Help Make "LEGO TECHNIC" Wikipedia Article Better

[DLuders]

Wikipedia.com is widely regarded as being the best online encyclopedia for various topics. I typed in the words "Lego Technic" on that website, and got this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Technic . Since I noticed that there were two Power Functions elements not listed in a table, I created an Wikipedia account and, after about 10 minutes, added the missing items. I also added an External Link to Blakbird's Technicopedia (http://www.ericalbrecht.com/technic/ -- thanks, Eric!).

If you read the article and see what it includes, are there any MAJOR OMISSIONS? It could be that many Technic "newbies" use Wikipedia to start their internet searches. Be advised that Wikipedia is an ENCYCLOPEDIA and (thus) should be objective in content. What should be added to make this article better?

[paul_delahaye]

Also this little wind up motor from the creator set is considered power functions

and this light brick as well

and a sound brick as well

Edited March 14, 2010 by paul_delahaye

[DLuders]

Also this little wind up motor from the creator set is considered power functions....and this light brick as well....and a sound brick as well

Good catch. I added the windup motor to the Wikipedia article (since it had the words "Power Functions" in its Bricklink.com part description). However, the light brick and sound brick from the two Power Functions-enabled sets you referenced don't have "Power Functions" included in their Part Descriptions, so I left them out.

[legoman777]

Linear acutator

[Blakbird]

Wikipedia.com is widely regarded as being the best online encyclopedia for various topics. I typed in the words "Lego Technic" on that website, and got this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Technic . Since I noticed that there were two Power Functions elements not listed in a table, I created an Wikipedia account and, after about 10 minutes, added the missing items. I also added an External Link to Blakbird's Technicopedia (http://www.ericalbrecht.com/technic/ -- thanks, Eric!).

Thanks for the link. I don't have a Wikipedia account, but if you'd like to use any of the text I've prepared in the "history" section of Technicopedia, you are welcome to do so. Just include and attribution.

I've perused that article before and found it to be a bit deficient. Not that there is anything wrong with what it says, it just seems very very brief and therefore misses a lot of high points. On the other hand, this comment is coming from someone rather insane about Technic who has spent countless hours writing about it, so maybe my opinion is a bit off center.

[DLuders]

Thanks for the link. I don't have a Wikipedia account, but if you'd like to use any of the text I've prepared in the "history" section of Technicopedia, you are welcome to do so. Just include and attribution.

I just added hyperlinks in the Wikipedia article for each of Blakbird's year-by-year history of Technic (from his Technicopedia History pages 1978-1994). They are very comprehensive and well-written.

"Legoman777", please note that the Linear Actuator is already mentioned just below the Power Functions list of components: "The Power Functions line-up also includes a Linear Actuator currently not sold separately, but already used in many models like the 8294 Excavator."