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== This article ==
<big>'''AN APPEAL''' - please will someone take over maintenance of articles such as this one on the Wiki, ensuring it continues to be relevant regardless of whether the reader is using an old version or the latest build. There were so many releases in 2020, the first person revising this article could not keep up, and abandoned the task after 6 months of updates!</big>
This Wiki article was originally created by Mark Crossley and contained exactly what Steve Loft said in the [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=39 MX early builds support forum] when he first started experimenting with Cumulus MX and access was restricted to those willing to experiment with his tests.▼
=== Summary of early history of this article ===
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The article was then rewritten by somebody who used to use Cumulus 1. It was based on experience of some early experimentation with MX, while Cumulus 1 was still the main system used. This is why there are comparisons of Cumulus 1 and MX included in this article, although the detail about moving to MX from Cumulus 1 has now been moved to a separate article, with a link included later in this article. The article continued to be revised as the author abandoned Cumulus 1 and gained experience of running MX on a Windows 10 PC. Subsequently, there were further revisions as a Raspberry Pi computer took over running of MX, again experiences initially documented here have been moved to a separate article that also has a link below. Although some information from posts in the Cumulus Support Forum was added to this article (or the articles that are linked from this article), there are so many posts on the forum, this has not been maintained since Summer 2020.
It is true that operation on a Raspberry Pi has been much, much, more reliable than running on Windows 10 PC, so that meant it was just left running without worrying about upgrading to new MX builds, and with no new experiences to report, the updating of the Wiki has largely ceased, hence appeal for someone else to reflect the many changes since July 2020.
==What a new contributor should consider for future maintenance==
It is likely that there are some errors, it is easy to type something different to what you meant; therefore please check existing article and correct any errors.
If a new release has changed something, please document both how it now works, whilst maintaining documentation on how it worked before. References to both version number and build number ranges that apply to any information is helpful to readers.
With hindsight, much of what has been documented could be made clearer. Much of this article was edited by directly quoting what was said in the forum, it was not always possible to understand it sufficiently to find an alternative clearer way of explaining the particular information. Writing for the Wiki is always tricky, some readers want everything made very simple and other readers look to the Wiki for the full technical information. One solution is to to have simple summary sections and sections that give full details.
Although a lot of material has been moved out of this article into separate articles linked from this article, a new contributor might wish to move more off this page to continue to simplify this article. One problem I encountered was that I tried to edit articles created by administrators, or locked after I edited them when administrators changed after the wiki was migrated to a new host. As my permissions are limited, I have in some cases had to create replacement articles, and where possible persuade administrators to remove or amend original article.
Although each contributor to the Wiki may be tempted to use a different style, this should not put you off contributing. Something I was taught, when I was responsible for computer system documentation in paid employment, was that it is best to use short sentences, lots of headings, and bullet points whether numbered or not, and multiple sub-levels. Use that advice as your starting point and your contribution will fit in.
*If you have some ideas, but are unsure whether to apply changes, please use the discussion page first.
*If you have ideas, but an administrator has not seen you are requesting write access to this wiki, please write your suggestion in the support forum for wiki suggestions at https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=38. The same forum can be used for posts begging an administrator to check outstanding requests for Wiki access.
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