Look ma! A FAQ!

[rho]

Thanks to the hard work of the FAQ team, the FAQ is now at a stage that's close to "completion". I use the scare quotes deliberately, because it's not anywhere near completion, and there's still a whole lot that needs adding and what have you. What's there at this point is pretty stable though, so I'm saying that we've now reached FAQ 1.0.

If you have time, go take a look at the FAQ and comment here to let me know what you think. We've done our best to make the FAQ clear and easy to read and to navigate, and I'd be especially interested to know how you think we've done with that. I'd like to know what you think we've got right, and I'd also like to hear any constructive criticism you have on things that you think we've got wrong.

This is also the place to comment if you find any typos or factual inaccuracies in the FAQ. We've had at least two pairs of eyes looking over every FAQ to try to cut down on errors, but it's inevitable that some will have slipped in. If you find any, comment here, and we'll get them fixed when we get a chance.

Comments

[ninetydegrees]

http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=17

go to your "Manage Circle" page

The other FAQs don't use quotes when referencing page titles.

you may Enter the Dreamwidth account names or OpenID URLs of people you want to add to your Circle.

Lowercase e in enter, I think.

If the community administrator has chosen Moderated Membership when the community was created, you'll need to email the community's owner to be added to the community's membership list.

You can find out which type of community it is, or who to contact to be approved for membership if it's a Moderated Community, on the Community's Profile Page.

Aren't requests automatically e-mailed to the owners? It's what's said on http://www.dreamwidth.org/community/settings.bml. Are there any cases where that may not happen? Or was this actually meant for Closed communities?

[forthwritten]

I've fixed the first two things you've mentioned and passed the rest on to someone who knows more about communities than I do.

[ninetydegrees]

In case this needs to be changed: http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=101 says With moderated membership, requests to join your community will be emailed to you for approval.

[forthwritten]

Fixed.

[ninetydegrees]

And another related FAQ: http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=110

With moderated membership, users cannot join your community freely — they must request membership by attempting to join. You can choose to be notified by email when somebody tries to join your community, by selecting the appropriate option under "Administrative Options" on the Manage Communities page.

[forthwritten]

Fixed.

[ninetydegrees]

Membershop → membership :) Also you rock.

[forthwritten]

Hm, this is why editing FAQs at 2am is Bad - thanks for catching it :) I'll see what I or other members of the docs team can do about the rest of the FAQs. Your feedback is really helpful, thank you.