Hi everyone,
Have you ever wished there was a way to make a thread full of great information into a "master" thread, where all the best bits from the posts in the thread were collected right at the top for easy understanding?
Did you ever see a really amazing thread with a great first post -- only to realize that the information in the first post was out of date, and nobody could update it?
Enter today's brand new PPRuNe feature, the Wikipost.
What's a Wikipost?
It's an additional section that can be activated for any thread on the forum. This section sits at the top of the thread, compressed into an inch or two of text that can be expanded by clicking a "+".
(There's one in this thread!)
Once expanded, the Wikipost can be read by anyone.
But what's IN the Wikipost, you ask?
Whatever you want.
Essentially, this feature was created as a way to make a "knowledge drop" at the top of a megathread. It is an *editable* chunk of text that can be formatted, changed, edited, etc. until it becomes the definitive source of information on a topic. Just like a mini Wikipedia.
Who can edit them?
A user must have 90 posts AND be on the forum for 90 days before they get create/edit permissions for Wikiposts. This keeps the vandals and spammers away from Wikiposts. Each Wikipost has a HISTORY and the ability to REVERT any bad edit made to it.
When a thread has a Wikipost added to it, you'll know it because in the forum thread list it will have a little blue "WIKI" next to the title; also you can find all the wikis on PP by clicking the "Wikiposts" link in the menu bar at the top center of every page.
As to how they will get used on PP? That will be up to you.
To add a Wikipost to a thread, go to:
* THREAD TOOLS,
* CREATE WIKIPOST.
(if one is already there, you will not see this option)
Use Wikiposts wisely!!
