Merge pull request #175 from Skivling/groups

Add Groups page

Author: hughrun

content/using_bookwyrm/adding-books.md

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 Title: Adding Books
 Date: 2022-07-29
-Order: 2
+Order: 3
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 There are a few different ways to add books to your BookWyrm instance! When you can't find the book you're looking for, try these options in order -- it's better to import a book than to create one from scratch.
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 * LibraryThing (TSV)
 * OpenLibrary (CSV)
 * Storygraph (CSV)
+* OpenReads (CSV)
 
 Under 'Settings' navigate to 'Import Book List', select the matching data source, select your file and, if relevant, select whether to import reviews and what privacy setting to give them. When you press 'Import' a background task will begin to import your data. You will be notified when it has finished.
 

content/using_bookwyrm/groups.md

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+Title: Groups
+Date: 2025-05-26
+Order: 12
+---
+
+You can join or create a Group with others on Bookwyrm.
+There are many things a group could be made for - a book club, a bunch of friends, whatever makes sense for you.
+Groups can curate book **Lists** together, but that's about it right now.
+Currently, the Bookwyrm developers are focusing on other things, not groups, but they will be improved in the future.
+
+To find the groups page, first navigate to your profile, then open the 'Groups' tab.
+
+## Group administration
+
+### Creating a group
+
+On the top right of the groups page is the 'Create group' button. 
+You will then need to give it a name and describe what it is about, before choosing its privacy setting. 
+
+### Group privacy
+
+Groups have the same privacy settings as posts and lists do, except they can't be Followers-only.
+Group membership always requires an invitation from the group's owner, even if it is marked Public.
+For more details, see [here](/privacy-controls#Groups).
+
+### Adding and removing users
+
+Groups are currently limited only to members on the current instance.
+To add members, search their username in the search bar, then click 'Invite'.
+To remove members, click the 'Remove' button and then 'Confirm'.
+
+## Group membership
+
+### Joining a group
+
+To join a group, you must be on the same instance (website) and be invited by its owner. 
+You will then receive a notification which lets you join.
+The group owner is marked with a star symbol.
+
+### Using group Lists
+
+Group Lists work very similarly to normal Lists, except they are curated by all members of a Group.
+They can be created by any member of a group from the group's homepage.
+
+## Related ideas and discussion on GitHub
+
+Allow users to request to join public groups ([#1840](https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/issues/1840) on GitHub)
+
+Allow groups to have multiple admins/owners ([#1841](https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/issues/1841) on GitHub)
+
+Allow groups to include users from multiple instances (ActivityPub) ([#1548](https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/issues/1548) on GitHub)