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=== From the team ===


= Contribute =
We really appreciate your interest in Xenon Wiki, and especially your enthusiasm to want to contribute!


=== From Free60 ===
== Eligibility ==


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=== Who can't contribute ===


We really appreciate your interest in the [http://www.free60.org/Main_Page  Free60] Project, and especially your enthusiasm to want to contribute! If you haven't yet, please have a look at our [http://www.free60.org/index.php5?title=Goals&action=edit&redlink=1 Goals].
Unfortunately not everyone can chip in, for example people who have signed an NDA pertaining to the hardware or software used on the Xbox 360 can't as it would break their contract.


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== Contents ==
If you don't meet the above, congratulations! You're eligible to contribute in the project. There are still quite a few areas of expertise we are interested in and need information on, so please keep reading!


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== Areas of Opportunity ==


* [#Eligibility <span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Eligibility</span>]
These are a few areas where we can use assistance.
** [#Who_Can.27t_Contribute <span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Who Can't Contribute</span>]
** [#Who_Can_Contribute <span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Who Can Contribute</span>]
* [#Areas_of_Oppurtunity <span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Areas of Oppurtunity</span>]
** [#Documentation <span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Documentation</span>]
** [#Donations <span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Donations</span>]
* [#Editing_The_Wiki <span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Editing The Wiki</span>]
** [#Care_and_Feeding <span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Care and Feeding</span>]
** [#Repair_and_Restoration <span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Repair and Restoration</span>]
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== <span class="mw-headline"> Eligibility </span> ==
=== Documentation ===


=== <span class="mw-headline"> Who Can't Contribute </span> ===
We always need people willing to update and translate all our current documentation, as well as fill in the missing holes. For example, most of the major file systems used on the Xbox 360 have still not fully been explored here. If you want to help contribute to the advancement of the wiki please read on into the Editing the Wiki section.


Unfortunately not everyone can chip in, the following are examples:
=== Donations ===


* Anyone who signed an NDA pertaining to any of the hardware or software used on the Xbox360
If you wish to donate please go to https://www.obscuregamers.com/donations/donate
* Anyone with direct access to the Xbox360 SDK


=== <span class="mw-headline"> Who Can Contribute </span> ===
[[Category:Support]]
 
If you don't meet any of the above, congratulations you're eligible to participate in the project. There are some certain areas of expertise we are interested in, please keep reading!
 
== <span class="mw-headline"> Areas of Oppurtunity </span> ==
 
These are just a few areas where we can use assistance.
 
=== <span class="mw-headline"> Documentation </span> ===
 
We always need people willing to update and translate all our current documentation, as well as fill in the missing holes. If you have a knack for such a thing please checkout [http://www.free60.org/Contribute#Editing_The_Wiki  Editing The Wiki]
 
=== <span class="mw-headline"> Donations </span> ===
 
Currently [http://www.free60.org/Main_Page  Free60] has no plans to incorporate or provide other such means for easy monetary donations to the project as a whole. If you feel like you have hardware or money that you want to contribute to the project, feel free to donate directly to developers and members. Free60 is not responsible for such donations. Check [http://www.free60.org/Stuff_we_need stuff we need] for a list of items developers are currently seeking.
 
== <span class="mw-headline"> Editing The Wiki </span> ==
 
This website is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki] -- a collection of web pages, whose content may be edited anonymously, over the internet.
 
=== <span class="mw-headline"> Care and Feeding </span> ===
 
Because of it's collaborative and freely-editable nature, writing, updating and maintaining documentation are the most important steps to keeping the system alive.
 
If you are new to editing, please read through MediaWiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_editors help for editors] first. There's a [http://www.free60.org/Sandbox sandbox] for you to play around with thereafter.
 
A few guidelines to go by when editing pages on this wiki:
 
* Provide ''accurate'' information.
 
* Write an edit summary for your change. It takes the guess-work out of browsing through the changelog.
 
* Avoid duplication. New pages that duplicate already existing information are a bad idea. Work on-top of the existing content to better it instead.
 
* Upload only those images that you own. Or at least get permission from the owner to do so. Infringing on someone else's copyright does no one any good, really.
 
=== <span class="mw-headline"> Repair and Restoration </span> ===
 
As a negative side effect, wikis are also a target of and mostly vulnerable to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_vandalism vandalism].
 
Spotting and reverting cases of vandalism can be anywhere from time consuming, to trivial a task. Either way, this is greatly appreciated.
 
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Latest revision as of 13:12, 27 October 2021

From the team

We really appreciate your interest in Xenon Wiki, and especially your enthusiasm to want to contribute!

Eligibility

Who can't contribute

Unfortunately not everyone can chip in, for example people who have signed an NDA pertaining to the hardware or software used on the Xbox 360 can't as it would break their contract.

Who can contribute

If you don't meet the above, congratulations! You're eligible to contribute in the project. There are still quite a few areas of expertise we are interested in and need information on, so please keep reading!

Areas of Opportunity

These are a few areas where we can use assistance.

Documentation

We always need people willing to update and translate all our current documentation, as well as fill in the missing holes. For example, most of the major file systems used on the Xbox 360 have still not fully been explored here. If you want to help contribute to the advancement of the wiki please read on into the Editing the Wiki section.

Donations

If you wish to donate please go to https://www.obscuregamers.com/donations/donate