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1st Read

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    Readme First...

    What is Vespa Labs?

    Vespa Labs is a "Wiki" hosted in a small shed out the back of a house in Melbourne, Australia (a.k.a. Vespa Lab 1). The purpose of Vespa Labs is to gather and collate all information about Vespas in a way that can be used and refined by everyone that is interested. The use of the term "lab" is meant to encourage the application of science, where possible, to the information given. We hope that people will have fun testing things out and providing information for everyone to view and use. There will be secondhand information, of course, but this should be referenced, whether it be a book, web page or an online forum. There will also be mistakes and incorrect information, but people should feel free either to add comments to get things fixed quickly or to fix such issues themselves.

    What is a Wiki?

    "A wiki is a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it". This is the definition from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and is itself a good example of how people all over the world can collaborate to build a valuable resource for all... this is an example of what Vespa Labs wishes to achieve for Vespa information.

    Also note the Disclaimer!!!

    How to use this Wiki?

    info_flow.jpgThis wiki is a shared notebook, you add value by reviewing its content and keeping it up to date and easy to understand. We encourage you to create an account as a "Lab Rat" and add any comments that you think need adding. You can even update pages, but before adding anything you should have a look at Wiki 101 and Technical Wiki Writing.

    You can add your own pages but you should start creating pages in your own lab area first. For example a lab member might trawl the internet on expansion chambers and dump the info in their "lab" (i.e. a personal notebook). Once the info becomes firsthand (i.e. the lab member acquires the expansion chamber), he can start moving info to, or creating info in, the public area (i.e. the public notebook which gets refined by everyone). Treat your lab area as "anything goes": it represents your personal information aimed at yourself. Treat the main area as everyone's information (even if you initially created it), that is to say, information aimed at the general public.
     

    How do I contribute to this Wiki?

    To keep some sanity, users are given different levels of responsibility. The idea here is to allow anyone to do anything but provide some protection for the integrity of the site as a whole. The user levels and how they can contribute are listed below: 

    Lab Scientists

    Lab Scientists are basically website administrators. They are responsible for how the whole wiki looks, for promoting people through contributor levels, as well as reviewing content. They are also responsible for process (such as the instructions on this page).

    Lab Technicians

    People can become Lab Technicians by producing publishable pages in their user area (ready to be added to the main area) or by showing continued constructive comments and edits to pages. Basically a Lab Technician can add and edit whatever they want as they have shown that they add lots of value to the site. 

    Lab Technicians should not:

    • change the structure of the wiki
       

    Lab Rats

    Lab Rats is the default status. You get your own user "lab" area where you can add whatever you want. You can also edit pages to update the content of the main wiki. If a Lab Rat abuses this priviledge they will be warned first and blocked from editing the site if they persist. 

    Lab Rats should not:

    • add new pages (except in their own user area first and move to the main wiki when complete)
    • change the structure of the wiki 
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    Disclaimer: Vespa Labs contains information that is VERY likely to wreck your scooter and possibly yourself both intentionally (i.e. gaining more peformance while sacrificing reliability + safety) and unintentionally (i.e. misleading or incorrect information). Vespa Labs is only a wiki and intended as a dumping ground for information and not as a properly reviewed source. The same disclaimers that wikipedia.org use apply to Vespa Labs. The short version is use information at your own risk, both information on the main wiki and in the user areas are intended to be used only as "thought provoking" for someone that knows what they are doing. If you try to implement a "thought" Vespa Labs is not reponsible and if something goes wrong we hope that you live and update the offending information with corrections to warn others.

    Vespa Labs is an international site and therefore may contain information that is not road legal in some countries/states and may also invalidate insurance policies. Treat all information as experimental and for "race use only" (i.e. not for road use - even if it is implied or explicitly stated). Refer to and adhere to your local road and legal rules, as well as the manufacturers recommendations.