Time to get rolling

I'm going to start working on the wiki quite a bit, I'm all upgraded to the latest version and have done some cleaning up of some loose ends. Next up is finishing my new skin and a few other things such as adding some new features for it. Some custom templates for the stoves/manufacturers etc. If anyone is familiar with mediawiki and you have any suggested features you'd like to see let me know.

I'd really like to have it being used more so if you can contribute something, even if it's small thing feel free. If for example you find yourself about to post a lengthy post on a subject to answer a question it probably belongs in the wiki.

The page I read about the definition of Anthracite looks great! It had facts I did not know about, although I thought I learned everything about it by reading these threads in NEPA. Having the facts all in one place is a tremendous advantage.
Thanks!

Maybe its just me but im lost, i dont really understnad the wiki page. ive never seen a page set up like this. I guess this is just strictly information ?

do i just need to take some time and look through all of the links on the wiki to get an understanding of it? or can it be explained to me?

You're not familiar with how wikipedia works? It's the same software.

I've been meaning to add a more detailed explanation and will once I get it squared away and start working on the content. In a nut shell it's for articles that anyone can contribute too. Note the edit button doesn't appear unless you're logged in. Log in first and it might be a little clearer because you'll get all the buttons. Use your forum username and password.

For example maybe you know something about manometers? http://nepacrossroads.com/kb/Manometer

Now if you read over the article and find something that may not be clear, typo, or you want to add something hit the edit button and you can add it. Once you click save your changes are now public.

Also note there is two distinct sections for each article. There's the "page" and the "discussion". The page contains the article itself. When this button is highlighted to the left you can click the edit button to edit the page.

If you click the "discussion" tab that's for discussing the article. For example if two people have a disagreement over an article or if they wish to make suggestions before changing it they can do it there.

The tabs to the right are relative to whatever main tab is highlighted either "page" or "discussion". If the "page" tab is highlighted and you click edit you'll be editing the article. If the "discussion" tab is highlighted and click edit you'll be editing the "discussion". There's other tabs, for example the "history" tab will give you the history of edits made to an article. This way information can't be loss and you examine what others have changed or edited and reverse changes if you want.

Richard S. wrote:

For example maybe you know something about manometers? http://nepacrossroads.com/kb/Manometer

Now if you read over the article and find something that may not be clear, typo, or you want to add something hit the edit button and you can add it. Once you click save your changes are now public.

So if i feel that i know a lot about a particular subject i can add my two cents and its part of the wiki page. So what happens if i am way wrong about something and it goes unchecked for awhile and some new person comes on the wiki page sees my bad or wrong advice and uses it.

Richard S. wrote:You're not familiar with how wikipedia works? It's the same software.

i dont use wikipedia to much. sometimes

If someone does add something way off base I think it would be caught quickly by other members and I assume the moderators will keep close tabs on it as well.

brckwlt wrote: So what happens if i am way wrong about something and it goes unchecked for awhile and some new person comes on the wiki page sees my bad or wrong advice and uses it.

Well that's the downside to any wiki and is why you need to be careful when citing Wikipedia as a source because the same issue exists there.

Rockwood is right, there are some pretty good tools for identifying such things. I believe articles get "adopted" on most wiki's. You can use the "watch" link and it will send you a email when the article gets modified. Then you can use the history tab to see exactly what was modified.