Introducing Gripperpedia: A Collaborative Resource for Grippers and Gripper Enthusiasts

[liftyzig]

Hi everyone!

As a fellow gripper enthusiast, I’ve been working on a new project I've named Gripperpedia—a community-driven wiki focused on hand grippers, their history, and rare models. I’m not here to replace anything, but to create something that complements what we already have and love. Your insights and contributions would be invaluable. If you’re interested, I’d love your feedback and collaboration to make this resource as comprehensive as possible!

The site is https://www.gripperpedia.com let me know what you think!

[deadgrip]

just registered 🥸

[DoctorOfCrush]

7 minutes ago, deadgrip said:

just registered 🥸

Ditto 🤓🤓

[Grepm.m]

A great contribution! Look forward to following it. 

[dubyagrip]

Cool!  You're on a roll lately between this and your gripsport.org improvements.

[matek]

Very cool!👍 I also registered.
Since you've asked for feedback:

1. I'm looking forward to seeing brand timelines (for me, that's one of the most interesting things about gripper brands).
2. Over time, including lesser brands could be fun as well
3. Categorizing the brands or specific grippers by their characteristics can be useful if someone is looking for a particular gripper (e.g., spread, production year, handle material, not in production, type of spring, special or limited edition)
4. Multiple threads on the Gripboard could be used to make specific pages, including the timelines, and certs, also there were discussions on narrow vs. normal spread gripper ratings, resources, training etc.

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minor, but my password manager is set to create new passwords of 24 characters (and it's up to the password rules of the site: "Password must be at least 8 characters long and contain letters, numbers, and at least one special character."), and it didn't work at the registration. 16 characters worked. And that's fine, just maybe mention the range at the registration screen. 

Edited September 12 by matek

[liftyzig]

2 hours ago, matek said:

Very cool!👍 I also registered.
Since you've asked for feedback:

1. I'm looking forward to seeing brand timelines (for me, that's one of the most interesting things about gripper brands).
2. Over time, including lesser brands could be fun as well
3. Categorizing the brands or specific grippers by their characteristics can be useful if someone is looking for a particular gripper (e.g., spread, production year, handle material, not in production, type of spring, special or limited edition)
4. Multiple threads on the Gripboard could be used to make specific pages, including the timelines, and certs, also there were discussions on narrow vs. normal spread gripper ratings, resources, training etc.

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minor, but my password manager is set to create new passwords of 24 characters (and it's up to the password rules of the site: "Password must be at least 8 characters long and contain letters, numbers, and at least one special character."), and it didn't work at the registration. 16 characters worked. And that's fine, just maybe mention the range at the registration screen. 

Password length shouldnt be an issue, but there was some special characters it wouldnt accept, I've updated that.  As far as everything else you mentioned, I fully agree, and.. it's a wiki and that is all content stuff that you, as part of the community, can add, edit, alter, improve, etc. (and thats kinda the point of it 😄 ).  

I added a "Discussion" link to the site, so that conversations can be had by users there,, not sure if it'll be useful or not but I'm trying things out, it's evolving for sure.

Thanks for the feedback!

 

[TeamGupta]

Great idea!

[EmilBB]

I'm a total dumbass, how do I add things?

For the rating services I would add Gods of Grip (UK) - https://godsofgrip.com/products/hand-gripper-rate-deliver-service?_pos=1&_psq=rati&_ss=e&_v=1.0

[liftyzig]

4 hours ago, EmilBB said:

I'm a total dumbass, how do I add things?

For the rating services I would add Gods of Grip (UK) - https://godsofgrip.com/products/hand-gripper-rate-deliver-service?_pos=1&_psq=rati&_ss=e&_v=1.0

After you've signed up, and the bottom of each page there's an "Edit Coontent" link with will open up a form where you can modify the page.

like this:

[EmilBB]

19 minutes ago, liftyzig said:

After you've signed up, and the bottom of each page there's an "Edit Coontent" link with will open up a form where you can modify the page.

like this:

I don't get the 'edit content' option, I only see 'edit history'.

[liftyzig]

5 minutes ago, EmilBB said:

I don't get the 'edit content' option, I only see 'edit history'.

You have to verify your account by clicking the link in your email before you can edit content.

[Slipshod]

I can potentially offer some time coding (depending on the frameworks used etc) if you need any help with that side of things. I am a professional software engineer not a hobbyist and of course it would be pro bono. 

[EmilBB]

38 minutes ago, liftyzig said:

You have to verify your account by clicking the link in your email before you can edit content.

Works now 😁

[matek]

9 hours ago, liftyzig said:

Password length shouldnt be an issue, but there was some special characters it wouldnt accept, I've updated that.  As far as everything else you mentioned, I fully agree, and.. it's a wiki and that is all content stuff that you, as part of the community, can add, edit, alter, improve, etc. (and thats kinda the point of it 😄 ).  

I added a "Discussion" link to the site, so that conversations can be had by users there,, not sure if it'll be useful or not but I'm trying things out, it's evolving for sure.

Thanks for the feedback!

 

Ah okay, got it. Then probably, I just got "lucky" with the 16 character one not having those characters 👍

And sure, I plan to contribute as well

[devinhoo]

haha, glad I wasn't the only one struggling. I'm very excited to help collaborate on this!

[liftyzig]

15 hours ago, matek said:

4. Multiple threads on the Gripboard could be used to make specific pages, including the timelines, and certs, also there were discussions on narrow vs. normal spread gripper ratings, resources, training etc.

I want to address this point here, especially.  It's very important that we don't plagiarize or "steal" content from sources like Gripboard.  Those posts and the information that was created belong to the people who wrote them and Gripboard.  Sources can be referenced, but they shouldn't ever be directly copied from, I hope that makes sense.  I really want to make Gripperpedia comprehensive but I don't wan't to open up a can of worms as that expense.

[John Knowlton]

just signed up

[povmaciulis ARMLIFTING]

I think GHP certification is sti active no?

[dubyagrip]

32 minutes ago, povmaciulis ARMLIFTING said:

I think GHP certification is sti active no?

No.

[lloyd80s]

What a great idea! If I can support in any way, please let me know.