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What is this?
This is Stripped IT. This is a wiki site, whose purpose is to host articles on various IT related subjects. The articles are written in a "notes" format, which delivers information in a quick and direct way. The 'tree' structure of the notes format provides the context needed to 'place' a piece of information, so you won't lose the overview about the subject. As I have worked mostly in the networking branch of IT, the majority of the articles are networking related. However, in no way this represents a limit to the type of articles which will (sooner or later) be found on this wiki.

Why Stripped IT exists?
The name is a good indication. It was a simple desire that gave birth to this wiki: finding the information sought quickly, and have some context for it. While there are dozens of IT sites on the Internet, there are only a very few that offer quality information. Many of these sites are full of advertisements and their content is way too bloated for the amount of useful information that they offer. So, the purpose of Stripped IT is: Offer useful information in a quick and direct manner, stripped of all the unneeded talk and ads.

What you won't find here
=> ADS. This is one thing that you won't find: advertisements.

=> A to Z tutorials or courses on stuff. You won't find full courses on anything. There are no labs, no colorful diagrams to make it easier to understand stuff, no quizzes, no flashcards. For example, an article on OSPF will talk about OSPF. It will NOT teach you what Layer 3 is, what routing is, what IP is, what a router is. It is not a course designed to teach you all the networking knowledge required to understand OSPF. It will simply hold information on OSPF.

Things you should know:
=> This wiki is in its very early stages. There are still things I am figuring out regarding how I want Stripped IT to be. Apart from me, confirmed users can contribute to articles. More specifically, they can: In order to become a Confirmed User, all you have to do is create an account and confirm the e-mail.
 * Create Discussion Pages on any article.
 * Edit articles, however, edits are subjected to review before they are published.

=> The content you can find here generally comes from reliable sources BUT wrong info may appear, so, a good advice from me is: Don't regard a source of information as absolutely 100% correct and always research your stuff from multiple sources.

=> These articles are basically notes that I myself came across during my career (information gathered from work experience, various courses or certifications, etc.), so keep in mind that:
 * all this information went through my subjective filter. Maybe there are relevant things you won't find here, simply because I didn't find them useful at that point when I wrote the notes.
 * there can be some advanced topics but regularly, the information ranges from basic to intermediate.
 * an article may have some advanced details on a topic while lacking basic ones. This is because I never came across that information or didn't need it.

Article states and user contributions
Articles exist in one of three possible states:

1. Work in progress:

 Please be advised that this article is work-in-progress. The information here may be vague, incomplete, misleading or plainly wrong.

- The article is in a work-in-progress state. - The information hasn't yet been verified against multiple sources and may be vague, misleading or plainly wrong. - Relevant information may be missing. - Before using any information from the article, you MUST verify it against other sources.

2. Final draft:

 This article is in a final draft form but it needs to be reviewed.

- Multiple sources have been used when writing the article. - The article is in a final state, the information is helpful as it is. - Modifications will probably be done until it is moved into a reviewed state. - The information may still be vague, missing or incorrect, but the chances are way lower than in the case of work-in-progress state. - It needs to be reviewed by the community and possible mistakes must be corrected.

3. Community reviewed:

 This article has been reviewed by the community.

- The article has been reviewed by the community and all necessary edits to the article were made. - The information is unlikely to be wrong at this point. - All the necessary clarifications were made. - One will have a good overview on the subject after reading the article.

4. Things you should know:

- Regardless of the state an article is in (including community reviewed), comments are always welcomed. - You can always suggest edits on the article if:
 * wrong information is found.
 * information is vague or contradictory and clarification is needed. You must specify what you didn't understand and you can also write the actual edit yourself.
 * more details are needed because the information as it is now, is too short to be relevant.
 * suggest improvements, and doing so is highly encouraged.

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