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width: 100%; &quot;"><tbody><tr> <td style="&quot; border: 0px hidden&quot;"><p class="line891"><small><a href="/DebianWiki/EditorGuide#translation">Translation(s)</a>: <a href="/de/DebianWiki/EditorQuickStart">Deutsch</a> - English - <a href="/es/DebianWiki/EditorQuickStart">Español</a> - <a href="/fr/DebianWiki/EditorQuickStart">Français</a> - <a href="/id/DebianWiki/EditorQuickStart">Indonesia</a> - <a href="/it/DebianWiki/EditorQuickStart">Italiano</a> - <a href="/pt_BR/DebianWiki/EditorQuickStart">Português (Brasil)</a> - <a href="/ru/DebianWiki/EditorQuickStart">Русский</a> - <a href="/uk/DebianWiki/EditorQuickStart">Українська</a> - <a href="/zh_CN/DebianWiki/EditorQuickStart">简体中文</a></small></td> <td style="&quot; text-align: right; border: 0px hidden&quot;"><p class="line862"> <a href="/DebianWiki/ConventionsDiscussion">Discussion</a></td> </tr> </tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="line-9"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-10"></span><p class="line867"><hr /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-11"></span><em>This page provides Quick<tt class="backtick"></tt>Start instructions for people wanting to edit the content of wiki.debian.org.</em> <span class="anchor" id="line-12"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-13"></span><p class="line867"><strong>This is a quick start. Read the <a href="/DebianWiki/EditorGuide">Editor Guide</a> if you plan to make important modifications.</strong> <span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span><ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="line891"><div class="table-of-contents"><p class="table-of-contents-heading">Contents<ol><li> <a href="#Creating_an_Account">Creating an Account</a></li><li> <a href="#Editing">Editing</a></li><li> <a href="#See_Also">See Also</a></li></ol></div> <span class="anchor" id="line-16"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-18"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="account"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span> <h1 id="Creating_an_Account">Creating an Account</h1> <span class="anchor" id="line-20"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span><p class="line862">Simply click on the Login link in the sidebar menu to create your account. <span class="anchor" id="line-22"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-23"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-24"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-25"></span><div class="important"><span class="anchor" id="line-1-1"></span><p class="line874">Please note that the anti-spam system might block your account creation. If it does, please follow the instructions listed in the error message to get your account created. </div><span class="anchor" id="line-26"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-27"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Read the <a href="/DebianWiki/LicencingTerms">Copyright</a> and <a href="/DebianWiki/Privacy">Privacy</a> policy. <span class="anchor" id="line-28"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Your username should be in the format "Firstname<tt class="backtick"></tt>Lastname" ("Irc<tt class="backtick"></tt>Nickname" or your Debian developer login are fine too). <span class="anchor" id="line-29"></span></li><li><p class="line862">To create a wiki Homepage (optional), click on the '?' beside your name in the top left menu (look closely, it is initially greyed out), then click on "<em>Create my home page now!</em>" at the bottom. <span class="anchor" id="line-30"></span></li><li><p class="line862">If you have a specific interest in some page, you may want to "subscribe" to it (in your UserPreferences page). <span class="anchor" id="line-31"></span></li></ul><p class="line862">For more information about your account, see <a href="/DebianWiki/EditorGuide#account">Your account</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-32"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-33"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="editing"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-34"></span> <h1 id="Editing">Editing</h1> <span class="anchor" id="line-35"></span><p class="line862">Here's a very quick introduction. You can experiment in <a href="/WikiSandBox">WikiSandBox</a>. For more help, see moinmoin's <a href="/HelpOnEditing">HelpOnEditing</a> and <a href="/HelpOnMoinWikiSyntax">Syntax reference</a>. Reading the Debian Wiki's <a href="/DebianWiki/EditorGuide#format">Editor Guide</a> is a good idea. <span class="anchor" id="line-36"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-37"></span><p class="line867"><strong>Emphasis:</strong> <em>Italics</em> and <strong>bold</strong> text. <span class="anchor" id="line-38"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-39"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-40"></span><pre><span class="anchor" id="line-1"></span> ''Italics'' and '''bold'''</pre><span class="anchor" id="line-41"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-42"></span><p class="line867"><strong>Commands and literals:</strong> <tt class="backtick">monospaced</tt> also known as <tt class="backtick">fixed width text</tt>. <span class="anchor" id="line-43"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-44"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-45"></span><pre><span class="anchor" id="line-1-1"></span> `monospaced` also known as `fixed width text`.</pre><span class="anchor" id="line-46"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-47"></span><p class="line867"><strong>Headings:</strong> (like the "Editing" header above). <span class="anchor" id="line-48"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-49"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-50"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-51"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-52"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-53"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-54"></span><pre><span class="anchor" id="line-1-2"></span>= Title 1 = <span class="anchor" id="line-2"></span>== Title 2 == <span class="anchor" id="line-3"></span>.. <span class="anchor" id="line-4"></span>====== Title 6 ====== <span class="anchor" id="line-5"></span>(note: no spaces at the beginning or at the end of the line.)</pre><span class="anchor" id="line-55"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-56"></span><p class="line867"><strong> Lists:</strong> (sample below). The items can be numbered (1., a., A., i., I.), or bulleted ( * ); <span class="anchor" id="line-57"></span><ul><li>Fruits <span class="anchor" id="line-58"></span><ol type="1"><li>Orange <span class="anchor" id="line-59"></span></li><li>Banana <span class="anchor" id="line-60"></span></li></ol></li><li>Vegetables <span class="anchor" id="line-61"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-62"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-63"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-64"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-65"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-66"></span><pre><span class="anchor" id="line-1-3"></span> * Fruits <span class="anchor" id="line-2-1"></span> 1. Orange <span class="anchor" id="line-3-1"></span> 1. Banana <span class="anchor" id="line-4-1"></span> * Vegetables</pre><span class="anchor" id="line-67"></span><ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="line891"><img alt="{i}" height="16" src="/htdocs/debwiki/img/icon-info.png" title="{i}" width="16" /> the space at the beginning of the line is mandatory (use many for indentation). <span class="anchor" id="line-68"></span><img alt="{i}" height="16" src="/htdocs/debwiki/img/icon-info.png" title="{i}" width="16" /> double-space indentation is needed to distinguish list-within-list. <span class="anchor" id="line-69"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-70"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><strong>Links:</strong> <br> <tt class="backtick"></tt> <a class="nonexistent" href="/page%20name%20in%20brackets%20and%20double%20brackets">?</a>page name in brackets and double brackets <br> <tt class="backtick"></tt> <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org">http://www.debian.org</a> <tt class="backtick"></tt> <br> (<a class="nonexistent" href="/JoinedCapitalizedWords">?</a>JoinedCapitalizedWords are automatically converted into links). <span class="anchor" id="line-71"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-72"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-73"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-74"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-75"></span><pre><span class="anchor" id="line-1-4"></span>[[page name in brackets and double brackets]] <span class="anchor" id="line-2-2"></span>[[http://www.debian.org]] <span class="anchor" id="line-3-2"></span>(JoinedCapitalizedWords are automatically converted into links).</pre><span class="anchor" id="line-76"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-77"></span><p class="line867"><strong>Tables:</strong> <span class="anchor" id="line-78"></span><div><table><tbody><tr> <td><p class="line862"> cell text </td> <td><p class="line862"> cell text </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="anchor" id="line-79"></span><p class="line862"> cell text spanning 2 columns </td> </tr> </tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="line-80"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-81"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-82"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-83"></span><pre><span class="anchor" id="line-1-5"></span>|| cell text || cell text || <span class="anchor" id="line-2-3"></span>|||| cell text spanning 2 columns ||</pre><span class="anchor" id="line-84"></span><p class="line867"> <h1 id="See_Also">See Also</h1> <span class="anchor" id="line-85"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Read the <em>complete</em> <a href="/DebianWiki/EditorGuide">Editor Guide</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-86"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Wondering how you can help? Check <a href="/DebianWiki/EditorGuide#helping">Debian Wiki</a> or <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/intro/help">Debian in general</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-87"></span></li></ul><span class="anchor" id="bottom"></span></div><div id="pagebottom"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p id="pageinfo" class="info" lang="en" dir="ltr">DebianWiki/EditorQuickStart (<a class="nbinfo" href="/DebianWiki/EditorQuickStart?action=info" rel="nofollow">last modified 2021-05-30 17:10:40</a>)</p> <ul id="credits"> <li>Debian <a href="https://www.debian.org/legal/privacy">privacy policy</a>, Wiki <a href="/Teams/DebianWiki">team</a>, <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/wiki.debian.org">bugs</a> and <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wiki.debian.org">config</a>.</li><li>Powered by <a href="https://moinmo.in/" title="This site uses the MoinMoin Wiki software.">MoinMoin</a> and <a href="https://moinmo.in/Python" title="MoinMoin is written in Python.">Python</a>, with hosting provided by <a href="https://www.man-da.de/">Metropolitan Area Network Darmstadt</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>