How to Use This Wiki

About This Wiki
App.net is a new and vibrant social network, based on the concept that paying for the use of a social network directly is better than selling your privacy one item at a time. Founded on August 13 2012, App.net is growing at a responsible rate, guided by App.net management, and provides a broad tapestry of services and apps to access them. These clients are provided by amazing independent developers.

This is sort of a temporary home page. It will be replaced with something better after we have had time to evaluate all of the potential content and then to insure appropriate indexing. Thanks for being patient.

This Wiki is maintained by volunteers. It is our intent to put up every shred of documentation we can find on this venture, except for API documentation; we think App.net would rather do that themselves.

If you didn't know, ADN = App.net = App Dot Net FYI :)

To ask questions, the best place to be will be the public Wiki Patter room.

If you want quick, in your feed updates on new posts and changes on app.net, then feel free to follow @wiki for updates.

Subscribe to the Wiki News Broadcast channel to get real-time push notifications for free.

Reading the Wiki
Most Wikis are made to navigate primarily through the use of hyperlinks and searches; this Wiki is no different. There are some pages that would be considered menu-like pages, such as the bottom part of the main page and the Patter rooms page. So you can follow hyperlinks through related subjects and probably find what you want, or you can search for specific terms in the search box at the upper right.

If you are looking for information about App.net on this Wiki and cannot find it, you can ask that such a page be created (contact @kdfrawg on App.net) or, if you are a paid up App.net member, you can create the page yourself and start filling out that page. If you need help on these functions, see the sections below.

Adding to the Wiki
As noted above, paid-up members of App.net can add pages to this Wiki. As you would expect, there are some rules about such additions. As long as you abide by those rules, the Wiki team is happy to have your help in making this Wiki better. If you like this sort of thing, consider joining the Wiki team.

Rules - a few words of warning
While we are happy to have your help, we are not happy about spamming or vandalism of this site, or about users adding inappropriate content. Our rules about what is inappropriate mirror those of App.net itself, though ours may be a bit more strict because everything on this Wiki is visible to everyone, with no additional controls.

If you add inappropriate information to this Wiki, we will notice. After we have noticed, we will remove said inappropriate information and, in addition, we will take away your right to add information to this Wiki. That includes any editing or addition of pages.

By adding content to AppDotNetWiki.net, you are agreeing to the Terms of Service.

Logging In
If you are not already logged in, you will see a box in the upper right corner with the text “Authorize with App.net.” All members of App.net, whether paid or free, can log in this way. In fact, this is the only way to log into this Wiki. There is really no advantage to logging in for free members. The login is automatic, using your App.net credentials. Once logged in, paid-up members can perform a number of functions in the Wiki.

Adding and Editing Wiki Pages
There is plenty of help across the web available for those wanting to add or edit pages. Please refer to Help Adding Pages for help on adding pages and to Help Editing Pages for help in editing pages.

On the wiki itself, you might want to check out the Help page and in particular the Help with Editing page.

If you need more specific information, please contact @kdfrawg.

Adding and Using Discussion (Talk) Pages
Each page in this Wiki has an associated Discussion (or Talk) page. You can access an existing discussion on any page or start a new discussion if none already exists, by clicking on the link “Talk” next to your user name ay the extreme upper right of each page. You will find further information about using discussion pages at Help with Talk Pages.

Asking Questions
You can ask questions about this Wiki, and make suggestions by going to the public Wiki Patter room.