DRC:Contributing

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Contents 1 Welcome 2 First Things First 3 Things you can do 3.1 Creating and Managing Content 3.2 Discussions and Decisions 3.3 Related

Welcome

This is a wiki, meaning anyone can edit it. It grows and thrives off of individual contributions from people like you. Thank you for choosing to contribute to the DRC wiki. This page should show you several ways in which you can contribute to the DRC documentation project on this site

First Things First

Before you contribute:

Create an account

You cannot contribute without first creating an account (Just click the link at the top corner of your screen). This is to ensure that random joes cannot do more harm than good. We will not spam you, and there is no user agreement or anything of that sort.

Create a User Page

After you have created an account and signed in, please create a new "User Page" for yourself. Tell us a bit about yourself and your system and then link it into the Success Stories page.

Read the Guidelines

Please familiarize yourself with the guidelines of the site.

Become a member of the DRC mailing list

Note: Your account name can be quite long and contain spaces and capital letters. eg User:Ed Wildgoose. Doing this gives you a more readable username and makes you sound more like a human being than "absmith2001"

Things you can do

1. Content Management
2. Discussions and Decisions

Creating and Managing Content

You can help the DRC wiki grow by creating and managing content in the following ways:

1. Edit existing pages to improve the content, the grammar, spelling, and presentation. Don't know where to start? Visit a Random page (there is a Random page in the left menu, on all pages), or work on the Stub Pages, or pages requiring Copy Editing. Help for Editors is available, should you need it.
2. Pick a task from the Task list and start working on it.
3. Create new content: So you have a brand new tutorial, or guide that you want to share with everyone? Read the guidelines for creating a new page, as also the Guide for creating new pages. Once you are familiar with the two, you can start creating your new articles.

Discussions and Decisions

1. Join the Mailing Lists and start sharing your opinions and perspective. Often, there will be discussions. Share your knowledge, and contribute to the community by taking active part in discussions, and providing feedback when requested.

Related

• Codex Guidelines
• Task List