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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

• VDC editing documentation
• Wikipedia: How to edit a page

Contributor's Quick Links

• VDC todo list
  • Category:Cleanup
  • Articles to be merged
  • Category:Stubs
• Templates
• Wikipedia: Table markup
• Special pages list
  • All Categories list
  • Your Watchlist
  • Maintenance Menu

Admin's Quick Links

• Candidates for speedy deletion
• Pages to be protected
• Pages to be unprotected

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.