PhiSigWiki:FAQ
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What is the Phi Sig Wiki?
- Phi Sig Wiki is an online Phi Sigma Kappa encyclopedia that any brother can edit. Phi Sig Wiki exists to help expand our knowledge of Phi Sig history and traditions.
Who owns Phi Sig Wiki?
- The Phi Sig Wiki is owned by its founder, Michael C Stevens. Stevens is a brother of the Sigma Triton chapter and manages phisigwiki.org to help educate brothers of the history of Phi Sigma Kappa.
Who is responsible for the articles on Phi Sig Wiki?
- You are! Actually, you can even edit this very FAQ! Many of people have contributed information to different parts of the Phi Sig Wiki, and anyone can do so, including you. All you need is to know how to edit a page, and have some Phi Sig knowledge you want to share. The encyclopedia provides users with a certain amount of freedom.
- You can learn who is responsible for the most recent versions of any given page by clicking on the "Page history" link. Nevertheless, if you spot an error in the latest revision of an article, you are highly encouraged to be bold and correct it. This practice is one of the basic review mechanisms that maintains the reliability of the encyclopedia.
- If you are uncertain or find the wording confusing, quote the material on the associated talk page and leave a question for the next person. This helps eliminate errors, inaccuracies, or misleading wording more quickly and is highly appreciated by the Phi Sig community.
How do you know if the information is correct?
- As anyone can edit any article, it is of course possible for biased, out of date, or incorrect information to be posted. However, because there are so many other people reading the articles and monitoring contributions using the Recent Changes page, incorrect information is usually corrected quickly. Thus, the overall accuracy of the encyclopedia is improving all the time as it attracts more and more contributors. You are encouraged to help by correcting articles, validating content, and providing useful references.
Site X seems to be violating Phi Sig Wiki's copyright. Do you guys know about this?
- All text on Phi Sig Wiki is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. That means that you can copy, distribute, and display the work found on this site, but you must attribute the work to the Phi Sig Wiki and you must not use it for commercial purposes.
Which wiki software does Phi Sig Wiki run on?
- Phi Sig Wiki uses MediaWiki software to facilitate collaborative editing and storage of page histories.
- For more information on MediaWiki see:
What keeps Phi Sig Wiki from being destroyed?
- The page history of almost all versions of pages is available. It consists of the text, the date and time of every edit, the user who made it, the edit summary, and a possible marking as "minor edit". It is linked to from Recent Changes, Related Changes and from every article. The page history of deleted pages is not available to non-administrators. However, the revision history is kept for some time and can be retrieved by a sysop, who can also undelete the page. The history of uploaded files is also kept.
How big is Phi Sig Wiki?
- Phi Sig Wiki currently has 393 articles in total.
