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==SistersWiki: About==
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SistersWiki has been set up to pool collective knowledge about '''The Sisters of Mercy'''.<br/>
  
'''This site has been set up to pool collective knowledge about The Sisters Of Mercy.'''
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It follows a rash of invaluable Sisters related sites being deleted and disappearing into the void during the early 2000s.<br/>
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We hope that over time this site becomes a useful place for gathering any information about the band.<br/>
  
This follows a rash of invaluable Sisters related sites being deleted.
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We welcome you as a reader, editor, author, or contributor of SistersWikiDotOrg, and encourage you to actively take part in it.<br/>
 
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We hope that over time this site becomes a useful place for gathering any information about this band.<br>
 
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==Who are we?==
 
==Who are we?==
We work closely with the folks at [http://www.myheartland.co.uk/ Heartland] with many contributers here also posting there.<br>
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We work closely with the folks at Heartland (http://www.myheartland.co.uk/) and with other Sisters Forums like [http://www.poison-door.net/phpbb3/ Poison Door] or further Sisters-related communities and sites with many contributors here posting and/or providing content there as well. Not all users and contributors to SistersWikiDotOrg are members or part of the Heartland Forums or any other community, though, and it is not obligatory to join any of these forums in order to contribute here.<br/>
  
If there is any information you can't find here, we suggest posting a question in the [http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=2 Sisters Chat Forum] or under [http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=5 Sisters FAQs].<br/>
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If there is any information you can't find at SistersWikiDotOrg, please check the pages listed in our External Links on the [[Main Page]]. And anyway, you’re always welcome to join the Heartland Forums and post your questions there in the [http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=2 Sisters Chat] or under [http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=5 Sisters FAQs].  For speakers of other languages than English, please check the forum links on our [[Main Page]].<br/>
 
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So why not [[Special:Userlogin|sign up]] with a user-name and get to [[help:editing|editing]]? Serious contributors are very welcome and should feel explicitly encouraged.<br/>
 
  
All contributions should, of course, be correct, unbiased and comply with copyright laws. In case you have any questions on editing,<br/>
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==Important Update Information==
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We are very pleased to inform that from now on, serious contributors can request an account with the SistersWiki again in order to edit pages, upload pictures, create new pages etc. <br/>
  
please do not hesitate to contact us here in the above ''discussion'' tag, or in [http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=7987 the relevant Wiki thread at Heartland Forum].<br/>
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In the past, we encountered an enormous load of spamming, due to which we had to disable all account creation. This measure fully hindered any potential users from contributing to and editing the SistersWiki.<br/>
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'''NOTE:'''<br/>
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Now we have found a way to allow new user registrations again. Just go to the [[Request Account]] page and fill in the form. You will have to have your email-address registered in order to retrieve your password, in case you lose it. Next step: answer our Questy-Captcha. This process does afford you to have cookies allowed on your computer. Your request will then be handled by the SistersWiki Administration as soon as possible and either accepted or - denied. The conformation of your account is a second safeguard against spammers and vandals. Your request should hardly be denied, since you will have answered our Questy-Captcha correctly before, see also [[Special:Captcha/help|Captcha help]]. For more information about privacy issues see our [[Sisters Wiki:Privacy policy|Privacy policy]].<br/>
We have encountered an enormous load of spamming here, recently.<br/>
 
  
Due to these occurences, you now have to have your email-address registered and confirmed, before you can start editing pages.<br/>
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Contributions should, of course, be correct, unbiased and comply with copyright laws.  Spam, vandalism and nonsense-pages will be removed immediately, and responsible users get banned infinitely! On these issues see also our [[Terms Of Use]]
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Registered users automatically have their own Talk Page. There you might give a short impression of your person, if you please. This is however not meant to link SistersWikiDotOrg to any commercial content or to promote issues outside the purpose of this project. <br/>
  
Anyway: spam, vandalism and nonsense-pages will be removed immediately, responsible users get banned infinitely!<br/>
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In case you have any questions on editing, please do not hesitate to contact the [[Administrators]]. <br/>
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And a last recommendation:<br/>
 
  
If you want to register in order to edit and contribute, or afterwards, '''please''' let us know [http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=7987 in this thread on Heartland Forum].<br/>
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Also, if you should get banned unjustifiedly, please let us know there and we will see to it.<br/>
  
This is not necessarily required, but otherwise your new user account might be deleted and your ID banned within reasonable time,<br/>
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For those, who do not know about editing and contributing to a wiki, we are preparing a short [[Help:Contents|Editing Help For Beginners]]. But this is not yet complete. For the time being, please avail yourselves of the extensive help pages that can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page MediaWiki Help].<br/>
 
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'''if''' no (even minor) contribution on your part should follow. Also, if you should get banned unjustifiedly, <br/>
 
  
please let us know there and we will see to it. Thank you very much and enjoy! ... ''':-))''' ... You're welcome! ... ''':-))'''...<br/>
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Thank you very much and enjoy! ... :-)) ... You're welcome! ... :-)) ...<br/>
 
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== Important Update Information ==
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- October 2013 -<br/>
'''At the moment it is not possible to register with the SistersWiki <br/>
 
 
 
since our latest attempt of installing a captcha-based registration application failed <br/>
 
 
 
for yet unknown reasons. We hope to find a solution for this problem but it does obviously<br/>
 
 
 
take some time. For so long, we can only recommend to contact us or post at Heartland Forum <br/>
 
 
 
under the above given links. Sorry for any inconveniences!<br/>
 
 
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Revision as of 12:17, 6 November 2013

SistersWiki: About

SistersWiki has been set up to pool collective knowledge about The Sisters of Mercy.

It follows a rash of invaluable Sisters related sites being deleted and disappearing into the void during the early 2000s.

We hope that over time this site becomes a useful place for gathering any information about the band.

We welcome you as a reader, editor, author, or contributor of SistersWikiDotOrg, and encourage you to actively take part in it.

Who are we?

We work closely with the folks at Heartland (http://www.myheartland.co.uk/) and with other Sisters Forums like Poison Door or further Sisters-related communities and sites with many contributors here posting and/or providing content there as well. Not all users and contributors to SistersWikiDotOrg are members or part of the Heartland Forums or any other community, though, and it is not obligatory to join any of these forums in order to contribute here.

If there is any information you can't find at SistersWikiDotOrg, please check the pages listed in our External Links on the Main Page. And anyway, you’re always welcome to join the Heartland Forums and post your questions there in the Sisters Chat or under Sisters FAQs. For speakers of other languages than English, please check the forum links on our Main Page.

Important Update Information

We are very pleased to inform that from now on, serious contributors can request an account with the SistersWiki again in order to edit pages, upload pictures, create new pages etc.

In the past, we encountered an enormous load of spamming, due to which we had to disable all account creation. This measure fully hindered any potential users from contributing to and editing the SistersWiki.

Now we have found a way to allow new user registrations again. Just go to the Request Account page and fill in the form. You will have to have your email-address registered in order to retrieve your password, in case you lose it. Next step: answer our Questy-Captcha. This process does afford you to have cookies allowed on your computer. Your request will then be handled by the SistersWiki Administration as soon as possible and either accepted or - denied. The conformation of your account is a second safeguard against spammers and vandals. Your request should hardly be denied, since you will have answered our Questy-Captcha correctly before, see also Captcha help. For more information about privacy issues see our Privacy policy.

Contributions should, of course, be correct, unbiased and comply with copyright laws. Spam, vandalism and nonsense-pages will be removed immediately, and responsible users get banned infinitely! On these issues see also our Terms Of Use Registered users automatically have their own Talk Page. There you might give a short impression of your person, if you please. This is however not meant to link SistersWikiDotOrg to any commercial content or to promote issues outside the purpose of this project.

In case you have any questions on editing, please do not hesitate to contact the Administrators.

Also, if you should get banned unjustifiedly, please let us know there and we will see to it.

For those, who do not know about editing and contributing to a wiki, we are preparing a short Editing Help For Beginners. But this is not yet complete. For the time being, please avail yourselves of the extensive help pages that can be found at MediaWiki Help.

Thank you very much and enjoy! ... :-)) ... You're welcome! ... :-)) ...

- October 2013 -