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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.
Keep these rules in mind:
Keep these rules 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.
* Except when about a specific dialect, articles should strive to be dialect neutral, although examples that only work in one or a few dialects are perfectly acceptable. Do not try to document a dialect; that'd require a separate wiki, which e.g. [[NARS2000]] 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.
* Make sure your changes are accurate. If you think something needs explaining but you're not 100% sure what the explanation should be, mention it on the page's Discussion tab.
* 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.
* Follow our [[APL Wiki:formatting|formatting]] guidelines.


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.

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