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What is Elephant Talk?

Elephant Talk, also affectionately known as ET, was originally a digest-format newsletter distributed by electronic mail, and available on the WWW. It was started in August 1991 by its editor and moderator, Toby Howard. The Elephant Talk Web site got its own domain name in December 1997, and is maintained by Daniel Kirkdorffer. The newsletter allowed readers and contributors to swap information, write reviews, answer queries, collaborate on discographies, transcribe music, or just chat about frippery in general. The Web site serves as an archive of content from the newsletter, as well as additional content sent in by enthusiasts. Robert Fripp read the Elephant Talk newsletter, and occasionally contributed. The newsletter was discontinued after 1251 issues, and over 15 years of chit-chat, but the complete archives can be found at the searchable archives.

What is ETWiki?

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So ETWiki is exactly what you'd expect it to be: the number one site for information about King Crimson and Robert Fripp. The difference now is everyone can contribute directly. All you need to do is establish an account and login to be able to edit unprotected content.

We'll still have folks around to maintain a little order, but if you are familiar with Wikipedia and other similar wiki sites, you will hopefully feel comfortable here.

Donations Always Welcome

Although both ETWiki is a completely free resource, and will always remain so, it inevitably has running costs, such as hosting and domain name fees. If you'd care to make a donation, however small, towards the upkeep of ETWiki, we'd be very grateful.

Another way you can help out is by occasionally visiting the links in the Google Ads we're running in the sidebar. We hope these are unobtrusive to the eye, but they might actually help pay for this site if we get a decent click through rate.

ETWiki News

May 21, 2009

Bill Bruford has written a wonderful autobiography all of his fans should buy and read. It is a frank look at every aspect of his career, the highs and lows, the sublime and the suffering memories. The book bounces around topics, so it reads less like a chronological account, and more like an analysis and discourse of a varied and unique forty year career in music. And happy belated 60th birthday Bill!

May 18, 2009

Welcome back!

If you're reading this then you've arrived at the new ETWiki web host following our move. A few things may still not be fully in place, but hopefully soon we'll be as good as new, and hopefully better.

Update
The upgrade is complete. If you have any issues, please let me know. Enjoy!

Daniel K 07:52, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

May 16, 2009

ETWiki is moving to a new home, but we're going to do this on our terms.

If you've been reading past news updates (below) you will know that our current Web host had sold our account with others to a new hosting company. They were to move our site sometime over the past week. This was not an arrangement that we had asked for, and looking at the new hosting company's infrastructure and customer support, it wasn't one I looked forward to using.

So instead I've found a new hosting company, that seems to be a better choice, at a lower cost. The timing is perfect because our yearly contract comes up for renewal in early June anyway. So over the next few days I will be moving the site there. Hopefully with minimal disruption. Once done, full edit access will be restored to ETWiki.

Fun times.

Stay tuned.

Daniel K 16:57, 16 May 2009 (CDT)