SlamWiki:About

Welcome to the Poetry Slam Wikia, otherwise known as SlamWiki! This is a site dedicated to the accumulation of information about poetry slam and spoken word poetry. It is committed to fun and ease-of-use.

We do have a bit of a courtesy policy, so if you'd check that out, we'd be ever so grateful.

Questions? Ask any of the active Administrators! If you're looking for speedy response, Bureaucrat Screennameless is online frequently. She's on North American EST (UTC-5), so be aware of when you try to contact her.

General Help
If you're new and need some basic help on how to write articles, create an account, etc...see the Help Compendium or our more user-friendly Beginner's Guides.

Policy
For all questions regarding SlamWiki policy, please refer to our list of policies.

History
SlamWiki was founded on 9 March 2010 by User:Screennameless.

Frequently Asked Questions

 * Who maintains the front page?
 * Screennameless organizes the front page. However, her browser, Google Chrome, views the page significantly differently than Internet Explorer or Firefox, so please let her know if anything doesn't look right in your browser.


 * Does she write the news posts, too?
 * Yep.


 * Who created the Monaco.css custom theme?
 * Screennameless designed the theme.


 * And the logo and the main page banner?
 * Screennameless again.


 * Did she write this FAQ?
 * Clever one, aren't you?


 * Good grief! Is Screennameless the only person on this thing?!
 * At the moment, yes.


 * What's our relationship with Poetry Wikia?
 * There isn't one. It's just the only wikia relevant to the topic of SlamWiki that has actual pages.


 * Help! I'm having all sorts of issues with the editing window!
 * Please read Beginner's Guide:Editing for how to disable the RTE. If the RTE is not your problem, email me at tshld92@yahoo.com and I'll figure it out with you.


 * Why the hell are there so many categories in the contents?
 * To preclude disorganization, Screennameless had a category field day and made categories for everything she could find. This works out because in order to get a Wikia spotlight every page must be categorized. Besides, isn't it super easy to find stuff here? Don't you like that convenience?


 * What's with the Beginner's Guides? Isn't that what the Help Wiki's for?
 * The guides are just to help people out. It can be confusing to join a wiki, especially if you've never edited one before, and wikis can throw a lot at you in terms of expectations. And in many cases, the Help Wiki is woefully inadequate. In my experience, it is poorly maintained and mostly addresses topics relevant to wiki coding (ex. how to create a template). Many topics are overlooked. So we have the guides to clear up those such questions.

Useful Links

 * Administration
 * Policy
 * New Pages
 * Recent Changes
 * Statistics