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Disambiguation: This page outlines the process of contributing to the NixOS Wiki. If you're interesting in contributing to the Nix Ecosystem itself, see Contributing

Any registered user can contribute to the wiki in two main ways: to the wiki itself, and on the GitHub repository.

Contributing content

Only registered accounts are allowed to edit pages. Therefore, if you'd like to add a new page or edit existing pages, create an account on the wiki. You might also have to confirm your e-mail address to contribute to some pages.

You should read and be aware of the Project:Manual of Style before contributing content to the wiki. If you need help getting started, read the editing help page or syntax cheatsheet.

Consider joining the NixOS Wiki community on Matrix to stay up to date with the latest project-wide efforts. There are occasional NixOS Wiki meetings which are open to any editor that wants to get involved in coordinated work across the whole website.

Joining a WikiProject

Main article: NixOS Wiki:WikiProjects

If you're unsure where to start, you can pick one of the |WikiProjects that best aligns with your interests. Most WikiProjects will include a list of members and a list of current active efforts you can contribute to. Do reach out to them via their user talk page or jump in helping with one of their ongoing projects.

Contributing to the infrastructure

The NixOS Wiki infrastructure is community-run through Infrastructure-as-Code configuration, and any changes to it are managed via Pull Request. Naturally, conversation regarding any such proposals happen there and on the Matrix channel. You can open an issue or a pull request to suggest changes to the community.

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-{{disambiguation|message=This page outlines the process of contributing to the NixOS Wiki. If you're interesting in contributing to the [[Nix Ecosystem]] itself, see [[Help:Contributing]]}}
+{{disambiguation|message=This page outlines the process of contributing to the NixOS Wiki. If you're interesting in contributing to the [[Nix Ecosystem]] itself, see [[Contributing]]}}
 Any registered user can contribute to the wiki in two main ways: to the wiki itself, and on [https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-wiki-infra the GitHub repository].
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 You should read and be aware of the [[Project:Manual of Style]] before contributing content to the wiki. If you need help getting started, read the [[Help:Editing|editing help page]] or [[Help:Syntax|syntax cheatsheet]].
-Consider joining the [[Help:Community|NixOS Wiki community]] on Matrix to stay up to date with the latest project-wide efforts. There are occasional [[Help:Meetings|NixOS Wiki meetings]] which are open to any editor that wants to get involved in coordinated work across the whole website.
+Consider joining the [https://matrix.to/#/#wiki:nixos.org NixOS Wiki community] on Matrix to stay up to date with the latest project-wide efforts. There are occasional [[Help:Meetings|NixOS Wiki meetings]] which are open to any editor that wants to get involved in coordinated work across the whole website.
+=== Joining a WikiProject ===
+{{main|NixOS Wiki:WikiProjects}}
+If you're unsure where to start, you can pick one of the [[Project:WikiProjects||WikiProjects]] that best aligns with your interests. Most WikiProjects will include a list of members and a list of current active efforts you can contribute to. Do reach out to them via their [[Help:Talk pages#User talk pages|user talk page]] or jump in helping with one of their ongoing projects.
 == Contributing to the infrastructure ==
 The NixOS Wiki infrastructure is community-run through [[:Wikipedia:IaC|Infrastructure-as-Code]] configuration, and any changes to it are managed via Pull Request. Naturally, conversation regarding any such proposals happen there and on the Matrix channel. You can [[Help:Infrastructure|open an issue]] or a pull request to suggest changes to the community.