This is really great news.

I used ArchLinux for 10 years and switched to Debian Stable recently. Guess what I miss the most?

It's weird that such a well-organized distro has such a rotten wiki. I hope something comes out of this sharing.

I believe there's an equally strong community of dedicated Debian users out there, they just don't have the memes.

That is only possible thanks to ""a very involved community""; he noted that most of the edits on the ArchWiki were made by contributors outside the maintenance team.

there were some basic rules that should be followed, starting with ""assume good faith"".

The second rule, he said, is ""when in doubt, discuss changes with others before making a hasty decision"".

they wanted to avoid edit wars: ""the worst thing that can happen on a wiki is a few people just reverting their changes after each other"".

The team tries to encourage contributors to not only make one change, but to learn the guidelines and keep contributing—and then help teach others the guidelines.

I think his points can be summarised as "build a welcoming community, that encourages users to contribute". It's solid advice for any wiki, not just distro wikis.