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MediaWiki documentation applies. Especially useful for you as a (new) contributor are: | MediaWiki documentation applies. Especially useful for you as a (new) contributor are: | ||
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Editing_pages Editing pages] | * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Editing_pages Editing pages] | ||
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Starting_a_new_page Starting a new page] | * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Starting_a_new_page Starting a new page] | ||
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Links Links] | * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Links Links] | ||
* Our own [[APL Wiki:formatting|formatting]] reference. | |||
Some advice to keep in mind: | |||
* This wiki is for general information about the APL programming language. Pages about other programming languages should be from the perspective of APL, even if they are array-oriented, as they merit their own wikis, which e.g. [[J]] has. | * This wiki is for general information about the APL programming language. Pages about other programming languages should be from the perspective of APL, even if they are array-oriented, as they merit their own wikis, which e.g. [[J]] has. | ||
* | * Remember that APL has many dialects, even if you use one. It's fine to write an [[:Category:Essays|essay]] about how to do something in a particular dialect, but encyclopedic articles should strive to be dialect neutral. Apply the principle of [[APL Wiki:Content guidelines#Due weight|due weight]] when deciding whether to mention a particular dialect, and [[APL Wiki:Formatting#Tagging dialects|tag]] code examples that don't work in all dialects. | ||
* | * If you don't know how to write something or think information on a page could be wrong or misleading, mention it on the page's Discussion tab. | ||
* Avoid "thread mode", where you simply add your thoughts to a page without taking the trouble to make the page a unified whole. Of course, this doesn't apply to Discussion and user pages. | * Avoid "thread mode", where you simply add your thoughts to a page without taking the trouble to make the page a unified whole. Of course, this doesn't apply to Discussion and user pages. | ||
In the discussion tab, your voice is just one of many and you are free to express yourself as you wish, but please be nice. | In the discussion tab, your voice is just one of many and you are free to express yourself as you wish, but please be nice. |