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Welcome to the BetaArchive Wiki Contribution Guidelines!

The rules are currently being updated. Till then, the previous version is in effect.

Contributing

BetaArchive strives to be open in contributing. However, only builds that can be verified in some legitimate manner may be added here. Examples for legitimate sources include screenshots, a verifiable, legitimate site like Paul Thurrot's or an official Microsoft document. Examples for sources which may not be acceptable include open wiki sites like Wikipedia or BetaWiki (in such cases, consider the sources within the article itself) and Google groups or similar (unless backed up with sufficient evidence).

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 Welcome to the BetaArchive Wiki Contribution Guidelines!
-Please read this before contributing with any content to the Wiki.
+'''The rules are currently being updated.''' Till then, the [https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=BetaArchive_Wiki:Wiki_Guidelines&oldid=14728 previous version] is in effect.
-Please note, this is not an exhaustive list, this is a '''work in progress'''.
+== Contributing ==
+* BetaArchive strives to be open in contributing. However, only builds that <u> can be verified</u> in some legitimate manner may be added here. Examples for legitimate sources include screenshots, a verifiable, legitimate site like Paul Thurrot's or an official Microsoft document. Examples for sources which may not be acceptable include open wiki sites like Wikipedia or BetaWiki (in such cases, consider the sources within the article itself) and Google groups or similar (unless backed up with sufficient evidence).
-Take in mind these points, so you can make sure your changes will not be reverted.
-== General Rules ==
-* '''Please categorize every page you create.''' Right now most of the pages are uncategorized. This leads to confusion and difficult to navigate through all the pages. If the category for something doesn't exist, feel free to create it, but remember to create it according to the article.
-* '''Make your material as original as possible.''' If you want to write some info, it is better than the info came from your own. This way, the wiki becomes an original source of information.
-* '''Reference all your material from external sources.''' If you can't add something from your own, but you think you can add information from another source that will worth adding here, feel free to add it. Note that you must reference the source. Take as a starting point for referencing the APA Citation format. For example, you can use [http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-book this page] to make an APA reference. Unsourced content may be removed.
-* '''Avoid edit wars.''' In the past, there have been people who claim that a build exists, and people who claim that a build doesn't exist. In this situation people make changes, reverts changes, it becomes an edit war. Under this circumstance sometimes the article of the suspicious build needs to be locked. To avoid this, please discuss any edits regarding a suspicious build in the build page's discussion.
-=== Pictures ===
-*'''Avoid using snipping tool.''' Most emulators or hypervisors have a screenshot feature. Screenshots look best when taken this way. If the emulator/hypervisor doesn't have this feature, you can use the snipping tool. But always that you can, use the emulator's integrated screenshot feature.
-*'''No .jpg/.jpeg pictures.''' JPEG pictures typically aren't great quality. We are trying to preserve pictures of betas, releases, and software, not the color of the desktop background.
-=== Grammar ===
-*'''Use proper grammar.''' Self explanatory.