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RACKWiki is a harm-reduction educational resource with user-created content. Any registered user can create or edit most articles on the wiki. | RACKWiki is a harm-reduction educational resource with user-created content. Any registered user can create or edit most articles on the wiki. Edits by newly created accounts will be placed in a moderation queue for manual approval. Once a new user has made enough approved edits, their account will be promoted to Author which allows them to make edits without waiting in the moderation queue. | ||
== Getting Started == | == Getting Started == | ||
=== Create an account === | === Create an account === | ||
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==== Technical language ==== | ==== Technical language ==== | ||
Technical language may be unavoidable when an article describes a nuanced, complicated topic. However, the lead section of an article should always provide a simple overview, and overly esoteric terms should either be replaced with simpler ones, or explained either inline or in a link to a separate article. | Technical language may be unavoidable when an article describes a nuanced, complicated topic. However, the lead section of an article should always provide a simple overview, and overly esoteric terms should either be replaced with simpler ones, or explained either inline or in a link to a separate article. | ||
==== Subjects ==== | |||
"Subject" or "submissive" are the preferred terms to describe a participant who is the recipient of an action. In casual conversation the term "bottom" is often used to describe this role, but this can cause confusion in scenes where multiple activities are occurring (for example, bondage and sexual intercourse). | |||
=== Neutrality and factuality === | === Neutrality and factuality === | ||