Welcome
Welcome to the Reardan History wiki. This is a place to collect and share stories and photos about Reardan, a small farming town in eastern Washington state. The main collection of historical photographs is from holdings at the Reardan Memorial Library, the Lincoln County Historical Society, and a collection of photographs of Dan Plaster, a local photographer, and other photographs found on the Internet.
Contributing
For now, this is an open wiki which means anyone can contribute text and pictures without logging in. You can easily correct simple typos and misspellings. You can add to and clarify existing stories. You can add your own stories. Adding pictures is harder than I would like as it is a two step process: upload the picture from the menu on the left and then add a link to the photo in the text.
With this power goes that anyone can also edit what you post. This allows others to correct typographical errors or to provide other perspectives on a story. It can get messy. At the top of each page is a discussion button which allows a side discussion about the article or an image without changing the main text. The View History button can be used to see the changes made to a page over time including who made the change and when.
Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
Respect Your Neighbors
The main general rule is to respect your neighbors. This is not a place for current political discussions or to entertain gossip. Some stories may involve the discussion of past politics, but again, be as factual as possible and try not to promote an ideology. Make sure all images uploaded are G rated.
This website is run as a benevolent dictatorship; administrators have the final word about disagreements and may elect to block individuals or persons from future contributing. This is not a democracy nor does it protect anyone's right to free speech. It is hoped and expected that we can all play nicely and build this site together.
Sharing
This website wants to encourage sharing of contributions. That means that what you post can be used by others, as long as it is not commercial and they attribute where they got the material. You should not post copyrighted material without the written permission of the copyright holder. (Much of the current content violates this principle.)
How To Begin
You can search for a name or top with the search box at the top of this page. This will find the occurrence of a name or word on any page where it appears. You can try one of the major topics below, or you can pick a random page from the menu at the left [on desktop versions].
See Things to Do for work items in progress. See also Recent Changes to the wiki for the latest additions and modifications to the wiki.