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--- start [2024/09/20 12:04] – [Pages Currently Being Updated] shinytech
+++ start [2024/10/21 19:57] (current) – [Quick Note from the Moderator] shinytech
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 ====== Okemos Wiki Start Page ======
-====== Quick Note from the Moderator ======
-Hello! Welcome to the Okemos Wiki. When my family and I moved to Okemos in 2016, we found so many things to love
+===== Pages Currently Being Built =====
+This wiki is still in initial development, so the page organization is in flux. To help you get a sense of what we
+are trying to accomplish, here are some of the pages that are currently being put together, which will also serve
+as examples of what types of pages we are working on. There will be some mundane pages, like a list of all
+the [[groceries|grocery stores]] in the area. There will also be some random, but area-specific pages like
+"local tipping practices".
+==== Pages Currently Being Updated ====
+  * [[groceries|Groceries]]
+  * [[high_speed_internet|High Speed Internet Options]]
+  * [[pet_boarding|Local Pet Boarders]]
+  * [[schools|Local Schools (K-12)]] - List currently being restructured
+    * [[preschools|Local Preschools]]
+==== Upcoming Pages ====
+  * Local Restaurants
+  * Local Restaurants with Private Rental Spaces
+  * Local High Speed Internet Options
+  * Local Tipping Practices
+  * Neighborhoods in Okemos, Listed by Region
+===== Quick Note from the Moderator =====
+Hello! Welcome to the Okemos Wiki. When my family and I moved to Okemos in 2017, we found so many things to love
 about the area. It was sometimes difficult, however, to find the stuff that we were looking for, because not
-everything is available online. Despite living here for many years, I am still regularly finding new resources to
+everything is available online and even some of the online resources were difficult to find. Despite living here
+for many years, I am still regularly finding new resources to
 add to my lists, so I decided to start posting some of my lists on this wiki as a reference.
-This is not wikipedia, so the information on this site will be less formal, but it is important to me that the wiki
+This is not Wikipedia, so the information on this site will be less formal, but it is important to me that the wiki
 maintains a neutral point of view (([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view|Wikipedia:Neutral Point of View]])).
-I will post a list of guidelines if the need arises. Additionally, this is a free site, so no individual nor organization
+I will post a list of guidelines if the need arises. Additionally, this is an ad-free site, so no individual nor organization
 can pay to be on a list or show up in a certain position on a list. For the most part, lists will be alphabetical, unless
 it makes more logical sense for the list to be organized otherwise. When lists are broken up by city, however, Okemos
-will often be listed first because this is an okemos-based site. Everyone in the local area is welcome to be added
+will often be listed first because this is an Okemos-based site.
-to the lists.
-In the spirit of wikis (which are meant to be collaborative), I will soon be inviting others to help me build
+In the spirit of wikis (which are meant to be collaborative), I would like to invite interested parties to help me
-this wiki by adding new lists and/or updating mine. If you are interested, please email me for more
+add more info to the site. If you are interested, please email me. If
-info. It's okay if you don't know how to use the formatting syntax; I can either show you how or edit it later. If
 you have any other suggestions, comments, edits, ideas for lists, etc., please email me those as well!
 Thanks!
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-====== Pages Currently Being Built ======
-Here are some of the pages that are currently being put together, which will also serve as examples of what types
-of pages I am working on. There will be some mundane pages, like a list of all the [[groceries|grocery stores]] in
-the area. There will also be some random, but area-specific pages like "local tipping practices".
-===== Pages Currently Being Updated =====
-  * [[schools|Local Schools]]
-    * [[preschools|Local Preschools]]
-  * [[groceries|Groceries]]
-  * [[high_speed_internet|High Speed Internet Options]]
-===== Upcoming Pages =====
-  * Local Restaurants
-  * Local Restaurants with Private Rental Spaces
-  * Local High Speed Internet Options
-  * Local Tipping Practices
-  * Neighborhoods in Okemos, Listed by Region