[ Closed ] New Wiki! (Page 1 of 2)

Well done.

Once again the community outperforms the paid professionals.

Since Solidoodle can't sort themselves out with adding me to their wiki I'll add some stuff to yours.

I've created the first page(!).

http://www.soliwiki.com/Frequently_Asked_Questions

I think this page should have brief answers to common questions and provide links to more detailed pages and resources where applicable.

Some things that should be on the FAQ

Will I ever get my printer?

What if my printer arrives broken?

What to try if my printer is shifting during prints.  (A fan on the circuit board, etc.)

How do I take apart and clean the barrel and nozzle?

How do I replace kapton tape without bubbles?

I've added them.

Now it's time for people to start populating pages and content.

I agree 100%. The FAQ should only have paragraph answers at the longest and then link to more detailed, dedicated pages.

I figured we should start somewhere, so why not a FAQ because it covers everything.

We can always move content around later, its most important we get content going in the first place

I fixed image uploads, so images are working well now.

just having a dictionary of how to refer to things would really help both novice and professional.

being able to correctly identify terms and parts like extrusion, exturder, filament, bed, z-axis screw, homing switch, nozzle, barrel, etc etc..

I think I can already tell which one is your contribution, but if I'm wrong in my assumption I apologize.  Just be aware that if you want Solidoodle to contribute to the wiki or link to it on their webpage it's probably not a good idea to publicly berate them about lead times and support.  I understand you have a bad taste in your mouth from it, but if I was a potential buyer researching what to get and read the wiki entry about lead times and responses and support issues I'd steer clear.  If Solidoodle the company faulters, all the existing users and this community will suffer for it, therefore you're messing with my investment.  I know on the wiki itself you were mild, but linking the the official bash solidoodle thread isn't very helpful.  I'm not proposing you hide these issues, and I'm glad to see support engaging directly finally, but I would suggest that linking back to the forum and letting future customers find the threads on their own instead of linking to the worst side of the coin.  I still maintain that this machine is nothing short of remarkable for the price, and if I had to wait a year to get it I would still be thrilled when I got it.  Communication thus far has been horrible, and lead times need to improve along with transparency, but let's encourage people to join us in the purchase and help our community grow and be successful rather than work against ourselves.

We appreciate your support.

I think Danny might be falsely accused. You can look at the history for each page to see what a user has added.

No.

I started looking at the second extruder section.

the long and the short of that question is, with heated bed models.
make your choice, either have a second extruder, or a heated bed.

with non heated bed models. - I don't see any development work happening really.

regards the lead times.
I commented before. I think that the wiki is the wrong place for that discussion. there's already a huge thread on here that's updated daily. the wiki will not be updated daily, it's technically nothing to do with the machine...

anyway.. the whole reason I came back to this thread at all:
http://www.soliforum.com/post/2427/#p2427

Solidoodle are opening their own wiki tomorrow.
will this one remain open?

Yes Danny, the Community Wiki will remain open. It is independent of the official solidoodle one.