Help:Contribute - Revision history

AnneW at 09:31, 14 July 2012

2012-07-14T09:31:18Z

Morkser: Apparently, not "all readers are allowed to edit content and structure."

2010-03-05T23:43:20Z

Apparently, not "all readers are allowed to edit content and structure."

Cornelius: Add mission statement

2009-06-29T14:53:28Z

Add mission statement

Psych: Minor re-wording

2008-04-04T01:27:21Z

Minor re-wording

Roy at 03:36, 24 September 2007

2007-09-24T03:36:38Z

Logixoul: fix double redirect

2007-09-09T18:19:23Z

fix double redirect

Dhaumann: Merge with Help:Editing

2007-08-13T09:34:14Z

Merge with Help:Editing

Dhaumann: initial version

2007-08-13T09:22:54Z

initial version

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You are welcome to contribute to the KDE TechBase wiki. In order to keep a high quality of the articles there are some guidelines you should follow.

== What Content belongs into KDE TechBase ==

The KDE TechBase wiki is meant to contain technical information all around KDE, for instance
* Developer Information (e.g. [[Development/Tutorials|tutorials]])
* documentation for [[SysAdmin|System Administrator]]
* policies and schedules
* etc.

More details can be found in the article [[Help:Wiki Structure]]. [http://docs.kde.org End-user documentation] or [http://api.kde.org API documentation] should ''not'' be added here. For non-technical use cases use the [http://wiki.kde.org KDE wiki].

== Where to put new Articles ==

The KDE TechBase wiki uses subpages. Take a quick look at the article about the [[Help:Wiki Structure]]. In short: Do not randomly add toplevel pages.

It is possible to translate KDE TechBase articles into other languages. Read the article about [[Help:Wiki Translation]] for further details.

== The Procedure ==

You want to add new content. To keep high quality, please create the article in your userpage first (e.g. User:foo/My Acticle). Once it is ready, discuss the article with other developers and proof-read it. Finally, if a location is found, move the page.

After moving the page please '''add yourself to the watch list''' by clicking the ''Watch'' register. You will get a notice by mail whenever the page changes.

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	You are welcome to contribute to the KDE TechBase wiki. To maintain high quality content and articles there are a few guidelines you should follow. This is a brief introduction to editing and contributing.		You are welcome to contribute to the KDE TechBase wiki. To maintain high quality content and articles there are a few guidelines you should follow. This is a brief introduction to editing and contributing.

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 == Editing Basics ==
-In the KDE TechBase wiki all readers are allowed to edit content and structure.
+You need to register to be able to edit pages.
 === Review Policy and Conventions ===

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 == What Content belongs in KDE TechBase ==
-The KDE TechBase wiki is meant to contain technical information related to KDE, for instance:
+'''KDE Techbase is the primary place for high quality technical information about KDE targeted at 3rd party developers, ISVs, distributors and system administrators.'''
-* developer Information (e.g. [[Development/Tutorials|tutorials]])
-* [[KDE System Administration]]
+Techbase is the place where technical people who aren't necessarily part of the community should find all information they need to get started with KDE. This covers development of KDE application, administration of KDE installations, or distributing KDE software. The content is of high quality and stability, and includes tutorials, information about release schedules and policies, technical background information and answers to frequently asked questions.
-* policies and schedules
-* etc.
+Techbase doesn't require its users to be involved in the community, be subscribed to any KDE mailing lists or any other community internal sources of information to be able to fully understand and use the provided information. Developers working on KDE applications will find useful content on techbase as far as it overlaps with the needs of 3rd party developers, but they are not the primary audience of techbase.
 More details can be found in the article [[Help:Wiki Structure]].
-[http://docs.kde.org End-user documentation] or [http://api.kde.org API documentation] should ''not'' be added here. For non-technical issues, use the [http://wiki.kde.org KDE wiki].
+For end-user documentation use [http://userbase.kde.org KDE UserBase]. For community info use the [http://community.kde.org KDE Community Wiki]. See the [http://wiki.kde.org Wiki Landing Page] for an overview.
 === Where to put new Articles ===

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 {{Template:I18n/Language Navigation Bar|Help:Contribute}}
-You are welcome to contribute to the KDE TechBase wiki. In order to keep a high quality of the articles there are some guidelines you should follow. This is a brief overview of the editing and contributing process.
+You are welcome to contribute to the KDE TechBase wiki. To maintain high quality content and articles there are a few guidelines you should follow. This is a brief introduction to editing and contributing.
-== What Content belongs into KDE TechBase ==
+== What Content belongs in KDE TechBase ==
-The KDE TechBase wiki is meant to contain technical information all around KDE, for instance
+The KDE TechBase wiki is meant to contain technical information related to KDE, for instance:
-* Developer Information (e.g. [[Development/Tutorials|tutorials]])
+* developer Information (e.g. [[Development/Tutorials|tutorials]])
 * [[KDE System Administration]]
 * policies and schedules
 * etc.
-More details can be found in the article [[Help:Wiki Structure]]. [http://docs.kde.org End-user documentation] or [http://api.kde.org API documentation] should ''not'' be added here. For non-technical use cases use the [http://wiki.kde.org KDE wiki].
+More details can be found in the article [[Help:Wiki Structure]].
 === Where to put new Articles ===
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 === The Procedure ===
-You want to add new content. To keep high quality, please create the article in your userpage first (e.g. User:foo/My Acticle). Once it is ready, discuss the article with other developers and proof-read it. Finally, if a location is found, move the page.
+You want to add new content. To keep high quality, please create the article in your userpage first (e.g. User:foo/My Acticle). Once it is ready, discuss the article with other developers and proofread it. Finally, if a location is found, move the page.
 After moving the page please '''add yourself to the watch list''' by clicking the ''Watch'' register. You will get a notice by mail whenever the page changes.
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 === Review Policy and Conventions ===
-Make sure that you submit information which is relevant to the specific purpose of the wiki, or your content might be deleted. You can always use the [[Help:Talk page|''Discussion'' or ''talk'' pages]] to ask questions or check to see if your idea will be accepted. Please make sure your contributions are not violating licenses.
+Make sure that you submit information which is relevant to the specific purpose of the wiki, or your content might be deleted. You can always use the [[Help:Talk page|''Discussion'' or ''talk'' pages]] to ask questions or to check if your idea will be accepted. Please make sure your contributions are not violating any licenses.
 === Start Editing ===
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 === Type your Changes ===
-You can just type your text. However, also using basic wiki markup to make links and do simple formatting adds to the value of your contribution. Please follow the style used in other wiki articles. If you follow this, your contributions will be more valuable as they won't need to be cleaned up later.
+You can just type your text. However, also using basic wiki markup to make links and do simple formatting increases the value of your contribution. Please follow the style used in other wiki articles. If you follow this, your contributions will be more valuable as they won't need to be cleaned up later.
 === Summarize your Changes ===

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	You are welcome to contribute to the KDE TechBase wiki. In order to keep a high quality of the articles there are some guidelines you should follow. This is a brief overview of the editing and contributing process.		You are welcome to contribute to the KDE TechBase wiki. In order to keep a high quality of the articles there are some guidelines you should follow. This is a brief overview of the editing and contributing process.