Feed The Beast Wiki:Using the FTB Wiki as an official resource

The Developer-appointed curator program (DACP, da-sap (/deɪ.ˈsæp/) ) is a "program" allowing mod authors to appoint editors to document their mod/mods on the Feed The Beast Wiki. A mod author can be self-appointed, if desired. The developer-appointed mod curator (often shortened to dev appointed mod curator, dev appointed staff, and sometimes mod curator, although the latter can refer to anyone documenting a mod) is considered its own role.

Why host your documentation here?
Why should you host your documentation here, rather than in a forum post, website, or an independent wiki? There are a few reasons:
 * Forum post: forum posts should have at least some documentation in them, but overall they are nasty as the be-all and end-all form of documentation for medium-sized or large-sized mods. Most forums have size restriction for posts, and using a series of posts generally makes a mess. Also, forum posts usually have restrictions in the forum markup, and are very difficult to navigate.
 * Website: websites aren't easily editable by users/fans. This point can also extended to the forum post. Although a GitHub.io website can be by forking the repository, this is not something that the average contributor would know how to do, or even want to learn how to do.
 * Having your documentation editable by anyone, essentially being a wiki, is about always the best route. Wikis allow anyone to contribute to your documentation, sometimes letting the documentation write itself, and allowing for mistakes to be easily fixed, and for communities to be built. Another point is that wikitext is much simpler then HTML, and allows for more with less.


 * Independent wikis: independent wikis start from the ground-up. Although it may be fun to craft templates and guidelines, the Feed The Beast Wiki already has a very successful system going; you don't need to worry about making new templates, or about a manual of style, you can just jump in and start editing! Additionally, independent wikis, particularly those of less-popular mods, often have issues being maintained— vandalism is not always reverted quickly, if reverted at all. The FTB Wiki is made of many users that are quick to respond to situations (if you want to test us without vandalizing, throw us a message on our centralized discussion board).
 * Another thing to note is that contributing to the Feed The Beast Wiki is absolutely free; many independent wikis are self-hosted to avoid the Wikia-hell, often costing the owner a few bucks. Although there are many free wiki-hosting platforms, many are slow, have too many ads, or are inflexible.
 * Another point is that a "universal" wiki, which the Feed The Beast Wiki strives to be, allows for easier documentation of addons and crossmod features; rather than linking to other wikis or other sources of information, you can simply point to a page in this wiki.

Moving wikis
If desired, you can move your documentation from an independent wiki, website, forum post, etc, to the FTB Wiki. However, this is not as simple as just copy/pasting information over (or at least when done right). There are a few things needed:
 * You need to have permission to do so. This is the most important part. If it's not written by you, you'll definitely need to ask the writer before moving it over.
 * You need convert the pages' templates (or lack of templates) to the FTB Wiki's templates.
 * You need to make the articles/pages' tone appropriate for the FTB Wiki. This doesn't really apply as much for guides, but regular articles are required to be encyclopedic. The most common example of an article being unencyclopedic is using the word "you"— this can usually just be replaced with "the player" or "a player".

Appointing someone
As a mod author, you can appoint anyone to document your mod here, including yourself. Please make sure this person is someone that you are sure will document and maintain the mod documentation; someone who has some experience with your mod, and maybe experience with wikis and/or documentation, are preferred. If you want to appoint someone, make sure you have their approval. If necessary, giving the editor the editor rights (see Special:ListGroupRights) can be requested on the centralized discussion board.

Disclaimer
Appointing an inactive editor does not necessarily mean other editors will be quick to replace them for the documentation of your mod. While the community strives to document everything, this is an impossible feat, and editors usually have other priorities regarding their time spent on the wiki. If the appointed editor is not maintaining it up to your standards, it is up to you to unappoint them and find a new person to appoint, or to encourage them to continue documenting.

Current list of developer-appointed mod curators
See Project:FTB Wiki Roles for a maintained list of developer-appointed curators.