# FAQ/Guidelines and "About" pages

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/faq-guidelines-and-about-pages/397882
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [March 7, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faq-guidelines-and-about-pages/397882 "2026-03-07T19:03:51Z")
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### Author: ![Andrew\_Rowe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andrew_rowe/32/445877_2.png) [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faq-guidelines-and-about-pages/397882/5 "2026-03-09T22:08:04Z")

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> [@stephtara](#):
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> hat added value do these built-in pages bring?

In addition to what ToddZ said:

Not everyone does a thorough job setting up their Discourse instance. These pages are there probably because they provide a pretty good boiler plate (starting point) and are clearly better than nothing when first getting started

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