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[edit] Introduction

MetaFilter has more than 45,000 registered users, 81,000 discussion threads, 136,000 question threads, 17,000 administrative threads, 4,000 music threads, 5,400,000 overall comments, and is over ten years old - ancient in internet time. Keeping a repository of community knowledge up to date and organized is only possible at this scale with the collaboration of many people.

[edit] Getting Started

• Frequently Asked Questions - a good place for newbies to get them answered. If you have a question, ask it here or add it directly to an appropriate page.
• The Index page is automatically updated and lists all the pages on the site alphabetically. If something is lost it might be here.
• MetaFilter - a page that outlines some terminology and the sections of the site.
• If you'd like to meet some Mefites in real life, check the Meet Up page.

[edit] Membership

Signups are open for a $5 fee. Non-members can read all postings on MetaFilter, but cannot post anywhere in the Metafilter universe. Anyone not logged in sees ads on MetaFilter and Ask Metafilter pages. Those who are logged in see far fewer ads -- none on thread pages and only occasional ads on the front page.

[edit] Meet Ups

Put your meetups here! Check out a list of current Meetup wiki pages.

[edit] The Old Wiki

You can still find the old wiki at http://mssv.net/wiki.cgi for now, although it will be archived in October or November, and then eventually removed.

[edit] Interesting Topics

• The Current Status page is generally updated quickly when MetaFilter is down.
• The Timeline has a good list of major events.
• Learning pages: What Is A Good Post, What Is A Good Comment, More Resources & In Jokes
• More Learning: Formatting, Search, Sidebar, Bookmarklets, Profile, Customize, User Number, Nickname
• Collected AskMes: EatMe, ReadMe, GiftIdeas, Books, Mac OS X, Travel guides, Depression, Personal Finance, FrenchMe, Frequent Questions
• Deeper wisdom: Comment Fables, Sock Puppets, ASCII Art Tips, Taglines
• Special Features: More Inside, Related Websites, Similar Websites, Metafilter IRC
• People of MetaFilter: Famous, Married, Deceased.
• Shadowy Back Alleys: miscellaneous metafilter-related pages
• The Team Fortress 2 page contains information about the MeFi TF2 server and members.
• The Metafilter podcast. With a couple of transcripts.
• Music Collaborators is a page for MeFi musicians who are interested in collaborating.
• Web Service IDs such as who's on Google Wave.

[edit] What is a Wiki?

A Wiki is a special kind of user-editable website. The purpose of this Wiki is to produce and maintain a general guide for the community weblog called MetaFilter. Feel free to browse the guide as a reader/lurker and do not hesitate to contribute.

If you're interested in contributing, you'll need to register (see the top right of the page) after which you'll be able to edit. You can't hurt the wiki, but if you persistently try to break it, you might find yourself IP-banned. Please see the MetaWiki page for more on what we're trying to achieve here and why. If you're still confused, check out the short guide What is a wiki and the Editing Help pages. We encourage you to participate in our Wiki.