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Therrin · 14th February 2008, 03:28 AM

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Do you feel that the description, and the pictures, truly justify what an ARBORIST really is???

THIS IS THE PAGE THE WORLD IS SEEING, WHEN THEY LOOK UP "ARBORIST" ON THE LARGEST, MOST WIDELY USED USER-COMPOSED ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA!!!!

Someone types "arborist" in Google, Yahoo, or any other search engine, and THIS is what they see!!

Real Arborists need a TRUE global presence.

Are you actually comfortable or satisfied with that?? Let's join together and make a difference on this site, let's revamp it, put up some pictures of REAL arborists doing REAL tree work, get rid of the untrue information, and tell the world what ARBORISTS really are!

I feel this is a project we all should partake in as Wikipedia can be edited by any inividual, and that coming at it as an entire site (forum) we'll have much more effect.
There's 2 or 3 people running the whole show, all Americans, and the entire page has an American slant. Let's get a host of worldwide arborists in there. There is no mention of procedures or certs given by international arborist, and besides that, alot of the information is outdated, invalid, narrow-sighted, and doesn't appear to be written by any "TRUE" arborists.

The first picture is alright,

The second picture is horrid!! We're showing an arborist as someone who wears no helmet, no chaps, no eye protection, leaves stub cuts everywhere!
Is this what we want the world to see as a true arborist?
The third picture is too far away to see what's really happening, it's the same guy, nothing special is being shown, no rigging... let's get some new people and some new up here!

The fourth picture is some landscaping nursery guy pruning a 10 foot tree! There's a 'token' chainsaw lying in the picture, with a bar 20" longer than the dbh of the tree.

The fifth picture show's some guy in an auditorium... forget this pansy stuff, let's show people who are using RIGGING! Show some of AceMaster's stuff, doing craning operations on HUGE eucs, show some precision felling, show Quercus using his gear to prune something without using gaffs.

Let's show and explain that arborists are CLIMBERS! That they can do tree work without using gaffs, that they are familiar with a wide range of equipment that includes bucket trucks, but when it all comes down to it, they can still get in the tree themself an actually do the work!

Also, seperate pages should be made for "ARBORIST" and "CONSULTING ARBORIST", which give the complete outlook of the two, and at least one of the pages telling how they're different types of professions.

14th February 2008, 03:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Therrin The Tree World Bandit Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancaster, Ca Posts: 1,414	HELP!! - Wikipedia Definition of "Arborist" Unregistered, Go to : Arborist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Do you feel that the description, and the pictures, truly justify what an ARBORIST really is??? THIS IS THE PAGE THE WORLD IS SEEING, WHEN THEY LOOK UP "ARBORIST" ON THE LARGEST, MOST WIDELY USED USER-COMPOSED ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA!!!! Someone types "arborist" in Google, Yahoo, or any other search engine, and THIS is what they see!! Real Arborists need a TRUE global presence. Are you actually comfortable or satisfied with that?? Let's join together and make a difference on this site, let's revamp it, put up some pictures of REAL arborists doing REAL tree work, get rid of the untrue information, and tell the world what ARBORISTS really are! I feel this is a project we all should partake in as Wikipedia can be edited by any inividual, and that coming at it as an entire site (forum) we'll have much more effect. There's 2 or 3 people running the whole show, all Americans, and the entire page has an American slant. Let's get a host of worldwide arborists in there. There is no mention of procedures or certs given by international arborist, and besides that, alot of the information is outdated, invalid, narrow-sighted, and doesn't appear to be written by any "TRUE" arborists. The first picture is alright, The second picture is horrid!! We're showing an arborist as someone who wears no helmet, no chaps, no eye protection, leaves stub cuts everywhere! Is this what we want the world to see as a true arborist? The third picture is too far away to see what's really happening, it's the same guy, nothing special is being shown, no rigging... let's get some new people and some new up here! The fourth picture is some landscaping nursery guy pruning a 10 foot tree! There's a 'token' chainsaw lying in the picture, with a bar 20" longer than the dbh of the tree. The fifth picture show's some guy in an auditorium... forget this pansy stuff, let's show people who are using RIGGING! Show some of AceMaster's stuff, doing craning operations on HUGE eucs, show some precision felling, show Quercus using his gear to prune something without using gaffs. Let's show and explain that arborists are CLIMBERS! That they can do tree work without using gaffs, that they are familiar with a wide range of equipment that includes bucket trucks, but when it all comes down to it, they can still get in the tree themself an actually do the work! Also, seperate pages should be made for "ARBORIST" and "CONSULTING ARBORIST", which give the complete outlook of the two, and at least one of the pages telling how they're different types of professions. Last edited by Therrin : 14th February 2008 at 04:10 AM.