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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.

Valve Developer Community resources

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

Many useful functions are available from the list of Special Pages.

Template pages

Templates are an easy and fast way to apply a uniform structure to pages and frequently quoted pieces of information. This is especially useful for marking articles as being eligible for Speedy Deletion, which can be done by adding them to the top of pages in accordance with the Wikipedia Deletion Policy.

There are currently five available templates for use: Template:Delete, Template:Deletebecause, Template:Deleteagain, Template:Nonsense, Template:Shortcut.

MediaWiki and Wikipedia resources

The VDC uses MediaWiki, an open source engine licensed under the GNU GPL. The largest array of resources for learning how to use MediaWiki can be found at the largest wiki using the engine, Wikipedia.

How to contribute to a wiki

Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ
Wikipedia:Editing FAQ
Wikipedia:Tutorial
Wikipedia:How to edit a page, including markup details.

General information about wiki use

Wikipedia FAQ
Wikipedia Help
- Wikipedia Deletion Policy (The same policy should be observed on the VDC).
MediaWiki Help

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 === Special pages ===
 Many useful functions are available from the list of [[Special:Specialpages|Special Pages]].
+=== Template pages ===
+Templates are an easy and fast way to apply a uniform structure to pages and frequently quoted pieces of information. This is especially useful for marking articles as being eligible for [[CAT:CSD|Speedy Deletion]], which can be done by adding them to the top of pages in accordance with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy Wikipedia Deletion Policy].
+There are currently five available templates for use: [[Template:Delete]], [[Template:Deletebecause]], [[Template:Deleteagain]], [[Template:Nonsense]], [[Template:Shortcut]].
 == MediaWiki and Wikipedia resources ==
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 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help]
 ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy Wikipedia Deletion Policy] (The same policy should be observed on the VDC).
-*** Current [[CAT:CSD|Candidates For Speedy Deletion]]
 * [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki Help]