FOSS Wiki
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"The most valuable wealth of humanity is its knowledge, which cannot be destroyed; all other riches that we have gained are not considered to be wealth at all."
FOSS Wiki is a centralised, easy-to-use reference for the FOSS and Linux ecosystem that provides clear overviews and practical guides for all users!
Rather than replacing pre-existing documentation and wiki's, we aim to complement them by connecting concepts across distributions and tools as well as highlighting essential references and best practices. You can see more about what content is suitable for the wiki in the guidelines.
You can learn more about our wiki, its history and its staff on the about page. We hope to see you join us in making the wiki a great resource for all users, with your help we can achieve greatness!
Wiki Support
If you need wiki support, have any queries or wish to report something, check out the #wiki channel on our Discord server!
To contact the administrators, you can open a ticket with /ticket on the Discord or email an administrator via the emails listed on the contact page.
You can read more about the project's goals and the history of the wiki on the about page!
Don't be afraid to edit - anyone can edit almost every page. If you see something that could be improved, you can go and fix it! You can add content, upload freely licensed images, check that pages meet the guidelines, or improve the prose to make articles easier to read.
How to Start Editing
The best place to start is the Contributing Guide, it's fine if you are overwhelmed or don't know where to start, but don't worry if you don't understand everything at first.
- Review the guidelines page and the Code of Conduct as they contain the standards and policies of the wiki.
- For users new to Mediawiki check out the Mediawiki's Editing Guide for how Mediawiki markup works.
- Pages in need of edits can be found on Category:Needs Citations or Category:Pages Needing Cleanup.
- Look for pages which may need improvement on the recent changes log.
- Check out Special:WantedPages for the most linked-to pages which don't exist.
If you're ever stuck for what to edit or how you can help, you can always check out our Discord Server, where there will always be someone happy to help you get editing!
FOSS Wiki has 4 key values which underpins everything we do on the wiki and its guidelines, if anything remember these values when editing the wiki.
- Accuracy: Content should be up-to-date and high quality and should strive to follow the Guidelines.
- Courtesy: Editors should be respectful to other users and work together to make an amazing resource, and always act in good faith.
- Impartiality: Content should always be unbiased to avoid misleading users and advocacy.
- Accessibility: Content should be written so that any user of any ability can understand and make use of it.
List of abbreviations:
- N
- This edit created a new page (also see list of new pages)
- m
- This is a minor edit
- b
- This edit was performed by a bot
- (±123)
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