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Welcome to the community portal for VanagonWiki.
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<big>Welcome to the community portal for VanagonWiki.</big>
  
 
== How to get involved ==
 
== How to get involved ==
  
 
=== Contribute ===
 
=== Contribute ===
You can create an account [Special:UserLogin|here]. Once you have a user name and password you can edit Wiki pages and create new pages when necessary.   
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You can create an account [[Special:UserLogin|here]]. Once you have a user name and password you can edit Wiki pages and create new pages when necessary.   
  
 
Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
 
Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
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=== Help Plan the Wiki ===
 
=== Help Plan the Wiki ===
If you're interested in contributing to the process of building the Wiki, join the [http://groups.google.com/group/vanagonwiki|Google Group] which will allow you to join the mailing list.  
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If you're interested in contributing to the process of building the Wiki, join the [http://groups.google.com/group/vanagonwiki Google Group] which will allow you to join the mailing list.
  
 
== Policies ==
 
== Policies ==
 
=== Content Licensing ===
 
=== Content Licensing ===
Vangaonwiki page content is licensed under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/|Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0] license. You are free:
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Vangaonwiki page content is licensed under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0] license. You are free:
 
* to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
 
* to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
 
* to Remix — to adapt the work
 
* to Remix — to adapt the work
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=== Soliciting content for the Wiki ===
 
=== Soliciting content for the Wiki ===
Before posting content from a mailing list, web page or another source, permission must be obtained from the author to post that material to Vanagonwiki where it will become covered by the Creative Commons By-NC-SA license explained above. The following is some sample language for a permission to repost request:
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Before posting content from a mailing list, web page or another source, permission must be obtained from the author to post that material to Vanagonwiki where it will become covered by the Creative Commons By-NC-SA license explained above. Read our [[Solicit content|proposed text for a solicitation email]]. A contributor quoting from a source must provide a URL linking back to the original author or the source web page.
 
 
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I'm writing to ask you if I can post this information on the VanagonWiki.  VanagonWiki.net is a community-created volunteer project to create, record and organize the best Vanagon-related information available to benefit the community of owners and lovers of these fine Volkswagen vehicles. You can learn more about our site at http://www.vanagonwiki.net. Of course we would properly attribute this information to you and post a Universal Resource Locator (URL) pointing to the original source location. All information posted to the VanagonWiki is licensed for re-use and remixing under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike license to ensure this information isn't commercialized by anybody but you. You can learn more about this license here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/.
 
 
 
May I have your permission to use this material? If you like, you may contribute this material yourself directly to VanagonWiki, as can anybody who wishes to participate, just ask me how.  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:05, 9 May 2010

Welcome to the community portal for VanagonWiki.

How to get involved

Contribute

You can create an account here. Once you have a user name and password you can edit Wiki pages and create new pages when necessary.

Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.

Help Plan the Wiki

If you're interested in contributing to the process of building the Wiki, join the Google Group which will allow you to join the mailing list.

Policies

Content Licensing

Vangaonwiki page content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license. You are free:

  • to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to Remix — to adapt the work

Under the following conditions:

  • Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
  • Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
  • Share Alike — If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

Soliciting content for the Wiki

Before posting content from a mailing list, web page or another source, permission must be obtained from the author to post that material to Vanagonwiki where it will become covered by the Creative Commons By-NC-SA license explained above. Read our proposed text for a solicitation email. A contributor quoting from a source must provide a URL linking back to the original author or the source web page.