GIST Support WikiThis page includes text that can be customized and used once you have completed seeding the wiki with content and are ready to introduce it to the entire community. The message sould probably be sent by the Wiki Team Leader.
The sample message is written as if sent to the fictitious ABC Support Group. Comments in italics will need to be updated. You will likely want to customize it a bit more as well, perhaps pointing out some of the major sections of wiki content and suggesting areas that could use some immediate attention by other members.
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[edit] Email Content
[ABC Support Group] members,
We have finished creating the initial content for our new community website (i.e., wiki)! Come check it out at [http://abcsupport.medshelf.org]. Thanks to all of you who gave us ideas on what should be included. We hope that you will find it useful and that you will help improve it by creating your own pages and editing the existing pages. After all, it is a community project and the more involvement we have, the better it will be!
To help people keep up on new content that is added to the wiki and learn how to use it effectively, we will send out a Wiki Digest email on a regular basis. Also, if you have any questions about the wiki, you can send a message to the list or to one of the Wiki Team members.
Here are a few ideas on how you can get involved. - Read the Wiki Guide [1], which will explain how to use the wiki and make your own contributions. Then browse through the existing pages and make your own additions and edits. - Use the wiki content in our ongoing email list discussion: Link to specific wiki pages to help you ask or answer questions; discuss pages that should be improved or updated; announce new wiki pages that you have created; suggest email threads that should be summarized and added to the wiki. - Consider becoming one of the Wiki Helpers [2] by adopting a specific wiki page to keep updated, helping promote the wiki, or joining the Clean Up Crew.
We are excited about this new community project and look forward to seeing how you will all shape it into a more useful resource for our community and for those who suffer from ABC disease.
Sincerely, The Wiki Team
[insert names of Wiki Team members]
[1] http://gistsupport.medshelf.org/Wiki_Guide
[2] http://gistsupport.medshelf.org/Wiki_Helpers