A forum and posting site for discussions.

The purpose of the CPress Forum is to test/experiment with a less immediate method of discussing an issue with the attempt to recruit longer posts and original content.

There should be no expectation that posts in any category are final versions of the text. The purpose is to invite debate about topics, build a Wiki about topics as forum discussions unfold.

However, unlike a chat, the authorship of those posts will be clear to people and not ephemeral.

These characteristics come with drawbacks, but also can create higher quality discussion and product/copy production.

The goal is to produce a slower, but higher quality discussion on topics.

Subscribe/Unsubscribe

• Send the admin your email address to get started.
• You can change which email updates you receive.
• From the drop-down menu, you can select individual emails (for each change) or daily digest.
• Recommended: daily digest and at least "Announcements" and "Replies To My Forum Posts".

Terminology

(Technical) Notes

• Notes are articles without the need for tracking changes.
• Useful for posting articles that might either be behind paywalls or are technical in nature.
• Can be original content.
• Articles show up in the search.
• Articles can be linked to.
• Articles can have attachments (images) added to them.
• Create a new note at this link.

Wiki Pages

• Wiki pages have track changes.
• They can be edited by anyone with those track changes.
• Attachments (images and documents) can be added through the "editor" view of the page.
• The purpose is to build a knowledge page about a single issue, similar to how Wikipedia pages are developed.
• Wiki pages show up in the search.

Forum

• A place for discussion.
• A forum is more asynchronous than a chat program and less asynchronous than email.
• Forum posts can be searched.
• Topics can be created for any issue.
• Discussions can be closed if they are time-limited.
• Longer posts can also be added to discussions and you can reply to posts.
• Changes are tracked, but unless there is a need to make substantial changes to the forum post, it is recommended against.
• Forum posts can be seen in chronological order by clicking "Recent" in the title bar.
• You can post using Markdown to add formatting to the post.