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Why we need YOU!The Xen.org Wiki has existed for some time and as with many Wiki's contains a lot of content that is out-of-date, or not relevant any more.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.
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 on how to use any of the above templates:
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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.
