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This page is about editing the VDC wiki. To learn about Source, mapping, modding, etc, read the Source SDK Documentation. For questions and answers, see Help Desk and the Source SDK FAQ.

Newcomer's Quick Links

Contributor's Quick Links

Admin's Quick Links

Valve Developer Community resources

A simple editing tutorial is available at Help:Editing. For ideas on some areas where you can contribute, check out the Wiki To Do List. Also, many useful functions are available from the list of Special Pages.

Wikipedia resources

The VDC uses MediaWiki, an open source wiki 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.

Wikipedia Help — main Wikipedia help menu
Wikipedia: Tutorial — a series of introductionary articles, each page discusses one useful feature of the wiki software.
Wikipedia: How to edit a page — comprehensive guide on editing MediaWiki sites, including markup details.
Wikipedia FAQ — answers questions commonly asked about Wikipedia.
- Wikipedia: Contributing FAQ — answers questions commonly asked by contributors to Wikipedia.
- Wikipedia: Editing FAQ — answers the most common questions about editing Wikipedia.
- Wikipedia Deletion Policy — the same policy is observed on the VDC.

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-'''Is this what you're looking for?'''
-This page is about [[Wikipedia:wiki|wiki editing]]. To ask a question about [[Source]], mapping, modding, etc, go to the [[Help Desk]].
+<div style="width: 100%; background:#F5F5DC; border-top: 2px solid #888; border-bottom: 2px solid #888; padding: 0.5em">
+===Is this what you're looking for?===
-See the [[:Category:Source_SDK_FAQ|Source SDK FAQ]] for other sources of help and answers.
+This page is about editing the VDC [[Wikipedia:wiki|wiki]]. To learn about [[Source]], mapping, modding, etc, read the [[SDK Docs|Source SDK Documentation]]. For questions and answers, see [[Help Desk]] and the [[:Category:Source_SDK_FAQ|Source SDK FAQ]].
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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 ==
+<div style="float:right; margin-top: 20px; width: 230px; background:lightblue; border: 2px solid navy; padding: 0.5em">
+===Newcomer's Quick Links===
+* [[Help:Editing|VDC editing documentation]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page|Wikipedia: How to edit a page]]
+===Contributor's Quick Links===
+* [[Valve_Developer_Community:Wiki_To_Do|VDC todo list]]
+** [[:Category:Cleanup]]
+** [[:Category:Articles to be merged|Articles to be merged]]
+** [[:Category:Stubs]]
+* [[Help:Editing#Templates|Templates]]
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table#Simple_example Wikipedia: Table markup]
+* [[Special:Specialpages|Special pages list]]
+** [[Special:Categories|All Categories list]]
+** [[Special:Watchlist|Your Watchlist]]
+** [[Special:Maintenance|Maintenance Menu]]
+===Admin's Quick Links===
-=== How to contribute to VDC ===
+* [[:Category:Candidates for speedy deletion|Candidates for speedy deletion]]
-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.
+* [[:Category:Valve Developer Community protected edit requests|Pages to be protected]]
+* [[:Category:Pages to be unprotected|Pages to be unprotected]]
+</div>
-Check out the [[Valve_Developer_Community:Wiki_To_Do|Wiki To Do List]] for ideas on some areas where you can contribute.
+<!-- Welcome to the Valve Developer Community! This is a knowledge base on [[Valve]] games that is being written collaboratively by people from around the world, including both fans and Valve employees. The following articles contain guidance and information about reading, authoring, and participating in the community. -->
-=== Special pages ===
+<!-- The above has become redundant because: 1) a contributor most likely came here through the front page which pretty much describes what VDC is, and 2) anyone reading the above paragraph also read the big yellow box which also says what this series of articles contains (wiki editing help). -->
-Many useful functions are available from the list of [[Special:Specialpages|Special Pages]].
-=== Template pages ===
+== Valve Developer Community resources ==
-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 [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Deletion_policy|Wikipedia Deletion Policy]].
-There are currently several available templates for use: [[Template:Delete]], [[Template:Deletebecause]], [[Template:Deleteagain]], [[Template:Nonsense]], [[Template:Shortcut]], [[Template:Stub]], [[Template:Wrongtitle]], [[Template:Cleanup]], [[Template:Spoiler]] and [[Template:Endspoiler]].
+A simple editing tutorial is available at [[Help:Editing]]. For ideas on some areas where you can contribute, check out the [[Valve_Developer_Community:Wiki_To_Do|Wiki To Do List]]. Also, many useful functions are available from the list of [[Special:Specialpages|Special Pages]]. <!-- Templates have been moved to Help:Editing -->
-== MediaWiki and Wikipedia resources ==
+== 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, [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]].
-=== How to contribute to a wiki ===
+The VDC uses [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki], an open source wiki 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, [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]].
-*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Contributing_FAQ|Wikipedia: Contributing FAQ]]
-*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Editing_FAQ|Wikipedia: Editing FAQ]]
-*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia: Tutorial]]
-*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page|Wikipedia: How to edit a page]], including markup details.
-=== General information about wiki use ===
+* [[Wikipedia:Help:Contents|Wikipedia Help]] &mdash; main Wikipedia help menu
-*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:FAQ|Wikipedia FAQ]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia: Tutorial]] &mdash; a series of introductionary articles, each page discusses one useful feature of the wiki software.
-*[[Wikipedia:Help:Contents|Wikipedia Help]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page|Wikipedia: How to edit a page]] &mdash; comprehensive guide on editing MediaWiki sites, including markup details.
-**[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Deletion_policy|Wikipedia Deletion Policy]] (The same policy should be observed on the VDC).
+* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:FAQ|Wikipedia FAQ]] &mdash; answers questions commonly asked about Wikipedia.
-*[[Wikipedia:Help:Contents|MediaWiki Help]]
+** [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Contributing_FAQ|Wikipedia: Contributing FAQ]] &mdash; answers questions commonly asked by contributors to Wikipedia.
+** [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Editing_FAQ|Wikipedia: Editing FAQ]] &mdash; answers the most common questions about editing Wikipedia.
+** [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Deletion_policy|Wikipedia Deletion Policy]] &mdash; the same policy is observed on the VDC.