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Please use the [http://xchildrenofgod.xfamily.org/ xFamily Forum] to send us content whenever possible. If you have something to send that you do not want to post on the public forum you may [[Contact Us|contact us by email]].
 
Please use the [http://xchildrenofgod.xfamily.org/ xFamily Forum] to send us content whenever possible. If you have something to send that you do not want to post on the public forum you may [[Contact Us|contact us by email]].
 
==Edit the meta wiki==
 
[[XFamily - Children of God:About|xFamily]] has established another wiki site at http://meta.xfamily.org/ that is open to editing by anyone. Feel free to edit any page on that site or add new articles. On a recurring basis, changes accepted by the xFamily editors will be copied to the main xFamily encyclopedia. After changes are transferred, the content of the xFamily meta site will be overwritten with that of the main site. 
 
  
 
==Becoming an Editor==
 
==Becoming an Editor==
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We now allow anyone with a confirmed email address to [http://www.xfamily.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Main_Page create an editor account]. To maintain the same level of quality our readers have come to expect, new articles and revisions are [[Help:Article validation|checked]] by a core group of reviewers and editors before they become publicly visible by default.
  
If you know a current editor please ask them to nominate you for an editor account. Otherwise, please start by contributing information through our forums and/or the meta wiki.
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Note: This website is running "wiki" software, a collaborative editing software that facilitates the collation of information in a categorized and interlinked format. Ability to use this platform is currently a prerequisite to use an editor account.
 
 
Note: This website is running "wiki" software, a collaborative editing software that facillitates the collation of information in a categorized and interlinked format. Ability to use this platform is currently a pre-requisite to use an editor account.
 

Revision as of 13:02, 16 August 2008

Send content or corrections to the editors

Please use the xFamily Forum to send us content whenever possible. If you have something to send that you do not want to post on the public forum you may contact us by email.

Becoming an Editor

We now allow anyone with a confirmed email address to create an editor account. To maintain the same level of quality our readers have come to expect, new articles and revisions are checked by a core group of reviewers and editors before they become publicly visible by default.

Note: This website is running "wiki" software, a collaborative editing software that facilitates the collation of information in a categorized and interlinked format. Ability to use this platform is currently a prerequisite to use an editor account.