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["DebianWiki"] > Editor QuickStart ?BRTranslatations : none


This page provide QuickStart instruction for people willing to edit the content of wiki.debian.org.

This is a quick start. read the [:../EditorGuide:Editor Guide] if you plan to make important modifications.

  • Table of Contents?TableOfContents(2)

?Anchor(account)

Create an Account

Simply click on the ?GetText(Login) link in the sidebar menu to create your account.

  • Your username would be in the format "FirstnameLastname" ("IrcNickname" or your debian developper login are fine too).

  • To create a wiki Homepage (optional), click on your name in the side bar, then click on "HomepageTemplate" in the templates list.

  • If you have specific interest in some page, you may want to "subscribe" to them (In your ?GetText(UserPreferences) page).

more about your account in Editor Guide's [:../EditorGuide/#account:Your account].

?Anchor(editing)

Editing

  • (!) Here's a very quick introduction. For more help, see moinmoin's ["HelpOnEditing"] and ["?SyntaxReference"]. Reading Debian wiki's [:../EditorGuide/#format:Editor Guide] is a good idea.

Emphasis : Italics and bold text.

 ''Italics'' and '''bold'''

Headings : (like the "Editing" header above).

= Title 1 =
== Title 2 ==
..
====== Title 6 ======
(note: no spaces at the beginning or at the end of the line.)

Lists : (sample below). The items can be numbered (1., a., A., i., I.), or bulleted ( * );

  • Fruits
    1. Orange
    2. Banana
  • Vegetables

 * Fruits
  1. Orange
  1. Banana
 * Vegetables
  • {i} the space at the beginning of the line is mandatory (use many for indentation).

Links : ?BR ["page name in brackets and double quotes"] ?BR [http://www.debian.org] ?BR (?JoinCapitalizedWords are automatically converted as links).

["page name in brackets and double quotes"]
[http://www.debian.org]
(JoinCapitalizedWords are automatically converted as links).

Tables :

cell text

cell text

cell text spanning 2 columns

|| cell text || cell text ||
|||| cell text spanning 2 columns ||

More Important stuffs

  • Are you aware of the the [:../#copyright:Copyright] and [:../#privacy:Privacy] policy ?
  • Read the "complete" [:../EditorGuide/:Editor Guide]
  • You wonder how you can help ? check [:../#helping:Dedbian Wiki] or Debian in general (ToDo: provide link here)