Difference between revisions of "What is Cookipedia"

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+===Our mission===
+To be the premier one-stop collaborative cookery resource providing cooks with appealing tested and photographed recipes from around the world. In our encyclopaedic Wiki we endeavour to hold everything you need to know in order to successfully complete your chosen recipe.
 ===Passion for cookery===
-Cookipedia was created because ever since Mum helped me cook my first omelette, I have been passionate about cooking.
-Over the last 50 years I have collected masses of recipes, tips and various useful information, mostly on scraps of paper and latterly in documents on various computers.  Yet whenever I tried to find the same information in one location, be it on the web or in books I could never find it.  So, I decided to bring all of these things together in one place. Cookipedia!
+Ever since I was a child, I have been passionate about cooking. During the past 50 years, I have collected masses of recipes and cooking-related scribblings. I had never been able to find a suitable repository for this information – until now: Cookipedia is born.
-===Not exactly like Wikipedia===
-Although this is on a Wiki, whilst I have the utmost respect for Wikipedia, I really don't want Cookipedia to become academic in the sense that Wikipedia is.  To my mind, the target visitor to this site is someone what wants to know that a substitute for onions in a recipe could be [[shallots]], [[leeks]] or [[spring onions]], not that when sliced they produce the volatile gas syn-propanethial-S-oxide. A recipe should be thing of passion, involving personal likes and dislikes, not just a factual list.
-===Correct it,  or provide an alternative===
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-With cooking, as with computer programming (for I have an interest!) there is more than one way to do it ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMTOWTDI TMTOWTDI]) - so, sure, if a recipe is plain wrong then correct it by all means.  However, if you have a better or different one, publish it alongside, then everyone can try it out and be the judge.
+===Independent===
-Feel free to submit your recipes and ideas.
+Cookipedia has no commercial affiliation. Its editors recommend [[:Category:Suppliers|suppliers and their products]], hopefully because they have had good service from them in the past. If you have a different opinion, [[How to edit an article|please express it]] - that way, truth will prevail.
-===Publicicty===
-Cookipedia is labour of love that takes time and money to run. [[Site support|Publicity is all I ask]]. Please spread the word.
+===Raison d'etre===
-'''[[User:Chef|Jerry]]'''
+Cookipedia runs on Wiki software, so it looks and feels and operates just like Wikipedia. Its goal is to be an accurate, collaborative cookery resource without being too academic. Personal opinion is definitely welcomed - as is humour.
+===Collaboration===
+Cookipedia is a collaborative cookery resource and its voluntary editors are as passionate as I am. Use the related comments pages to communicate with each other and allow Cookipedia to grow organically.
+===Enhance Cookipedia===
+[[Add your own recipe|Add your own recipes]] or even [[How categories work|recipe sections]]. [[How to edit an article|Improve those recipes and articles]] that already exist and if you feel something is not correct, then log-in and [[How to edit an article|change it]].  It's that simple.
+===You can make a difference===
+[[Image:FacebookTwitter.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''[https://twitter.com/#!/MyCookipedia Follow us: Twitter]''' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''[https://www.facebook.com/pages/cookipediacouk/176838092425325 Like us: Facebook]''']]
+Publicity is our life-blood. You can follow Cookipedia on Twitter and Facebook using the links below and you can also use the Social Networking buttons [[#Found a problem with the site?|at the bottom of every page]].
+* '''[https://twitter.com/#!/MyCookipedia Follow us on Twitter]'''
+* '''[https://www.facebook.com/pages/cookipediacouk/176838092425325 Like our Facebook page]'''
+===Need assistance?===
+We have some rudimentary [[:Category:Help|help pages]] that should get you through basic problems, but if you're still stuck, [[User talk:Chef|talk to me]]. I'll do what I can to help.
+===Privacy policy===
+Our [[Cookipedia:Privacy policy|privacy policy is here]], though it's just a personalised version of the basic installation.  In short: we're just nice people who love to cook. We don't want your personal data and we certainly will never knowingly let anyone else have it.
+===Disclaimers===
+[[Cookipedia:General disclaimer|Our disclaimer is here]], and as stated above, it has simply been copied and personalised from the basic version.  However, if you have any issues with Cookipedia, [[User_talk:Chef|please do contact me personally]].
+===Copyrights===
+See [[Cookipedia:Copyrights]].
+===Found a problem with the site?===
+If you have found a problem with Cookipedia or have a suggestion you would like to make, use the '''Contact the Editor''' link at the top of every page or leave a message on my [[User_talk:Chef|comments]] page.
-===Got a problem with the site?===
-Please [[Site problem?|click here and let us know.]]  We '''will''' thank you for it.
 [[Category:Useful information]]
+[[Category:Help]]

Difference between revisions of "What is Cookipedia"

Revision as of 08:22, 31 March 2012

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Our mission

Passion for cookery

Independent

Raison d'etre

Collaboration

Enhance Cookipedia

You can make a difference

Need assistance?

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