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==Description==
==Description==
The ukcider wiki was created in January 2005 to serve an existing community which still communicates mainly through a public email list. The wiki promotes the availabilty and production of what we consider to be quality cider through listing outlets ( pubs and shops) producers, and festivals, advising small scale and home cider makers, and collecting together any other information which may be informative, entertaining or organisational. A particular sucess has been the [http://ukcider.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Cider_Pub_Guide ukcider  guide] which grew to list over 750 {{tag|pubs}} by August 2006 and largely displaces the previous printed "Good cider guide" through being more comprehensive, accurate and up to date. Also of note is the section devoted to [http://ukcider.co.uk/wiki/index.php/The_Cidermaking_Year_by_Rose_Grant Cider by Rosie: Diary of a Dorset Cider maker]  
The ukcider wiki was created in January 2005 to serve an existing community which still communicates mainly through a public email list. The wiki promotes the availability and production of what we consider to be quality cider through listing outlets ( pubs and shops) producers, and festivals, advising small scale and home cider makers, and collecting together any other information which may be informative, entertaining or organisational. A particular success has been the [http://ukcider.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Cider_Pub_Guide ukcider  guide] which grew to list over 750 {{tag|pubs}} by August 2006 and largely displaces the previous printed "Good cider guide" through being more comprehensive, accurate and up to date. Also of note is the section devoted to [http://ukcider.co.uk/wiki/index.php/The_Cidermaking_Year_by_Rose_Grant Cider by Rosie: Diary of a Dorset Cider maker]  


The process of starting the wiki was [http://frankieroberto.com/dad/ultrastudents/andyroberts/year2/AEreport/AEtool.html documented] by it's creator [[Andy Roberts]] as part of an undergraduate research project.
The process of starting the wiki was [http://frankieroberto.com/dad/ultrastudents/andyroberts/year2/AEreport/AEtool.html documented] by it's creator [[Andy Roberts]] as part of an undergraduate research project.
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