Chris,
First of all, thank you so much for your contributions so far on ReefPedia. And thank you for taking the time to contact me. I really do think that ReefPedia is a site before its time, and that as people become more accustomed to Wikis, it will take off. But for the most part, it has been a one man (me) show. I promoted it heavily at first and got some good contributions, but a Wiki is definitely a community and the community aspect hasn't really taken hold.
I appreciate how organized and well thought-out Wikipedia is, but it was also an evolution getting there. As I tried adding more instructions and standards, I realized I was just confusing things for people who are already either overwhelmed or intimidated by the Wiki nature of the site. So I purposely kept things simple, in hopes that those standards and structures would evolve with the site.
Also, while ReefPedia was something I had a good amount of time to promote at first, I got promoted at work and had to focus on the paying job. So my progress on promoting and developing the site has slowed to a crawl. Honestly, I think it needs some TLC but more than anything the idea of a reef aquarium wiki needs time.
As far as how things should look and feel, I made templates for fish, coral and invert pages for that reason as well as to simplify things for people. Rather than telling people how to do things (which again I think there may be already too much of), I thought I would try to do it for them.
I'm definitely not the world's best wiki admin, but I really do believe that as the hobby and the Internet evolve together, this place could be the next ReefCentral (only nicer I hope, LOL.)
I would L-O-V-E your help with this project in any way you'd be willing to contribute. I would be happy to upgrade you to admin status immediately.
By the way, sounds like our day jobs are yet another source of common ground. I'm a creative director at an interactive marketing agency.
Thanks again
Travis