DPWiki
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Introduction
DPWiki was designed to build a library of information surrounding digital photographic workflow and related topics. While forums often contain a wealth of information contributed by their users, that information is often scattered and difficult to find when needed. This often leads to common questions being asked over and over again, further adding to the clutter and causing contributors to waste valuable time rehashing the same points.
DPWiki was created to accompany the Photographic Workflow Forums to resolve these problems. Using DPWiki, users will be able to place common questions and valuable contributions into an organized and efficient library of information. This will allow viewers to find the information that they are looking for quickly and easily.
Additionally, the forums contain modifications that make it easy to make a quick link to DPWiki when posting messages. By simply enclosing an article name between [wiki] [/wiki] tags, the forum will automatically generate a link to the appropriate page. This ties the two systems together so that users can quickly and easily share the knowledge contained within them.
What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a type of online encyclopaedia that can be contributed to by the community that it is serving. It provides a structured environment for individuals to share their knowledge with one another. Using a simple markup language, users can quickly and easily create new articles on topics not covered or refine articles that are already present. This produces a dynamic store of information that can quickly respond to topics that evolve rapidly.
For more information on this topic, see the Wikipedia article on this topic. It covers the concept of wikis in much greater detail. This site uses the same software (MediaWiki) as Wikipedia, so many of the points made on that site are also true here.
Contributing
For the time being, contributions to this Wiki are restricted to a select group of people. If you feel that you can contribute valuable information (or know of someone else who can), don't hesitate to contact us. As we would like as wide a base of contributors as possible, we are very open to accepting assistance from anyone who has a consistent track record of meaningful contributions (both here and on other sites).
This policy will continually be reevaluated, and once we have an established community we would like to open the Wiki up to contributions from everyone. For the time being we believe that this is required to maintain the quality of the information, however as the community grows larger it will become practical to open editing up to the public.
Reporting Errors
If you have been provided by a login to DPWiki (see above), then you may simply fix the mistake yourself by clicking on the 'Edit' tab at the top of the article. If you are just a reader, simply send us a message and we will remedy the problem as soon as possible. We always strive to maintain the highest standards of quality in our articles, so please do not hesitate to report any mistakes no matter how small.
