[LAFF] Wikification, indeed!

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Redtail" <kendricksredtail at tmail.com>
To: <laff at catbox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [LAFF] Wikification, indeed!


> 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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