The Rules to become a WikiEngineer Editor
WikiEngineer works very hard to ensure that only quality information is placed onto the website. For that very reason not everyone is allowed to freely edit this wiki. Instead WikiEngineer has setup a specific group of authors that are allowed to edit the Engineering related pages on the site (note that certain pages on the site are only able to be edited by an administrator; this is to ensure that the general format/functionality of the site remain intact).
Benefits to the Authors
- By networking with other engineers across a variety of fields, you'll gain more knowledge, and contacts.
- Build a portfolio of work that you've done. This can be used to show your expertise in a certain field to a company. Also as recognition of the wiki grows, so will the benefits of being an author of the wiki.
- Help other engineers to learn and understand both simple and complex engineering principles.
- Become part of a growing community of technical specialties.
- Be able to add a Profile so others can see what you're up to. You'll even be able to brag about what you do when you're not working (which to be honest for us engineers is not very often).
- Gain access to the Authors Only section where you will be able to correspond with other authors in a more personal setting.
What we're looking for is:
- A qualified individual. The best way we've found to insure that you are in fact someone capable of writing on this wiki is to validate your email. Basically we will only accept applications from people who have email addresses from companies in the industry (engineering firms) or from accredited schools (.edu).
- I will never use your email without your consent, but this is one way that I can verify that you're actually an engineer or in an engineering related field.
- Almost all emails from addresses that can be freely obtained (yahoo, gmail, etc.) will be discarded.
- I would like to know what fields you are interested in working on. Try to be specific; I'd much rather have "I work mainly with geotechnical engineers doing soil bearings" than "I just want to fix a spelling mistake I found on page xyz"
- Any affiliations in engineering you have (e.g. Engineers without Borders, ASCE, etc.)
- Have you ever worked online before? Be it a wiki based system, or a blog, or whatever. This will not adversely hurt your chances of getting accepted. I will just send you some information to read up on before starting.
- Anything else I should consider?
How to submit your Application:
You can send your application via the Contact page. Be as accurate and complete as possible. If you would like to send me an email directly then just shoot me an email (using a proper email) with the Contact page and I'll respond. Sorry about all this work but a little extra effort now will hopefully keep the evildoers at bay.
WikiEngineer is meant to be a professional site for professionals from the engineering field. I will thoroughly read your application to ensure that the integrity and standards of work on the wiki are upheld.
Thank you for your interest in WikiEngineer.com and I hope you decide to pursue becoming an author and join our community.