run out of topics to discuss, and ColliWiki gives us a chance to all contribute to the DS community in a new way.
