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<div style="padding-left: 20px; width: 95%; border:solid; border-width: thin; padding:10px; margin-bottom:20px; padding-bottom:20px; background-color:LightYellow;"><big>'''It's your Wiki......'''</big><br> <br>We always welcome contributions from the Cumulus Community and if you feel you can contribute, please do. | <div style="padding-left: 20px; width: 95%; border:solid; border-width: thin; padding:10px; margin-bottom:20px; padding-bottom:20px; background-color:LightYellow;"><big>'''It's your Wiki......'''</big><br> <br>We always welcome contributions from the Cumulus Community and if you feel you can contribute, please do. | ||
:If you already have a userid, then just [[Special:UserLogin|Login here]] (link also available on top right of any page). | |||
*'''Are you willing to contribute to this Wiki's documentation?''' | *'''Are you willing to contribute to this Wiki's documentation?''' | ||
* Are you new to Cumulus MX? If so, you are the best possible person to know what newcomers need in this Wiki. You also know what you have discovered, and can document it to be useful for others. | * Are you new to Cumulus MX? If so, you are the best possible person to know what newcomers need in this Wiki. You also know what you have discovered, and can document it to be useful for others. | ||
#<big>As a starting point, we suggest you read [[Help:Contents/Editing|How to Edit]],</big> | |||
#As a starting point, we suggest you read [[Help:Contents/Editing|How to Edit]], | |||
#*that is full of hints on how to write Wiki pages, | #*that is full of hints on how to write Wiki pages, | ||
#*including Cumulus Wiki specific help. | #*including Cumulus Wiki specific help. | ||
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# MX offers so much functionality, that nobody uses everything MX can do. Some pages use the '''<nowiki>{{Template:WorkInProgressBanner}}</nowiki>''' to indicate other contributors are needed to expand the current content | # MX offers so much functionality, that nobody uses everything MX can do. Some pages use the '''<nowiki>{{Template:WorkInProgressBanner}}</nowiki>''' to indicate other contributors are needed to expand the current content | ||
* This ''Main Page'' (only administrators can update this page) has been rewritten, separating MX and legacy links, to provide a better way into a new set of category pages together with direct links to key pages | |||
* '''The new, and amended, "category" pages are now the entry points grouping the rest of the documentation in this Wiki, you can edit any of those.''' | |||
* The old Fine Offset stations have been documented in [[:Category:StationSpecific]], but there is no documentation for any Davis or Ecowitt devices, can you rectify this? | |||
* This Wiki documents the legacy Cumulus 1 in good detail due to many different contributors | |||
* Steve Loft, and Mark Crossley, (plus others), modified some legacy pages to also cover the original [[Cumulus_3_(MX)_beta_documentation| MX 3.0.0 beta]], but that had very limited functionality (just a subset of that available in Cumulus 1) and only 2 new pages were added. | |||
* Most pages that are specific to legacy Cumulus 1 have been locked, to prevent editing for MX differences and to ensure they are preserved for those still using the legacy software (all pages relating to Cumulus 2 were removed by Steve Loft) | |||
* <big>The MX of today, thanks to Mark Crossley leading development (with small contributions from others), is totally different from that early MX beta; do you use/understand any of the new functionality (not documented for legacy software) meaning you can document it for those new to that functionality?</big> | |||
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**The quickest way to get a new account is to put a request via the support forum (see pink background text there) | |||
**Otherwise use the [[Special:RequestAccount|Request Account]] form to apply for a userid (you may have to wait some time for an administrator to have spare time to wade through loads of spam requests to find any real Cumulus users) | |||
