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== Basic ==
 
== Basic ==
  
This is a wiki page for [http://seasteading.org/ The Seasteading Institute].  It is meant to collect and organize community-generated information. Ideas about how to use it:
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This is a wiki page for [http://seasteading.org/ The Seasteading Institute].  It is meant to collect and organize community-generated information with a specifically Seasteading orientation. Ideas about how to use it:
  
 
* Collecting data on availability and pricing of things like generators, scrap, etc.
 
* Collecting data on availability and pricing of things like generators, scrap, etc.
 
* Gathering [[Proposals]]
 
* Gathering [[Proposals]]
 
* Gathering information  
 
* Gathering information  
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* Linking to relevant content elsewhere
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* Promoting learning via Wiki-Wander (requires extensive organization and internal cross-linking)
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**Wikis tend to get disorganized, so please feel free to re-organize and re-arrange when needed - organizing information can be just as useful as adding it!
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* A place to summarize and consolidate well-developed [http://discuss.seasteading.org discussion threads] into article form
  
 
Some things that don't belong here:
 
Some things that don't belong here:
  
 
* Discussion (use [http://seasteading.org/forum the forums] instead)
 
* Discussion (use [http://seasteading.org/forum the forums] instead)
* Duplicated information in the seasteading book.  Please link to it instead.  The current version is [http://seasteading.org/seastead.org/book_alpha/ book alpha], but we use the [http://seasteading.org/seastead.org/book_beta/faq.html FAQ from the book beta].
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* Solicitations for funding/investing
  
Wikis tend to get disorganized, so please feel free to re-organize and re-arrange when needed - organizing information can be just as useful as adding it!
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Please use [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category Categories] whenever possible!  Categories allow for auto-generated indexes of pages on a specific topic, like designs which use spars: [[:Category:Spar]].
 
 
Please use [[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category Categories]] whenever possible!  Categories allow for auto-generated indexes of pages on a specific topic, like designs which use spars: [[:Category:Spar]].
 
  
 
== Note ==
 
== Note ==
 
This wiki is our first experiment with using a "standard" technology (MediaWiki) rather than doing everything within Drupal, which powers seasteading.org.  Feel free to comment on this choice [http://seasteading.org/interact/forums/community/feedback-tsi/we-now-have-a-wiki here].
 
  
 
Advantages:
 
Advantages:
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Disadvantages:
 
Disadvantages:
  
* Accounts are not unified (although [http://drupal.org/node/28217 this may be fixable])
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* Accounts are not unified (although you are encouraged to sign up here using the same username to avoid confusion and for possible future compatibility if we can merge the discussion forum and Wiki user database.)
 
* The theme/look is different
 
* The theme/look is different
* There is debate over whether Drupal w/ a WYSIWYG editor makes a better wiki than MediaWiki.
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== Wiki Editorial Policy ==
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In order to keep the wiki useful to the Seasteading community, all wiki users should respect other users and their ideas.  Editors shouldn't censor reasonable ideas that respect the rights of others, but should strongly disallow actual abuse.

Latest revision as of 04:21, 4 December 2020

Basic

This is a wiki page for The Seasteading Institute. It is meant to collect and organize community-generated information with a specifically Seasteading orientation. Ideas about how to use it:

  • Collecting data on availability and pricing of things like generators, scrap, etc.
  • Gathering Proposals
  • Gathering information
  • Linking to relevant content elsewhere
  • Promoting learning via Wiki-Wander (requires extensive organization and internal cross-linking)
    • Wikis tend to get disorganized, so please feel free to re-organize and re-arrange when needed - organizing information can be just as useful as adding it!
  • A place to summarize and consolidate well-developed discussion threads into article form

Some things that don't belong here:

  • Discussion (use the forums instead)
  • Solicitations for funding/investing

Please use Categories whenever possible! Categories allow for auto-generated indexes of pages on a specific topic, like designs which use spars: Category:Spar.

Note

Advantages:

  • Quick & easy (thanks Joep!)
  • Separate servers means less DB load, less security issues
  • Clear separation between published and community content

Disadvantages:

  • Accounts are not unified (although you are encouraged to sign up here using the same username to avoid confusion and for possible future compatibility if we can merge the discussion forum and Wiki user database.)
  • The theme/look is different

Wiki Editorial Policy

In order to keep the wiki useful to the Seasteading community, all wiki users should respect other users and their ideas. Editors shouldn't censor reasonable ideas that respect the rights of others, but should strongly disallow actual abuse.