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It is still in development and may change significantly as it is expanded. If you like to contribute to this work, please reach out to the draft's author.

Adding to or editing the wiki

General principles

Make sure that all pages are relevant to the Wiki's shared understanding of deep tech.
Adhere to the project's purpose. Consistent content encourages more readers to your contributions and in turn more contributions from everyone - creating a valuable resource that creates scale and impact beyond any individual effort.
Contributors are encouraged to use common sense, to be bold with their edits, and to ignore all the rules if it prevents you from improving or maintaining the Wiki.
Refrain from any form of vandalism. We have very little tolerance for anything that sullies the good faith efforts of our many contributors.

If you're unsure, go ahead and make the edits anyway. This wiki is always a work-in-progress and any errors can easily be fixed.

What to do

Improve the content

Create a new page on a topic you're familiar with. This may be a startup, an investor, an accelerator, or a page on any subject related to Deep Tech.
Add page from our list of wanted pages
Work on a page that needs maintenance.

Flag pages that need maintenance

If you see a page that could be improved, but you don't have the time or knowledge to edit it, you could help by flagging it so that another editor can come and look at it. Flagging is simple. Just add an appropriate tag to the page.


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-Want to jump in and edit? Read our [[Quick Guide to Contributing|quick guide to contributing]] and get started.
+== Adding to or editing the wiki ==
-== What to do ==
+=== General principles ===
-There are several places you can start:
-# [[Portal:Create a Page|Create a new page]]. This may be a startup, an investor, an accelerator, or just a page on any subject related to Deep Tech.
+* Make sure that all pages are relevant to the[[What is Deep Tech| Wiki's shared understanding of deep tech]].
-# Create a wanted page from our [[Portal:WantedPages| list of wanted pages]]
+* Adhere to the [[Project Purpose|project's purpose]]. Consistent content encourages more readers to your contributions and in turn more contributions from everyone - creating a valuable resource that creates scale and impact beyond any individual effort.
+* Contributors are encouraged to use [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:What_"Ignore_all_rules"_means#Use_common_sense|common sense]], to [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Be_bold|be bold]] with their edits, and to [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules|ignore all the rules]] if it prevents you from improving or maintaining the Wiki.
+* Refrain from any form of vandalism. We have very little tolerance for anything that sullies the good faith efforts of our many contributors.
+'''If you're unsure, go ahead and make the edits anyway'''. This wiki is always a work-in-progress and any errors can easily be fixed.
+=== What to do ===
+==== Improve the content ====
+# [[Portal:Create a Page|Create a new page]] on a topic you're familiar with. This may be a startup, an investor, an accelerator, or a page on any subject related to Deep Tech.
+# Add page from our[[Portal:WantedPages| list of wanted pages]]
 # Work on a page that [[:Category:Pages_needing_maintenance|needs maintenance]].
+==== Flag pages that need maintenance ====
+If you see a page that could be improved, but you don't have the time or knowledge to edit it, you could help by flagging it so that another editor can come and look at it. Flagging is simple. Just add an appropriate tag to the page.
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