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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.
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: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:Specialpages|Special Pages]].


== MediaWiki and Wikipedia resources ==
== MediaWiki and Wikipedia resources ==
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].
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].


=== How to contribute to VDC ===
=== How to contribute to a wiki ===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_FAQ Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_FAQ Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_FAQ Wikipedia:Editing FAQ]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_FAQ Wikipedia:Editing FAQ]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia:How to edit a page], including markup details.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia:How to edit a page], including markup details.


=== General information ===
=== General information about wiki use ===
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ Wikipedia:FAQ]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ Wikipedia:FAQ]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help]
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki Help]
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki Help]
=== Special pages ===
Many useful functions are available from the list of [[Special:Specialpages|Special Pages]].

Revision as of 19:11, 27 June 2005

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: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.

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

General information about wiki use