VTLUUG:Introduction - Revision history

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‎Conventions

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‎Editing Suggestions

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‎Licensing

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Typo

imported>Cov: Undo revision 685 by Cov (Talk)

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Undo revision 685 by Cov (Talk)

imported>Cov at 23:49, 7 December 2009

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imported>Admin: /* Non-Standard Features */

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‎Non-Standard Features

imported>Cov: /* Editing the VTLUUG Wiki */

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‎Editing the VTLUUG Wiki

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imported>Cov at 16:57, 18 November 2009

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 * In general, follow [[w:Wikipedia:Naming conventions|Wikipedia's naming conventions]].
 * Follow [http://www.cmu.edu/styleguide/capitalization.html Carnegie Mellon's capitalization guidelines] for university-related capitalization.
 =Licensing=

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 ==Editing Suggestions==
-* [[w:Wikipedia:Be bold|Be bold]]
+* [[w:Wikipedia:Be bold|Be bold]] -- This means "shoot first, ask questions later". If you want to add content, add content!
 * Provide a [[tl;dr]] summary.
 * Upload pretty screenshots in [[:Category:Howtos|howto articles]].

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 =Licensing=
-Please note that all contributions to the VTLUUG Wiki are considered to be released under a [[w:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] [[VTLUUG Wiki:License|Attribution-Share Alike license]]. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission. This includes copying and pasting Knowledgebase articles. Copying from appropriate [[copyleft]] sources such as Wikipedia with proper attribution is acceptable, but consider whether improving the original content and linking there via an interwiki or external link is more appropriate.
+Please note that all contributions to the VTLUUG Wiki are considered to be released under a [[w:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] [[Linux and Unix Users Group at Virginia Tech Wiki:License|Attribution-Share Alike license]]. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission. This includes copying and pasting Knowledgebase articles. Copying from appropriate [[copyleft]] sources such as Wikipedia with proper attribution is acceptable, but consider whether improving the original content and linking there via an interwiki or external link is more appropriate.
 If you do not want your writing to undergo the merciless collaborative editing of a wiki or be redistributed at will, then do not submit your work to the VTLUUG Wiki.

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 =Editing the VTLUUG Wiki=
-Everyone is invited improve the VTLUUG Wiki through additions and edits. The wiki is powered by [[w:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], the same code that [[w:Main_Page|Wikipedia]] runs on. For an introduction to editing MediaWiki pages, see [[w:How to edit a page|Wikipedia's editing instructions]]. While this and other pages may list some guidelines and rules, if a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining the VTLUUG Wiki, ignore it.
+Everyone is invited to improve the VTLUUG Wiki through additions and edits. The wiki is powered by [[w:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], the same code that [[w:Main_Page|Wikipedia]] runs on. For an introduction to editing MediaWiki pages, see [[w:How to edit a page|Wikipedia's editing instructions]]. While this and other pages may list some guidelines and rules, if a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining the VTLUUG Wiki, ignore it.
 ==Editing Suggestions==

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		+	=Editing the VTLUUG Wiki=
		+	Everyone is invited improve the VTLUUG Wiki through additions and edits. The wiki is powered by [[w:MediaWiki\|MediaWiki]], the same code that [[w:Main_Page\|Wikipedia]] runs on. For an introduction to editing MediaWiki pages, see [[w:How to edit a page\|Wikipedia's editing instructions]]. While this and other pages may list some guidelines and rules, if a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining the VTLUUG Wiki, ignore it.
		+
		+	==Editing Suggestions==
		+	* [[w:Wikipedia:Be bold\|Be bold]]
		+	* Provide a [[tl;dr]] summary.
		+	* Upload pretty screenshots in [[:Category:Howtos\|howto articles]].
		+	* Tackle large coverage expansion goals incrementally.
		+
		+	==Conventions==
		+	* "at Virginia Tech" is an assumed suffix for every title. You can add a redirect if you'd like, but the shorter name should be the main article.
		+	* In general, follow [[w:Wikipedia:Naming conventions\|Wikipedia's naming conventions]].
		+	* Follow [http://www.cmu.edu/styleguide/capitalization.html Carnegie Mellon's capitalization guidelines] for university-related capitalization.
		+
		+	=Licensing=
		+	Please note that all contributions to the VTLUUG Wiki are considered to be released under a [[w:Creative Commons\|Creative Commons]] [[VTLUUG Wiki:License\|Attribution-Share Alike license]]. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission. This includes copying and pasting Knowledgebase articles. Copying from appropriate [[copyleft]] sources such as Wikipedia with proper attribution is acceptable, but consider whether improving the original content and linking there via an interwiki or external link is more appropriate.
		+
		+	If you do not want your writing to undergo the merciless collaborative editing of a wiki or be redistributed at will, then do not submit your work to the VTLUUG Wiki.
		+
	=Non-Standard Features=		=Non-Standard Features=
	Currently, the VTLUUG Wiki has four plugins installed: [http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/CanonicalHref/CanonicalHref.php Canonical Href], [[mw:Extension:Cite\|Cite]], [[mw:Extension:ReCAPTCHA\|ReCAPTCHA]] and [[mw:Extension:SlippyMap\|SlippyMap]]. See [[Special:Version]] for exact versions. Also, the [[w:interwiki\|interwiki]] links table has been tweaked. Currently, we support the interwiki links below. The <code>$1</code> will be replaced with intended page name. See the source of this section by clicking the <code>Edit</code> link to the right for several examples.		Currently, the VTLUUG Wiki has four plugins installed: [http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/CanonicalHref/CanonicalHref.php Canonical Href], [[mw:Extension:Cite\|Cite]], [[mw:Extension:ReCAPTCHA\|ReCAPTCHA]] and [[mw:Extension:SlippyMap\|SlippyMap]]. See [[Special:Version]] for exact versions. Also, the [[w:interwiki\|interwiki]] links table has been tweaked. Currently, we support the interwiki links below. The <code>$1</code> will be replaced with intended page name. See the source of this section by clicking the <code>Edit</code> link to the right for several examples.

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 =Non-Standard Features=
-Currently, the VTLUUG Wiki has two plugins installed: [[mw:Extension:ReCAPTCHA|ReCAPTCHA]] and [[mw:Extension:SlippyMap|SlippyMap]]. See [[Special:Version]] for exact versions. Also, the [[w:interwiki|interwiki]] links table has been tweaked. Currently, we support the interwiki links below. The <code>$1</code> will be replaced with intended page name. See the source of this section by clicking the <code>Edit</code> link to the right for several examples.
+Currently, the VTLUUG Wiki has four plugins installed: [http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/CanonicalHref/CanonicalHref.php Canonical Href], [[mw:Extension:Cite|Cite]], [[mw:Extension:ReCAPTCHA|ReCAPTCHA]] and [[mw:Extension:SlippyMap|SlippyMap]]. See [[Special:Version]] for exact versions. Also, the [[w:interwiki|interwiki]] links table has been tweaked. Currently, we support the interwiki links below. The <code>$1</code> will be replaced with intended page name. See the source of this section by clicking the <code>Edit</code> link to the right for several examples.
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 * Upload pretty screenshots in [[:Category:Howto|howto articles]].
 * Tackle large coverage expansion goals incrementally.
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