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== The | == The {{SITENAME}} vs. the {{Forum}} == | ||
People come to the {{forum}} for many reasons: | People come to the {{forum}} for many reasons: | ||
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Consider the first group of people who are looking for information. They may be content to browse through the forums or use a search engine. Others may want something written and presented in a more conventional format. A Wiki can be a mechanism for sharing knowledge in a much more concise way than a discussion thread in a forum. A Wiki makes it much easier to find knowledge because it has several ways through which information is linked and cross referenced. | Consider the first group of people who are looking for information. They may be content to browse through the forums or use a search engine. Others may want something written and presented in a more conventional format. A Wiki can be a mechanism for sharing knowledge in a much more concise way than a discussion thread in a forum. A Wiki makes it much easier to find knowledge because it has several ways through which information is linked and cross referenced. | ||
Much of the content in this Wiki originated through discussion at the | Much of the content in this Wiki originated through discussion at the {{Forum}}. For example this Wiki has two "Unofficial Guides" that are open to input from the community: the [[L1® Unofficial Users' Guide|User's Guide]] and the [[L1® Unofficial Performers' Guide|Performer's Guide]]. | ||
For now, it is rare for someone to contribute directly to one of these guides. Instead, it is likely that the community has developed the expectation that if anything valuable turns up in the forum, that the | For now, it is rare for someone to contribute directly to one of these guides. Instead, it is likely that the community has developed the expectation that if anything valuable turns up in the forum, that the someone will find a place for it in the Unofficial Guides. Sometimes a community member will post a message in the forum requesting this explicitly. | ||
More on this topic: [[How is a Wiki Different]] | More on this topic: [[How is a Wiki Different]] | ||
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The moderation phase comes after the fact and will be a matter of the community striving to maintain high standards for the content. | The moderation phase comes after the fact and will be a matter of the community striving to maintain high standards for the content. | ||
Some pages are | Some pages are reviewed by Bose for accuracy. On those pages you will see {{Bose Reviewed}} at the top of the page. | ||
If there is no moderation queue (giving the opportunity to review content before it is published) it is not possible to prevent undesirable content from being posted. It is likely that that such content would be seen and changed quickly by the readers. But that does not guarantee that it won't happen in the first place. These are the same considerations that govern [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. | If there is no moderation queue (giving the opportunity to review content before it is published) it is not possible to prevent undesirable content from being posted. It is likely that that such content would be seen and changed quickly by the readers. But that does not guarantee that it won't happen in the first place. These are the same considerations that govern [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. | ||
==Content Policy== | ==Content Policy== | ||
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Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software. | Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software. | ||
== Feedback and Support | == Feedback and Support== | ||
For feedback and support | For feedback and support: {{STPM}} | ||
(the link above opens a message window on the Bose® Musicians Community Message Boards so you can send me a private message through that system) | (the link above opens a message window on the Bose® Musicians Community Message Boards so you can send me a private message through that system) | ||