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#*or want to make a suggestion ... | #*or want to make a suggestion ... | ||
#** ... [[How_you_can_contribute]] is | #** ... [[How_you_can_contribute]] is the page you should go to, its content should be updated when work done, or suggestions need to be recorded. | ||
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* This ''Main Page'' (only administrators can update this page) was redesigned in January 2021, the biggest changes were | |||
*# It provides direct links to a new set of [[Special:Categories|category pages]], '''Anyone can edit any of the new, and amended, "category" pages, those are now the entry points grouping the rest of the documentation in this Wiki.''' | |||
*# The pages specific to MX and specific to legacy software are now in separate columns | |||
*# This main page does provide direct links to key pages that are unlikely to be renamed/removed, but administrators have limited time to edit such links. | |||
* The old Fine Offset stations | * The old Fine Offset stations were long ago documented in some pages linked from [[:Category:StationSpecific]] | ||
* There is minimal documentation for [[Davis]] stations and [[Instromet]] stations, can you rectify this? | |||
* There is no documentation yet for the newer Ecowitt devices, can you rectify this? | |||
* This Wiki documents the legacy Cumulus 1 in good detail due to many different contributors | * 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. | * 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) | * 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> | * <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> | ||
# MX has changed dramatically, therefore some of the early MX documentation has been deleted, and some pages make it clear that they apply to an earlier MX release. | |||
# 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 | |||
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