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'''Do not hesitate''' to include short or incomplete entries. Other visitors will correct and expand them. | '''Do not hesitate''' to include short or incomplete entries. Other visitors will correct and expand them. | ||
=== Do I need a user account? === | |||
To edit text, you don't need a user account, but to upload material (images, files) you do. | |||
See below for allowed file formats. | |||
It may also be convenient to create a user account (using the 'log in' link at the top of the page) to avoid the [[:Wikipedia:reCAPTCHA|reCAPTCHA]] with each significant edit. | |||
== Basic help sources == | == Basic help sources == | ||
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* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list] | * [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list] | ||
== File formats == | |||
The wiki accepts the following standard file formats: | |||
* Images: [[:Wikipedia:Image_format|gif, jpg, jpeg, png]] | |||
* Documents: [[:Wikipedia:Portable_document_format|pdf]], [[:Wikipedia:Microsoft PowerPoint|ppt]] | |||
Movies (e.g., in the [[:Wikipedia:Audio_Video_Interleave|avi]] format) should be converted to [[:Wikipedia:Graphics_Interchange_Format|gif]] first, using e.g. | |||
[http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/video/ ImageMagick] (usually available on unix systems). | |||