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A wikicircles wiki starts with one person who knows a hobby well enough to seed it and cares enough to tend it early on. If that's you, create it here — it takes about a minute, and no one has to approve it.

What makes a good wiki topic

A real hobby with practitioners — something people buy gear for, argue about, and get better at over time.
Not already covered — check the directory first; if a close wiki already exists, contribute there instead.
Broader than a single product — "espresso" works; "the Gaggia Classic" is a page, not a wiki.

Create your wiki

You'll need to be signed in. That's the only requirement.

Enter the subdomain you want — 2–30 characters, lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. Enter espresso and your wiki lives at espresso.wikicircles.org:

Fill in the topic and a sentence about what it covers, then save. A few names are reserved (www, meta, api and similar), and you can create up to three wikis per account.

What happens next

Your wiki is built automatically, usually within about half a minute of saving. When it's ready the subdomain starts working and you're already its administrator — you can edit immediately, with no membership step and no email confirmation.

Seeded with a starter skeleton, it's yours to shape: rewrite the front page, delete what doesn't fit, and start filling in what you know. You keep full editorial control.

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-A wikicircles wiki starts with one person who knows a hobby well enough to seed it and cares enough to tend it early on. If that's you, propose it here.
+A wikicircles wiki starts with one person who knows a hobby well enough to seed it and cares enough to tend it early on. If that's you, create it here — it takes about a minute, and no one has to approve it.
 == What makes a good wiki topic ==
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 * '''Broader than a single product''' — "espresso" works; "the Gaggia Classic" is a page, not a wiki.
-== Start a request ==
+== Create your wiki ==
-You'll need to be [[Getting started|signed in]] to file one — that's the only requirement, and it takes a minute. Topic, a proposed subdomain, and a sentence on why:
+You'll need to be [[Getting started|signed in]]. That's the only requirement.
-Enter the subdomain you'd want — lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, e.g. <code>espresso</code> for <code>espresso.wikicircles.org</code>:
+Enter the subdomain you want — 2–30 characters, lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. Enter <code>espresso</code> and your wiki lives at <code>espresso.wikicircles.org</code>:
-{{#forminput:form=Wiki request|super page=Wiki requests|button text=Start a wiki request|placeholder=espresso}}
+{{#forminput:form=Wiki request|super page=Wiki requests|button text=Create my wiki|placeholder=espresso}}
-Your request lands in the [[:Category:Wiki requests|request queue]], where an admin reviews it and — if it's a good fit — creates the wiki and makes you its first editor.
+Fill in the topic and a sentence about what it covers, then save. A few names are reserved (<code>www</code>, <code>meta</code>, <code>api</code> and similar), and you can create up to three wikis per account.
 == What happens next ==
-New wikis are reviewed and created by hand, so there's a real person in the loop rather than instant self-service. Expect a reply on your request page or in the relevant community. Once it's live, you keep full editorial control of your wiki.
+Your wiki is built automatically, usually within about half a minute of saving. When it's ready the subdomain starts working and you're already its administrator — you can edit immediately, with no membership step and no email confirmation.
+Seeded with a starter skeleton, it's yours to shape: rewrite the front page, delete what doesn't fit, and start filling in what you know. You keep full editorial control.