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=Original text when Wiki first created= | |||
::This text was inserted by "DAJ" and has been retained, although it was written when MX did not exist. | |||
As we are in the early stages of the Wiki, I thought we could make a list of Pages/Articles we would likes to see on the Wiki. | |||
'''Please feel free to add to/revise the list.''' | |||
*It is useful if the Wiki includes the information found in the Cumulus help in the installation files (as a start), and then make the page more useful by working through the forum looking for answers and hints of general use. | |||
=How to start contributing= | |||
If you wish to work on a new page, see [[Help:Contents/Editing]] for advice. | |||
It is best to keep pages short, and often you will be creating new pages. Ensure your new page can be found by adding: | |||
*a link to a [[Special:Categories|existing category]] | |||
*a link from an existing page, see [[Help:Contents/Editing]] for advice. | |||
You may see posts in the support forum containing information that you think should be made easier to find. The Wiki is a good place to put that content. Think carefully about where to put it: | |||
* should you start a new page, | |||
*or should you add it to an existing page (using a new heading)? | |||
Pages for [[Highcharts_-_Recent|recent graphs]] and [[Highcharts_-_Historic|historic graphs]] were first created a decade or more ago, and moved to there current page names in 2012, but nobody has got round to adding any documentation on either page. | |||
Any page that has <nowiki>[[Template:WorkInProgressBanner]]</nowiki> on it is waiting for a contributor to do more work there, can you help? | |||
=Got questions?= | |||
If you wish to participate, but are unsure where to start, please contact [[User:saratogaWX|SaratogaWX]] via his talk page, and he can assist with a template/starting point, or answer any specific questions. | |||
If you are unsure whether it is best to start a new page or not (or uncertain what to name your new page), | |||
*go into the [[Talk:How you can contribute|discussion]] tab of this page | |||
*say what you propose, or what you are uncertain about | |||
*and add your '''Wiki name''' and '''date/time''', using multiple tilde characters e.g. <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> or <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki> | |||
*use '''Show Preview''' to check your typing, before you '''Save Changes''' | |||
*Other people can then, join the discussion, and give further advice. | |||
The problem is that people may not be monitoring these discussion pages, so you can also post your suggestion in https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=38. | |||
=We are currently looking for:= | =We are currently looking for:= | ||
* | *Pages about all the external sites Cumulus can upload to | ||
**For example APRS, CWOP, Weather Underground,PWS, Weatherbug and WOW interfacing hints | |||
* | *Pages about using Cumulus with each of the supported [[Supported Devices|Weather stations]] | ||
:: | **Most past contributors have used cheap Fine Offset models, so you will find [[:Category:StationSpecific]] is dominated by those models | ||
**MX has greatly extended the devices it supports, but nobody has yet created any pages to cover any of these | |||
* | *Contributors to update Wiki | ||
**Read Announcements made by developer, and update/create pages, to reflect the announced bug-fixes, and new functionality | |||
***Some pages have boxes that indicate out of date information (often indicating which release they were last updated for) | |||
***New functionality probably merits new pages, the Wiki was created for original Cumulus, and not based around MX functionality | |||
* | *The pros and cons of choosing MX compared with rival weather software | ||
** It has been suggested a video could be made to illustrate all the features in MX | |||
** See posts in https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=38 for some hints | |||
* | *Extra Sensors | ||
:: | :: Someone needs to write a page explaining how Cumulus 1 handles Extra sensors | ||
::MX releases have been refining handling of sensors. Can you write a page explaining how the handling has changed for different MX builds. |
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