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authorThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2007-12-22 15:08:47 +0100
committerThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2007-12-22 15:08:47 +0100
commitf788e8d81ff84759d36d975590e2677fc1078270 (patch)
treeca570cbeeeaab53289dcdfeb5a164041fdc6bfce /contributing
parent642ae5dda14d6e44dfd94eee6971915b7dc56b82 (diff)
index <Can I add some information to the pages here?>: Merge into `contributing/wiki'.
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diff --git a/contributing/wiki.mdwn b/contributing/wiki.mdwn
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@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ is included in the section entitled
projects:
* Do independent changes *separately*: don't aggregate changes that don't
- belong together.
+ belong together.
* Install your changes *early* and *often*: don't hold your contribution back
- until you think it is perfect.
+ until you think it is perfect.
Before doing any changes, you are encouraged to play a bit in this wiki's
[[sandbox]], to become familiar with the [[ikiwiki/Markdown]] syntax. Get some
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ Feel free to ask questions or report problems on every page's [[discussion]]
sub-page. They're reachable from the *Discussion* link on the top of the page,
which will, when selected, create a new page if there isn't one yet.
+Every page on the site is editable. Feel free to join in, but we do have some
+simple requests. In an ideal wiki, everyone is equal and shares equal rights,
+liberties, responsibilities and common sense. Please try to match the *tone*
+of your topics and edits with the existing topics. If we all pull in the same
+direction the site will be more useful for everyone, especially for our own
+use.
+
# Edit Via the Web Interface
@@ -114,8 +121,8 @@ You can also locally get the whole wiki rendered to html pages:
$ wiki/render_locally
[...]
- scanning how_to_contribute_to_this_wiki.mdwn
- rendering how_to_contribute_to_this_wiki.mdwn
+ scanning contributing/wiki.mdwn
+ rendering contributing/wiki.mdwn
Now open `wiki.rendered/index.html' to browse the wiki pages.