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Gaining Access to the Wiki

The normal registration process is disabled on the wiki for spam prevention purposes, but if you'd like to register for a new account, just send us an email with your preferred username. New contributors are always welcome!

Once You've Joined

Keep tabs on the Current projects page for major updates.
Join the editor discussion in the Rouguelike Discord Group and add the role "DCSS Wiki Editor".
Addressing these general tasks below is also always welcome:
- Fix typos.
- Turn awkward grammar into beautiful prose.
- Run experiments in wizmode and add what you have learned!
- Categorize uncategorized pages, images and categories.
- Fix any double redirects or broken redirects, if any.
- If you understand a bit of C++ language, help document how the game really works by perusing the source code. Optionally, help verify specific Crawl facts by adding footnotes to source code pages (add a source code link, enclosed in [], at the end of the fact).
- Welcome new users by placing the {{Welcome}} template on their talk page.

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-==Gaining access to the Wiki==
+==Gaining Access to the Wiki==
 The normal registration process is disabled on the wiki for spam prevention purposes,
 but if you'd like to register for a new account, just
-[mailto:draconiushc@gmail.com?Subject=I'd%20like%20to%20edit%20CrawlWiki send us an email] with your preferred username,
+[mailto:draconiushc@gmail.com?Subject=I'd%20like%20to%20edit%20CrawlWiki send us an email] with your preferred username. New contributors are always welcome!
-new contributors are always welcome!
-Keep tabs on pages in the box to the right, and Priority tasks listed below:
+==Once You've Joined==
+*Keep tabs on the [[Current projects]] page for major updates.
+*Join the editor discussion in the [https://discord.gg/Z8ubhncXFh Rouguelike Discord Group] and add the role "DCSS Wiki Editor".
+*Addressing these general tasks below is also always welcome:
+** Fix typos.
+** Turn awkward grammar into beautiful prose.
+** Run experiments in [[wizmode]] and add what you have learned!
+** Categorize [[Special:UncategorizedPages|uncategorized pages]], [[Special:UncategorizedFiles|images]] and [[Special:UncategorizedCategories|categories]].
+** Fix any [[Special:DoubleRedirects|double redirects]] or [[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken redirects]], if any.
+** If you understand a bit of C++ language, help document how the game really works by perusing the [[source code]].  Optionally, help verify specific Crawl facts by adding footnotes to source code pages (add a source code link, enclosed in [], at the end of the fact).
+** Welcome new users by placing the <tt><nowiki>{{Welcome}}</nowiki></tt> template on their talk page.
-==Priority tasks==
-* Prepare for 0.35 and create Trunk pages related to any new changes.
-* Remove the capital "V" in "eVoke" at the top of all talisman/shapeshifting pages as this hotkey is no longer used for them.
-* Choose a [[:Category:Stubs|stub article]] and expand it. Mark pages as Stubs (use <tt><nowiki>{{Stub}}</nowiki></tt> at the top of the page) so that others can update/fix them if you're not able to at the time!
-* Create a page that [[Special:WantedPages|doesn't exist yet]], or fix links requesting that page.
-==General tasks==
-* Fix typos.
-* Turn awkward grammar into beautiful prose.
-* Run experiments in [[wizmode]] and add what you have learned!
-* Categorize [[Special:UncategorizedPages|uncategorized pages]], [[Special:UncategorizedFiles|images]] and [[Special:UncategorizedCategories|categories]].
-* Fix any [[Special:DoubleRedirects|double redirects]] or [[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken redirects]], if any.
-* If you understand a bit of C++ language, help document how the game really works by perusing the [[source code]].  Optionally, help verify specific Crawl facts by adding footnotes to source code pages (add a source code link, enclosed in [], at the end of the fact).
-* Welcome new users by placing the <tt><nowiki>{{Welcome}}</nowiki></tt> template on their talk page.
-* Participate in discussions.
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