Help:Summary

Before anything: the wiki attitude
The wiki is a living, evolving and especially non-linear tool. Don't be afraid to bring your contribution by trial and error! The success of this wiki will come through an active participation to the sharing of knowledge.
The more we are, the more we wiki ;)

According to who you are

Whether you are a participant, accomplice, partner or promotor of the Fab Labs Nation projet, thank you for your implication. To start collaborating with others, we invite you to contribute in the following ways, according to the category to which you identify:

Anyone

Add your personal page and keep it up to date.
Add events related to Fab Labs that interest you.
Share this wiki on social medias.
Translate pages using the Special:Translate page.

A Fab Lab coordinator/Fab Manager

Update your Fab Lab's page.
Make a list of the organisations that are related to your Fab Lab.
Add the list of equipment available in your Fab Lab
Add the list of employees in your Fab Lab
Let us know what you need in your lab

A representative for an organization related to Fab Labs

Update or create your organizations page
Make a list of the other organizations that are related to both you and Fab Labs across Canada
Add a list of employees of your organization that contribute to the Fab Lab world
Add events, past and future, related to Fab Labs

An organizer for an event related to Fab Labs

Create and maintain the page dedicated for your event
Add or complete the pages for the organisations implicated in your event
Create the pages for the people implicated in your event
Add other, past and future events related to Fab Labs
Share this wiki on social media

Any person implicated in Fab Labs

Consult the list of equipment available to users.
Add organizations and events related to Fab Labs

Useful pages

Preferences page

To access your preferences, click on your username in the top menu and select "Preferences". You'll want to set up a few options here including:

If you want the wiki to refer to you using gender specific pronouns, you can choose between the "he/she edits wiki pages", under the "Internationalization" section
Change the display language (for the UI only, page content language is changed from yellow boxes where available)
If you want to receive mail when pages you follow are updated, you need to validate your email in the "Email options" section.

User page

"User pages exist for each person with an account in the wiki. Its where you keep track of your activity in the wiki: you'll find Actions, Suggestions and Projects in which you're implicated and have access to their status.

For an example of an amply filled user pagem you can have a look at User:Guillaume Coulombe.

A few functionalities on your user page:

Create an action: a punctual task to realize
Create a suggestion: an idea for improving the wiki plateforme for Fab Labs Nation.
Create a project: an intention to achieve a specific goal over time with the collaboration of different parties.

Page de personne

Les pages de personnes répertorient toute les autres personnes que l'on pourraient vouloir documenter, sans qu'ils/elles aient nécessairement leur compte d'utilisateur dans le wiki. On y retrouve donc des informations de contact de cette personne, ainsi que les rôles joués par cette personne dans le cadre du domaine décrit par le wiki. Il est à noter que les utilisateurs du wiki devraient aussi avoir leur page de personne, comme il est tout aussi pertinent d'avoir leur information de contact. Afin d'apprendre à nous connaître et connaître les personnes impliquées dans le mouvement, il se peut que votre page personne soit déjà crée. Vous pouvez trouver cette liste par le menu de gauche, à la page Personnes. Si vous y êtes déjà, vous êtes invités à corriger d'éventuelles erreurs et à mettre vos coordonnées (professionnelles) à jour.