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Welcome to the Valve Developer Community! This is a knowledge base that is being written collaboratively by people from around the world. The following articles contain guidance and information about reading, authoring, and participating in the community.
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== Valve Developer Community resources ==
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| caption = [[File:Logo-VDC.png|425px|link=Main Page]] <p style="margin:2em 0 .8em 0; font-size:14px"> '''[[Project:About|About]]&ensp;·&ensp;[[Project:Community portal|Community Portal]]&ensp;·&ensp;[[Help:Etiquette|Etiquette]]&ensp;·&ensp;[[Valve Developer Community:Policies and Guidelines|Policies and Guidelines]]&ensp;·&ensp;[[Valve Developer Community:Style guide|Style Guide]]&ensp;·&ensp;[[Valve Developer Community:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]]''' </p>
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| {{td|radius=8px 0 0 0|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Page Creation|Page Creation]]''' }}
  {{td|radius=0 8px 0 0|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Information about creating pages.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Editing Toolbar|Editing Toolbar]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Details about the features you have available to you when editing.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Linking|Linking]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Help with creating links to other pages.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Table of Contents|Table of Contents]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|How to manipulate tables of contents and headings.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Images|Images]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Information regarding how you can upload and use images.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Categories|Categories]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Information on how categories work, and how you can utilize them.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Templates|Templates]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Information related to creating, editing and using templates.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Valve Developer Community:Alternative Languages|Languages]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Reference guide on how multiple languages are used in tandem.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Stubs|Stubs]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Incomplete and/or small pages that should be expanded on.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Cleanup|Cleanup]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Information about problematic pages.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Special Pages|Special Pages]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Full list of useful pages generated by the website.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Valve Developer Community:Glossary|Glossary]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Index of terms used throughout the Valve Developer Community.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Automation|Automation]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Information on how to automate tasks on the VDC, using scripts and bots.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Valve Developer Community:Protected page|Protected Pages]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Information about protected pages.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Discussion|Discussion]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Explanation on discussion pages and their conventions.}}
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| {{td|radius=0 0 0 8px|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[Help:Deletion|Deletion]]''' }}
  {{td|radius=0 0 8px 0|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Information concerning the deletion process.}}
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=== How to contribute to VDC ===
A simple editing tutorial is available at [[Help with Editing]]. Please note that it is a work in progress; you may find the links below to be more comprehensive.


=== Special pages ===
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Many useful functions are available from the list of [[Special:Specialpages|Special Pages]].
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  {{td|radius=0 8px 0 0|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Main Wikipedia help menu.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[w:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Tutorial]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|A series of introductory articles, each page discusses one useful feature of the wiki software.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[w:Help:Editing|Editing]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Comprehensive guide on editing MediaWiki sites, including markup details.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030|width=225px| '''[[w:Wikipedia:FAQ|FAQ]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Answers questions commonly asked about Wikipedia.}}
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  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|Answers questions commonly asked by contributors to Wikipedia.}}
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== MediaWiki and Wikipedia resources ==
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The VDC uses [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki], an open source engine licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL]. The largest array of resources for learning how to use MediaWiki can be found at the largest wiki using the engine, [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia].
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=== How to contribute to a wiki ===
== Welcome! ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_FAQ Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ]
Welcome to the Valve Developer Community! If you are new here, then you might want to consider checking out the pages that have been carefully selected, laid out and linked to you towards the left side of the screen.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_FAQ Wikipedia:Editing FAQ]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial Wikipedia:Tutorial]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia:How to edit a page], including markup details.


=== General information about wiki use ===
== Contributor's Quick Links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ Wikipedia:FAQ]
* [[Valve Developer Community:Tasks]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help]
* [[Valve Developer Community:Necessary Features]]
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki Help]
* [[:Category:Articles to be merged]]
* [[:Category:Cleanup]]
* [[:Category:Screenshot needed]]
* [[:Category:Stubs]]
* [[:Category:TODO]]
* [[:Category:Administration]]
* [[Special:UncategorizedPages]]
* [[Special:UncategorizedFiles]]
* [[Special:DoubleRedirects]]
* [[Special:BrokenRedirects]]
* [[:Category:To be translated]]
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Page Creation Information about creating pages.
Editing Toolbar Details about the features you have available to you when editing.
Linking Help with creating links to other pages.
Table of Contents How to manipulate tables of contents and headings.
Images Information regarding how you can upload and use images.
Categories Information on how categories work, and how you can utilize them.
Templates Information related to creating, editing and using templates.
Languages Reference guide on how multiple languages are used in tandem.
Stubs Incomplete and/or small pages that should be expanded on.
Cleanup Information about problematic pages.
Special Pages Full list of useful pages generated by the website.
Glossary Index of terms used throughout the Valve Developer Community.
Automation Information on how to automate tasks on the VDC, using scripts and bots.
Protected Pages Information about protected pages.
Discussion Explanation on discussion pages and their conventions.
Deletion Information concerning the deletion process.



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Contents Main Wikipedia help menu.
Tutorial A series of introductory articles, each page discusses one useful feature of the wiki software.
Editing Comprehensive guide on editing MediaWiki sites, including markup details.
FAQ Answers questions commonly asked about Wikipedia.
Contributing FAQ Answers questions commonly asked by contributors to Wikipedia.
Editing FAQ Answers the most common questions about editing Wikipedia.
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