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The goal of this wiki is to create and disseminate information that is relevant to the Virginia Tech community. Encouraged content include [[:Category:Howto|howto]], [[:Category:History|historical]], and [[:Category:People|biographical]] articles.
=What the VTLUUG Wiki is NotLike=
==Wikipedia==
[[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] is the premier libre encyclopedia. The VTLUUG Wiki strives to imitate its strengths and is powered by the [[w:MediaWiki|same software]]. The VTLUUG Wiki is meant for articles of interest primarily to the Virginia Tech community. Articles that meet Wikipedia's [[w:WP:Notability|notability standard]] are probably best written there and linked to from the VTLUUG Wiki. You can use redirection and interwiki linking to alert VTLUUG Wiki readers to a Wikipedia article's presence, i.e. <code>#REDIRECT [[w:Wikipedia]]</code>. For example, the history and activities of a national organization are best chronicled on Wikipedia, but the history and activities of a local chapter of a national organization are most fittingly written on the VTLUUG Wiki. ==Virginia Tech Knowledge Base==The [http://answers.vt.edu/kb/ Virginia Tech Knowledge Base] is copyright Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and generally has poor support for [[Free Software]] like [[Linux]]. The VTLUUG wiki is [[copyleft]] and aims to have excellent support for Free Software. Other than that, the technical content--primarily [[:Category:Howto|howtos]]--is quite similar.
=What the VTLUUG Wiki is Not=
==Rate VT Teachers, Koofers==
While writing biographical information about faculty, staff, administrators is encouraged, individual evaluations and ratings are best left to sites like [http://www.ratevtteachers.com/ Rate VT Teachers] and [http://www.koofers.com/ Koofers], or a suitable libre equivalent. If the [[VTLUUG Wiki:License|licensing]] allows it, displaying the overall ratings for teachers from these sites or writing about the average response is helpful and recommended. If you really want to write a personal comment about a teacher, feel free to use the discussion page.
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