Help:Wiki Community

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Why we need YOU! The Xen.org Wiki has existed for some time and as with many Wiki's contains a lot of content that is out-of-date, or not relevant any more. We decided to migrate to a new MediaWiki based wiki, which allows us a fresh start. We hope to be able to mobilize Xen community members and are planning a number of regular activities and approaches: Regular Document Days on IRC Recognize community members for their contributions Make new Wiki much more manageable by using Categories and other proven Wiki tools

Wiki Conventions

We want to make it as wasy as possible for users to use and find content in the new Wiki and also ensure that the Wiki remains up-to-ate.

Useful Built-in Wiki Pages

These pages will help editors spot pages that need work.

Changes	Missing Content	Manage Pages
Recent Changes	Wanted Pages »» Create page	Uncategorized Pages »» Categorize
Related Changes	Wanted Files »» Upload file	Action Needed »» Needs deletion, refactor, review, ...
	Wanted Categories »» Create category	TODO Item »» Contains TODO item
	Wanted Templates »» Create template

Managing Pages via Templates

Templates to help manage content
Template	When to use
Template:Needs_Archive	Indicates that this page needs to be archived. Please specify a reason why.
Template:Needs_Delete	Indicates that this page needs to be deleted. Please specify a reason why.
Template:Needs_Refactor	Indicates that this page needs to be refactored, such as merging or splitting. Please be concrete about the reason and proposed ocurse of action.
Template:Needs_Review	Indicates that this page needs to be reviewed. If specific parts of the page need reviewing or are incorrect, please state in the macro.
Template:Needs_Rewrite	Indicates that this page needs to be rewritten; in other words it is useful but contains lots of errors. Please provide more information in the macro.
Template:Needs_Recategorize	Indicates that this page needs to be properly categorized. Please specify a reason why.
Template:TODO	This is a generic template that indicates that something needs to be done to this page. Should only be used if the more specific templates are not applicable.
Other more generic templates
Template	When to use
Template:Info	This is a generic info box, which highlights some information about this page.
Template:Warning	This is a generic warning box, which highlights some information about this page that typically warns the user of something.

Also see:

• Help on Templates
• Example:

  {{Info|This is an infobox with this text in the box}}

Improving Navigation through Categories

Common Categories

Categories by audience
Category	When to use
Category:Users	This document is for users of Xen or any project hosted on Xen.org
Category:Beginners	This document is primarily targetted at beginners. Note that this category should primarily be used together with Category:Users.
Category:Developers	This document is for developers of Xen or any project hosted on Xen.org
Category:Project	This document is primarily a project document such as a roadmap, TODO lis, minutes, etc. for a project hosted on Xen.org
Category:Community	This document is a community document that doesn't fit elsewhere. It is intended for general information of Xen and the community at large
Categories by lifetime
Category	When to use
Category:Transient	This document has a limited lifespan (e.g. it describes an event or a short-lived activity). Pages in this category should be reviewed at least annually and archived appropriately.
Category:Archived	This document has been archived. TODO:We probably will need archive versions of some Categories
Categories by document type (note that these should be used in conjunction with audience categories)
Category	When to use
Category:Overview	This document contains an Overview document for a specific topic. Overviews are typically introductory and contain definitions, trade-offs, basic concepts, etc.
Category:FAQ	This document contains one or several frequently asked questions including answers
Category:HowTo	This document contains a HowTo document, which usually is a short tutorial
Category:Tutorial	This document contains a step-by-step tutorial for a fairly complex use-case
Category:Compatibility	This document contains a information about software - software, software - hardware and other compatibility.
Category:Index	This document is largely an index to other pages.

Other Categories

These sections still need to be written.