This wiki is a support and documentation resource for the [http://www.debian.org/ Debian] project, as well as a means of communication between developers. |
The above sentence, on the FrontPage, defines pretty well what this wiki IS about. Let's dig a little bit.
Keep in mind that :
Debian Official Documentation is on [http://www.debian.org/doc/]-~
Information about Debian Packages ~-is on [http://packages.debian.org/]-~
Debian Bugs ~-are on [http://bugs.debian.org/]-~
Discussions ~- are best suited on [http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/]-~
Also, regarding definitions and generic descriptions :
Wikipedia general information about... anything - [http://www.wikipedia.org]
Jargon terms - ~- [http://foldoc.org/contents/jargon.html]
Online dictionary - [http://www.dict.org/]
Manpages (not debian specific) [http://linux.die.net/man/]
Hints for editors
- Content should be about Debian !
Content can be target for users of Debian or [:Glossary#DD:DD].
- Content should be useful (especially written is a usable way)
Content should be "Legal" (usual stuff: be compliant with the law ; respect copyright and license ; protect childhood ; don't be defamatory ; an more [http://www.bath.ac.uk/internal/web/legal/])