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== OMG!! Not more damn policies!! ==
PortlandWiki's aim is to develop community-driven policies that are arrived at through proposals, discussion and some measure of consensus. Our expectation is that policies are not necessarily set in stone, but are those the community can modify and adapt as PortlandWiki grows and evolves.


PortlandWiki's policies are wiki-wide general rules that the community have arrived at through proposals and discussion. Policies are not set in stone, but can be adapted and modified over time by the community.
=== Policy focus ===
The most "focused" policy (although some might argue it's neither terribly focused nor much of a policy) to emerge so far is the intent to make PortlandWiki a genuine [[Voice of Portland|voice]] for the entire community of people that call the [[Portland|City of Portland]] home. To get a sense of the kind of community resource PortlandWiki aims to strive for, the [[Voice of Portland]] and [[PortlandWiki talk:Community Portal|Community Portal discussion]] pages are good places to start. While there, please feel encouraged to add your voice too.
 
Please also consider attending one of our weekly PortlandWiki [[PortlandWiki:Monday Meets|edit meetings]], currently happening each Monday evening at either the [[Backspace]] or [[Blitz Pearl]] cafes. Check the [[PortlandWiki:Monday Meets|Monday Meets]] schedule for times and locations.
 
=== But you don't have to wait. Start now. ===
Of course you always establish a PortlandWiki account and get started right away! In fact, you don't even need to sign up for a PortlandWiki account to get started. New to writing wiki pages? If so, why not take a peek at our [[Help:Editing|wiki basics]] page? There we offer a few tips you can use to create a fairly full-featured PortlandWiki page.
 
But don't worry about feeling like you have to include every page element shown on the [[Help:Editing|wiki basics]] page. Just do what you can, and who knows? Maybe another PortlandWiki contributor will come along in short order and add to what you've started.


== In development ==
== In development ==

Revision as of 15:27, 5 September 2010

OMG!! Not more damn policies!!

PortlandWiki's aim is to develop community-driven policies that are arrived at through proposals, discussion and some measure of consensus. Our expectation is that policies are not necessarily set in stone, but are those the community can modify and adapt as PortlandWiki grows and evolves.

Policy focus

The most "focused" policy (although some might argue it's neither terribly focused nor much of a policy) to emerge so far is the intent to make PortlandWiki a genuine voice for the entire community of people that call the City of Portland home. To get a sense of the kind of community resource PortlandWiki aims to strive for, the Voice of Portland and Community Portal discussion pages are good places to start. While there, please feel encouraged to add your voice too.

Please also consider attending one of our weekly PortlandWiki edit meetings, currently happening each Monday evening at either the Backspace or Blitz Pearl cafes. Check the Monday Meets schedule for times and locations.

But you don't have to wait. Start now.

Of course you always establish a PortlandWiki account and get started right away! In fact, you don't even need to sign up for a PortlandWiki account to get started. New to writing wiki pages? If so, why not take a peek at our wiki basics page? There we offer a few tips you can use to create a fairly full-featured PortlandWiki page.

But don't worry about feeling like you have to include every page element shown on the wiki basics page. Just do what you can, and who knows? Maybe another PortlandWiki contributor will come along in short order and add to what you've started.

In development

Proposed