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Revision as of 14:00, 14 February 2007
Welcome to the Contributor's Lounge. This page should get you started with everything you need to know about contributing to the IT Survival Guide wiki.
Contents
What needs to be done?
- Check the Category:Needs Contributors for articles that have been categorized as needing work.
- See if there are any article requests by community members.
- Subscribe to the Wiki Users Group's mailing list to be in the know about what's happening with wikis at Evergreen.
Content Criteria and writing guidelines
Cite your sources
Much of the content in this wiki exists on other official Evergreen web pages. Please provide links to the original sources of content when at all possible.
Keep it simple
This wiki is about communicating information. The more simply and straightforwardly the information is presented, the more readily it will be understood by a broad audience.
Format text for scan-ability
Often a numbered or bulleted list is easier to absorb than a dense paragraph.
Categorize it!
To make it easy for people to find you article, make sure to add it to the appropriate category(s). For a complete listing of exisiting categories see Special:Categories
