Help:Funtoo Editing Guidelines

Description:

This page documents the editing guidelines for the Funtoo Wiki.

Authors:

Daniel Robbins

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Thanks for your interest in contributing to the the Funtoo wiki!

Types of Edits

Before we get started, let's review what changes are okay to make, and what changes are not okay:

Type of Change	Okay?
Grammar/spelling fixes	Yes
New wiki content	Yes
New package information	Yes
Adding to existing article	Maybe -- see below
Adding missing/incomplete information	Yes
Making corrections	Yes
Adding work-arounds to problems experienced	No - open bug first on bug tracker.

   Important

Note that if you experience some problem with Funtoo Linux, during installation or otherwise, the proper course of action is to not add a work-around to our documentation, but to open a bug on our bug tracker. This is important because the problem you experienced may be a legitimate bug and the solution may be to fix the bug rather than add a work-around to our documentation. We may end up fixing a bug, making a documentation fix, or possibly both.

Basics

Here is a list of basic wiki information that you will need to know to get started:

• First, to perform edits on the wiki, you must Create a Funtoo account and log in.
• You can create a new page by navigating to http://www.funtoo.org/New_Page_Name. Underscores are the equivalent of spaces. Then select "Create" under the "Actions" menu.
• Whether creating a new page or editing an existing page by clicking "Edit", you will be presented with Web-based text editor that allows you to modify the wikitext of the page. The wikitext is rendered to produce the document you see when you view the page normally.
• Another fun thing you can do is click on your name under the "Account" menu once you have logged in. This will bring you to your "User" page. Then click "Create with Form" unde the "Actions" menu and enter your geographic and other information. This will allow you to be displayed on our Usermap and will also allow your full name to be displayed on Ebuild pages for which you are an author. It's generally a good idea to do this.

   Tip

The following sections document how to use wikitext and Funtoo templates on the Funtoo wiki.