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WTDWTF is one of the oldest software engineering communities on the Internet. We formed around The Daily WTF (ak.a. "the Front Page"), and discuss all sorts of things, most of which relate to software/technology.
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Getting Started with WTDWTF
What would we want to say to new members who just joined?
Perhaps a sentence about the very long history, including the journey from Community Server to today.
Tour of the public-access areas of the forums.
How to lurk, what content/topic/reply to post first?
We probably don't need help/tutorials anymore for NodeBB, since the software is intuitive enough (especially now that everyone knows Markdown).... or at least slightly less confusing that the rest of the community.
Community Guidelines
We're a volunteer-run community with members that strive for self-moderation for the benefit of all members.
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We are a technology community, formed around software development. That’s not to say other topics are forbidden; in fact, they're encouraged in certain certain categories. Generally speaking, they certainly can’t drown out the discussion on software development.
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We encourage diversity. Many communities think of diversity in terms of ethnicity, race, sexuality, religion, and age. Those are important, but we will strive to inclusive of nearly everyone, which means being tolerant of different personalities, opinions, skillsets, experiences, and communications styles. There are limits to this tolerance, and these will be expressed in the transparent community policies that are maintained by the administrators.
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Members need to act appropriately, guided by our community policies. This is not a problem for most adults most of the time (this is self-moderation), but for the exceptions, the moderators and administrators will help clarify these policies with the member or take other actions as appropriate.
And lastly, if these light guidelines breakdown, anyone (members, administrators) should feel free to contact me (Alex) off-forums. Email, whatever; I'm easy to get in touch with if it's important.
Getting to Know the Community
Reinforce the history, and that it can be a lot to take in, no one really knows it all, and everyone is pretty friendly. Some pointers to help you navigate.- Limited-access categories and how to join, or links to the topics about them
- The staff, and who to ask for help (staff, moderators of categories?)
- Description and link to Teh Official Discopædia
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