=About=The VTLUUG Wiki is a [[w:wiki|wiki]] hosted and moderated by the [[Linux and Unix Users Group at Virginia Tech]]. Anyone can add to and [[VTLUUG Wiki:Introduction|edit]] it. Historically, the VTLUUG wiki has been most populated by [[Category:Howto|howto articles]] such as the [[VT-Wireless]] article. However, there is an ongoing effort to fill the wiki with additional content of interest to the Virginia Tech community, such as [[Category:History|historical]] and [[Category:People|biographical]] articles. =Purpose=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 Not===Wikipedia==[[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] is the premier libre encyclopedia. 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 [[wgp:Wikipedia]]</code>. ==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. ==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. =VTLUUG Namespace=Some articles that pertain mostly to the Linux and Unix Users Group, but not the greater at Virginia Tech community are kept in the VTLUUG namespace. An example is the [[VTLUUG:Roadmap|VTLUUG Roadmap]]. If other organizations are interested in following suit, they are welcome. Note that [[Scholar]] also has wiki functionality which is better integrated with other online tools but has a more limited syntax. =See Also=* [[VTLUUG Wiki:Introduction|Editing the VTLUUG Wiki]]