I have removed the wiki. It never got much traffic, and MeritBadge.org has begun adding learning resources to their pages. I would encourage you to help them in that effort. Thanks.

Took a lot longer than anticipated, but we finally got the Internet connection up.

This site will be down June 24th to June 28th.  I will be moving to Orem, Utah during that time.  I’ll be working to get my internet connection up as soon as possible.

Our hearts go to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

The Scout motto ‘Be Prepared’ includes not only being prepared to handle anything that comes our way, but also to be prepared to render assistance to those who need it, even if they are thousands of miles away.

Please take the time to contribute something to help the relief efforts.

I hope you’re all having a great holiday season. May your holidays be full of kindness and charity!

We now have 200 signatures on the petition for BSA to provide advancement materials online. We’ve made a lot of progress in a few short months.

Of course, we hope for the day we have 2000 signatures!

The way I think we will get there is to keep working on the wiki. I think if everyone researched one good link per week and added it to the wiki, it would soon be full of useful information that would draw in Scouters around the country.

So please pick your favorite merit badge and give a Scout some help with his merit badge!

A contributor named Sgwerk has done a lot to get the requirements for a lot of badges listed. We also have some resources listed.

If you know of a good online resource to help Scouts learn about a badge topic, please sign up and contribute!

The wiki got spammed pretty good this weekend.  I had to undo several page changes and disable anonymous edits.  We’ve had a couple people sign up for accounts, but we need to get some content on the wiki.  I’ll start trying to get the requirements listed.

I’ve begun the most basic outline for the wiki, with all the badge pages at least enumerated if not created.  There are two sets of pages: one for Scouts and one for Counselors.  For the Scouts’ pages, we need contributors to list the requirements and links to relevant information regarding the requirement.  For the Counselors’ pages, we need lesson & presentation ideas, personal experiences, etc.

Meritbadge.org can be a good way to get the requirements, but please don’t just scrape their pages.  We’re not trying to copy them anyway.  Also, please don’t copy material directly out of merit badge pamphlets, and definitely don’t link to scanned pamphlets.

As the wiki grows, we’ll promote some core users to editors so they can help police the wiki.

As we grow the wiki, please let your friends know about the petition.  We have 160 signatures in only 1.5 months, and I know there are many out there who feel Free Advancement will be beneficial to our Scouts.