Translations:Authoring guidelines/3/en

What belongs on this Wiki?

This Wiki is not the place for information that properly belongs in the purview of the Alliance communications team, which includes any communications intended for the general public, media, or funding agencies. Materials related to training and outreach also don’t belong on this technical documentation site. To that end, ask yourself before you publish a page or make a change:

• Is this about what services or clusters are available? If so, has the service or cluster already been announced? If not, consult the the Senior Manager, Communications & Marketing before publishing.
• Status information which changes from day to day --- available, offline, in maintenance, etc.--- belongs on https://status.alliancecan.ca/.
• Is this information useful to a user, as opposed to other CC technical staff? If technical staff, then it might belong at https://wiki.computecanada.ca/staff/ rather than https://docs.alliancecan.ca/.
• Does the information have implications for the security of our systems, or security of data on our systems? If so, consult the Director of Cybersecurity before publishing.
• Is the information of interest only to a prospective user, as opposed to an existing account-holder? This is a gray area: A prospective user might want to know technical details about our services and facilities, the same as an account-holder, but if the information is only of interest to a prospective user then it properly belongs on https://www.alliancecan.ca rather than https://docs.alliancecan.ca/.
• External links may be appropriate, see e.g. "Getting an Account".
• Is this about how to use an existing service, cluster, or application? If so, go ahead.

If you still have any doubt, staff members should use the #rsnt-documentation channel in Slack. Non-staff contributors should contact Technical support.