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Hello, welcome to the VideoLAN Wiki Site!

The aim of this site is to create a site to help document the [http://www.videolan.org VideoLAN software], a  [[free]] and [[open source]] media player and streaming solution. This site is a mixture of [[Knowledge Base|glossary]], [[Common Problems|frequently asked questions]] and [[How to|general help]].

== Finding what you Want to Know ==
If you're looking for help about a specific feature, you can [[Special:Search|search]] for it using the search box on the left of every page. ''[[wikipedia:mw:Help:Searching|More on Searching (at MediaWiki)]]''

Otherwise, a good place to start is the [[Main Page]], which lists all the main parts of the site.

== What's a Wiki Site? ==
A wiki site is a site which anyone can edit&nbsp;– in fact, we'd like to encourage you to edit pages to make them even better! It works in a similar way to [[wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]].

VideoLAN uses the same software that Wikipedia uses, [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki]. More information on what wiki is on the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Names WikiMedia] site.


== Adding to VideoLAN Wiki ==
VideoLAN Wiki requires that you use an account when editing pages, but it's very easy to [[Special:Userlogin|log in or register]].

When you've logged in you can edit most pages by clicking the Edit tab on the top of the page. Some pages, <del>like this one,</del> don't allow you to edit it. This is mainly because they are a target for spam. If you want to edit them, you will need to ask an Admin ([{{fullurl:Special:Listusers|group=sysop}} list of admins]).

Adding to VideoLAN is easy&nbsp;– search for the page you want to add (to make sure it doesn't exist), then click on the "this exact title" link in the first paragraph.

== Wiki Formatting ==
When you're editing a page, adding plain text is simple, as you can just type it in. However, if you want to add special formatting&nbsp;– like making text bold&nbsp;– you can also do so. WikiMedia has a page to help you with this: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Help with the Wiki formatting]

There are also some Templates you can use, for example typing <nowiki>{{wikipedia|Media Player}}</nowiki> will add a box on the right of the page linking to Wikipedia's page on Media Player. ''[[Help:Templates|More on Templates]]''


== See Also ==
'''''See also [[wikipedia:Help:Contents|Wikipedia's Help Pages]]'''''


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