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Why we need YOU!The Xen.org Wiki has existed for some time and as with many Wiki's contains a lot of content that is out-of-date, or not relevant any more.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:
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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.
| 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| Category:Archived | This document has been archived.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. |
Managing pages via Templates
These sections still need to be written.
Useful Built-in Wiki Pages
We will complete this section once templates have been created
| Changes | Missing Content | Manage Pages |
| Recent Changes | Wanted Pages »» Create page | Uncategorized Pages »» Categorize |
| Related Changes | Wanted Files »» Upload file | |
| Wanted Categories »» Create category | ||
| Wanted Templates »» Create template |
