[LAFF] Wikification, indeed!

[Ken Redtail]

Clarification on setting up an account:

When writing an article, click on the link 
http://laff.tixen.net/index.php/YourName, but replace YourName with your 
actual name of whatever you're going to entitle the article.

If you need any help, give us a holler!
-Ken Redtail
LAFF webpage admin

On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 3:34 pm, Infinity Squared wrote:
> We've been getting this ready for the official announcement, but it 
> looks like we've been outed early! Ah well, we're freaks and geeks, we 
> should be used to being outed in unexpected circumstances, heh. May as 
> well let the catgirl out of the bag.
>  - Zel
>
> We would like to present to you, the members of the LAFF, our new,
> user-friendly, community run LAFF home page! Our new site is
> member-centric, which means it's run with the members in mind, for the
> members, and by the members. We decided to create the new site in the
> form of a wiki in order to give the members direct input of what goes
> in. The site is primarily a site about the members, functions and
> social on-goings of the Lake Area Furry Friends. It is designed so
> that people can share their bio', contact information, and locate
> local furry fans in order to facilitate meet-ups and events. All
> member pages are arranged so that no anonymous user can make edit
> changes to them. Registration is required to make any changes and to
> discourage random vandalism. It's important to stress then, that in
> the spirit of a wiki, this site aims to hold a neutral point of view.
> Articles should attribute opinion to people or groups rather than
> stating it as fact. Disagreements should be characterized - stating
> all positions - rather than continued there.
>
> It's also to important to emphasize that this site is neither WikiFur
> or Wikipedia. Feel free to share your information with those sites as
> well, but as a whole, this is a social site! It is also important to
> remember that this is the new site! The old catbox site is no more
> now, so update your bookmarks accordingly! The calendar will still be
> around though!
>
> To begin contributing to the new site, you will first need to register
> an account at 
> http://laff.tixen.net/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup.
> Once registered you are first encouraged to create a profile about
> yourself. This can be done simply by
> http://laff.tixen.net/index.php/YourName and clicking the edit tab on
> the top of that page. Your profile should have some basic biographical
> information on you. Alternatively, you can choose to open up your
> userpage at http://laff.tixen.net/index.php/User:YourName. This page
> should have contact info' and should resemble a profile page of sorts.
> Pretty much like a LJ bio' will work fine here.  These userpage can
> also be blocked by request from anonymous viewing in case you are
> concerned about having your e-mail address or other personal
> information distributed. We've offered some sample templates in the
> works for you to use at both
> http://laff.tixen.net/index.php/Lake_Area_Furry_Friends:Sandbox and
> http://laff.tixen.net/index.php/Templates. Remember, the more complete
> the list we have, the more we can learn about who all is on our list.
> If you need any help, we have a more than competent staff of admin's
> with expertise ranging from coding to wiki content, who will be glad
> to check over things for you and make sure everything's all right. We
> also offer a  Book of Style to help you create your page.
>
> We'd like to thank Ken Redtail, Samii Tiger, Slim Fox, Ken-ohki,
> Artemis, Posicat and Zel for volunteering their time in coding and
> creating content on the page as SysOps.
> Special thanks goes to GreenReaper from WikiFur who provided technical
> advice throughout construction.
> Last, but not least, we'd like to thank Solei who runs Tixen.net and
> maintains the physical server that this site runs on.
>
> Thanks and welcome,
> STAFF OF TH' NEW LAFF WIKI!
> http://laff.tixen.net/index.php/Main_Page
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