While at WikiWikiWeb I developed a lot of respect for MeatBall material. Now I am enjoying the hospitability of MeatBall regulars. Please help me know more about key aspects of MeatBall culture, customs and practices. I do not have anything else to offer in return except my sincere thanks -- DavidLiu
First, read MeatballBackgrounder that I missed
MeatBall Culture
- BarnRaising -- People here try to cooperate, they talk to each other, try to build trust and relationships and become friends.
MeatBall customs
- DocumentMode contributions welcomed from AnonymousDonor''s. Otherwise the UseRealNames policy discourages "anonymous contributors" from community activities. These people are termed "commentators" and not "participants".
- Efficient use of RecentChanges and RSS: write a summary that allows the reader to judge whether the contribution is interesting to him, hide corrections by using "minor edit".
MeatBall practices
Where do I ask questions?
- Wiki:QuickQuestions map to ???
- No page in particular. Feel free, clean up when answered, brush your teeth, look both ways ... er ... ;)
- I like a short, balanced analysis of WikiPedia hits and misses (outsider viewpoint) that is recently current, what do people recommend?
- no response from community. But I found WikiPediaIsNotTypical
Useful to know
- D''eletedPage. If marked, then the page would be deleted when most recent edit is more than 2 weeks old
- The 5000 or so pages can be listed by using http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?action=index
- People in charge: <Nowiki> Chief ( SunirShah ), Admin (CliffordAdams, ChrisPurell) </Nowiki>
- Sensitive Areas: some of the operators of other wikis