General

  • Be gentle - don't be rude or offensive.
  • Write in a way that is easy to understand and avoid local slang or phrases. Many of those who will read your text may not have English as their first language.
  • Don't delete other people's contributions (unless you know what you are doing)
  • Don't use too many acronyms (or at least, have a page explaining them)
  • Avoid the "click here" phrase! Don't write: "Click here for more info about Mindbreeze" but use "More info about Mindbreeze". Avoid for internal and external links as well.
  • Correcting typos is quite okay - in fact, it's a very good habit, since it makes the web page more readable.
  • Use absolute date references. You never know when someone will be reading your content in the future. Example: "As of December 2005, we are the only competitor in this market." Not, "As of now, we are the only..."
  • Avoid self-referencing pronouns. Instead of "I think the best method for..." try "Some think the best method for..." You are not the only author of a page over time.

Comments

  • Think before you comment. Comments are not a high-speed conversation board. It's not a news server either. What you say will stay here for everyone to see and comment.

Wiki Names

  • A good Wiki name is short and descriptive. If the name is logical and easy many more people will link to it.
  • Although you can take a whole sentence and crunch it up to make a wiki name, it is better style to restrain it to at most 5 words.
  • Instead, try to use Wiki names like you would use as chapter titles in a book.
  • This Wiki allows you to create pages with a single word as a name, but try to use at least two words - we don't want to exhaust the name space.
  • Double-check Wiki names for typos - otherwise someone will create a misnamed page! Misnamed pages are bad, since linking to them requires more effort than to a logical, correct the name.
  • Please try to check whether a possible duplicate exists for your Wiki name before creating a new page. Duplicates increase the word number and navigation problems enormously.