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Help

BrewWiki is a user-built collection of articles on brewing and homebrewing topics.

Contributing an Article to BrewWiki

You need to create an account and login to BrewWiki to be able to edit a page. If you wish to create a new page, do a search for the page or topic first, and then create the new page from the search page if you do not find a suitable existing topic.

Editing and Formatting

BrewWiki uses the MediaWiki software system. Formatting of pages is unique to this system, but easy to learn by browsing a few examples. The Wikipedia quick guide offers some basic formatting options including a cheatsheet to help you contribute to BrewWiki. The Wikpedia extended editing guide provides more detailed formatting options. For more detailed discussion of style, see the Wikipedia Style Manual

Content Guidelines

  • The posting of Copyrighted Material, Adult Content, Blatent Advertising, Inappropriate Content, and material wholly unrelated to brewing is expressly prohibited
  • All contributions are to be in English
  • Please avoid foul language, abusing other members, and other forms of bad behavior
  • Please report any abusive or bad behavior
  • Keep contibutions factual and brief

Removing Inappropriate Content

  • If you find inappropriate content, please feel free to edit it out of the offending page, and then contact an administrator. Contributors who blatently violate guidelines will be banned.
  • If you have any problems, please report them to the user BrewWiki.

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