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==Front End & Back End==
==Front End & Back End==
A wiki community of this (comparatively small) size does not need a complex hierarchy of staff, we don't need multiple panels of decision-makers who all wait for everyone else's approval before actually ''doing'' anything and we don't need several different tiers of administration with different levels of responsibility. There are really only two types of contributors to this wiki: '''front end''' and '''back end'''.
A wiki community of this (comparatively small) size does not need a complex hierarchy of staff, we don't need multiple panels of decision-makers who all wait for everyone else's approval before actually ''doing'' anything and we don't need several different tiers of administration with different levels of responsibility. There are really only two types of contributors to this wiki: '''front end''' and '''back end'''.


===Front End===
===Front End===
'''Most''' users belong to the front end of a wiki community, and that's the way it should be. Basically, the front end refers to anything that has to do with the articles and how they appear from a <u>reader's</u> point of view. A wiki is founded on the principle of anyone being able to edit the content of the page and it is those editors that make up the front end. To put that in bullet form:
'''Most''' users belong to the front end of a wiki community, and that's the way it should be. Basically, the front end refers to anything that has to do with the articles and how they appear from a <u>reader's</u> point of view. A wiki is founded on the principle of anyone being able to edit the content of the page and it is those editors that make up the front end. To put that in bullet form:


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===Back End===
===Back End===
The '''back end''' of a wiki community is comprised of a small number of users who make the efforts of the front end presentable for the readers. Usually, back end editors have a lot of experience writing in wiki communities and have a good understanding of how to best present information for readers. In addition to contributing to the front end, back end users also do work on more advanced wiki tools such as [[Template:ccsc|templates]], editing the [[SmashWiki:Community Portal|community portal]], working on [[SmashWiki:Smasher Project|project pages]] like '''this''' one, modifying [[Help:Contents|help pages]] and major decision-making with respect to things like site policy, [[Main Page|main page]] presentation and helping out front end users with the basic knowledge it takes to constructively add to the community project.  
The '''back end''' of a wiki community is comprised of a small number of users who make the efforts of the front end presentable for the readers. Usually, back end editors have a lot of experience writing in wiki communities and have a good understanding of how to best present information for readers. In addition to contributing to the front end, back end users also do work on more advanced wiki tools such as [[Template:ccsc|templates]], editing the [[SmashWiki:Community Portal|community portal]], working on [[SmashWiki:Smasher Project|project pages]] like '''this''' one, modifying [[Help:Contents|help pages]] and major decision-making with respect to things like site policy, [[Main Page|main page]] presentation and helping out front end users with the basic knowledge it takes to constructively add to the community project.  


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===The Difference...in a nutshell===
===The Difference...in a nutshell===
''Basically'', the difference between the front end and the back end is the same as the difference between an [[Wavedash|article]] and its [[Talk:Wavedash|talk page]].  
''Basically'', the difference between the front end and the back end is the same as the difference between an [[Wavedash|article]] and its [[Talk:Wavedash|talk page]].  


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==Post-Merge Cleanup==
==Post-Merge Cleanup==
It seems that the [[User_talk:Crystal_lucario/Unmerge_Petition|quiet minority]] who supported reverting this merge with Wikia has been shut down by an even quieter majority of mutes. As a result, I suppose we'll just have to make do with what we have in terms of wiki software, set all of our user skins to monobook, turn off the fancy widget-gadgets and pretend it never happened. Voila!  
It seems that the [[User_talk:Crystal_lucario/Unmerge_Petition|quiet minority]] who supported reverting this merge with Wikia has been shut down by an even quieter majority of mutes. As a result, I suppose we'll just have to make do with what we have in terms of wiki software, set all of our user skins to monobook, turn off the fancy widget-gadgets and pretend it never happened. Voila!