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Bitcoin Wiki:About

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This wiki is a public resource for the community of Bitcoin users, developers, and businesses as well as anyone interested in Bitcoin.

Unlike Wikipedia, the Bitcoin Wiki is not an encyclopedia, and includes things like non-encyclopedia details (e.g., exact specifications on service fees, product performance, etc), how-to manuals, protocol specifications, original research, etc. There are also no notability requirements beyond the requirement that the material be of general interest to some segment of the Bitcoin community or the Bitcoin-curious general public.

Because this resource is open to editing by the general public, readers should be aware that the material presented here often does not reflect the views of the entire Bitcoin community and may be outdated, incorrect, or outright malicious at times.

== Policies and Rules ==

Content on the Wiki should generally be factual in nature where possible, but because Bitcoin is relatively new, many important subjects are not yet completely understood and are sometimes best described by opinion. When there is controversy, the Bitcoin wiki should teach it and explain all the major views. Editors should refrain from asserting ownership over an article and seek compromise where possible. Opinion pieces that are of general community interest can be posted under the user's personal namespace. Generally, if you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here.

While the Wiki doesn't exist to promote any particular businesses or commercial activity, such things are important parts of the Bitcoin ecosystem and get discussed here, but biased editing with a strong pecuniary interest is frowned upon and spamming up the wiki with referral links is prohibited. Non-Bitcoin alternatives may, at times, be discussed here, especially for comparison purposes or to illustrate a point but this wiki is a Bitcoin community resource and edits which promote competing systems may be frowned on by the community.

To prevent unnecessary drama, editors should refrain from adding material which they believe may be unlawful for them or other editors to post. Bitcoin Wiki respects your freedom to communicate but since this is a shared resource you should respect other people's right to be free from the association with your views and their consequences.

As a small community resource, the Bitcoin Wiki is often less formal than generic references like Wikipedia and because it addresses a broad community of interests, not all pages will be suitable for all readers: Some pages are written for a technical audience about a technical subject and wouldn't serve their intended audience if simplified for the layman. In cases where audience goals conflict and can't be resolved, we should ExpandSpace and create new pages to cover the subject from different angles if we need to. Editors should be mindful, however, of the work it takes to maintain pages and try to avoid an excessive proliferation of pages which will not be well maintained.

== Internationalization ==
This wiki uses a multi-lingual scheme similar to Wikipedia's, which means a translated article get links to its translation in the menu (in the left column from the [[Main Page]]).

If you feel one language is missing and are ready to start translating a lot of pages, you can request the creation of the language of your choice.

* [[Main Page|English]]
* French: [http://fr.bitcoin.it Français]
* Chinese: [http://zh-cn.bitcoin.it ‪中文(中国大陆)‬]
* German: [http://de.bitcoin.it Deutsch]
* Hebrew: [http://he.bitcoin.it עברית]
* Russian: [http://ru.bitcoin.it Русский]
* Spanish: [http://es.bitcoin.it Español]
* Italian: [http://it.bitcoin.it Italiano]
* Polish: [http://pl.bitcoin.it/wiki/Strona_g%C5%82%C3%B3wna Język Polski]
* Lithuanian: [[Talk:Bitcoin.it Wiki#Lithuanian|Lietuvių kalba (preparation)]]

== Backups ==

Backups are generated weekly, and can be downloaded from [https://dump.bitcoin.it/ the backup repository]. Setting up a mirror is easy enough, as many websites explain how to restore a MediaWiki xml dump into a fresh installation.

== Contact ==

Staff and some other editors can be contacted in [irc://irc.freenode.net/bitcoin-wiki the #bitcoin-wiki freenode IRC channel].
Please avoid contacting us to ask questions already answered on this wiki.

== License ==

When Bitcoin.it wiki was opened (on December 16th 2010), the initial license was [[wikipedia:WTFPL|WTFPL]]. It has been brought up that CC-by would be more appropriate as content from the previous wiki is under CC-by.

== Acceptable Use ==

===Links===
No affiliate/referral code links.

=== Alternative cryptocurrencies ===

Alternative cryptocurrencies (ie, besides Bitcoin) are, as a rule, considered off-topic.
Technical topics, including changes that may never be made to Bitcoin, are allowed, provided they stick to the technical topic only.
A single [[list of alternative cryptocurrencies]] is exempted from this policy.

== See Also ==
* [[:Bitcoin:Community_portal|Community portal]]

[[Category:Introduction]]

Bitcoin Wiki:Issue Tracker

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This page serves as the Wiki issue tracker.

To file a new issue, add a second-level heading (==), and describe your issue in detail.

Issue discussion should happen on the Talk page.

Do not delete resolved issues unless you are a wiki administrator, or the creator of the issue.

== Presented with SSL cert from another site ==

A few times on 2014-03-27, non-deterministically across a few pages, I got the typical "wrong SSL cert" warning from Firefox, saying I'd been delivered the cert for '''kitchensurfing.com''', issued the same day.
:Yes, this is months ago, and has long since been fixed. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:47, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

== Backup site broken via HTTPS ==

dump.bitcoin.it just goes to the Main Page if accessed with SSL

// fixed [[User:Crazik|Crazik]]

== Bitc<b></b>oin:* namespace interwiki links broken ==

Links to [[Bit<b></b>coin:Community portal]] (for example) get turned into broken bitcoin: URI links.
:Looks like someone mistakenly put "bitcoin" in the interwiki table, it's just a namespace and doesn't need an entry there. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:46, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Example [[Bitcoin:About|test]]
// fixed [[User:Crazik|Crazik]]

== Make the anti-spam payment system more discoverable ==
I understand that [[Cryptopay]] is [being replaced](http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/27lofu/dear_bitcoin_foundation_please_take_ownership_of/ci20i6t). Can you give us more details on that? The new system should be more discoverable by new users - I suggest a notification for every new user on how to edit. (people still ask me how to edit the damn thing).

== Require a fee for new user registration ==
There is still a big spam problem in the [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=500 Recent Changes page]. As a workaround, can use [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?namespace=2&invert=1&title=Special%3ARecentChanges this link] to view recent changes excluding the user namespace.

== Use a proper issue tracker ==
I know you like wikis ... but can't we use something like Zendesk to track issue?
Wikis weren't designed to be issue trackers...
:I don't think this would be a good idea. More eyes on the wiki, tending the recent changes, is something we need. Deflecting things off onto something else will not improve the quality of the wiki. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:44, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Bitcoin Wiki:Issue Tracker

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This page serves as the Wiki issue tracker.

To file a new issue, add a second-level heading (==), and describe your issue in detail.

Issue discussion should happen on the Talk page.

Do not delete resolved issues unless you are a wiki administrator, or the creator of the issue.

== Presented with SSL cert from another site ==

A few times on 2014-03-27, non-deterministically across a few pages, I got the typical "wrong SSL cert" warning from Firefox, saying I'd been delivered the cert for '''kitchensurfing.com''', issued the same day.
:Yes, this is months ago, and has long since been fixed. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:47, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

== Backup site broken via HTTPS ==

dump.bitcoin.it just goes to the Main Page if accessed with SSL

// fixed

== Bitc<b></b>oin:* namespace interwiki links broken ==

Links to [[Bit<b></b>coin:Community portal]] (for example) get turned into broken bitcoin: URI links.
:Looks like someone mistakenly put "bitcoin" in the interwiki table, it's just a namespace and doesn't need an entry there. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:46, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Example [[Bitcoin:About|test]]
One more example [[Bitcoin:something3|test3]]

== Make the anti-spam payment system more discoverable ==
I understand that [[Cryptopay]] is [being replaced](http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/27lofu/dear_bitcoin_foundation_please_take_ownership_of/ci20i6t). Can you give us more details on that? The new system should be more discoverable by new users - I suggest a notification for every new user on how to edit. (people still ask me how to edit the damn thing).

== Require a fee for new user registration ==
There is still a big spam problem in the [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=500 Recent Changes page]. As a workaround, can use [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?namespace=2&invert=1&title=Special%3ARecentChanges this link] to view recent changes excluding the user namespace.

== Use a proper issue tracker ==
I know you like wikis ... but can't we use something like Zendesk to track issue?
Wikis weren't designed to be issue trackers...
:I don't think this would be a good idea. More eyes on the wiki, tending the recent changes, is something we need. Deflecting things off onto something else will not improve the quality of the wiki. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:44, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Bitcoin Wiki:Issue Tracker

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Crazik:

This page serves as the Wiki issue tracker.

To file a new issue, add a second-level heading (==), and describe your issue in detail.

Issue discussion should happen on the Talk page.

Do not delete resolved issues unless you are a wiki administrator, or the creator of the issue.

== Presented with SSL cert from another site ==

A few times on 2014-03-27, non-deterministically across a few pages, I got the typical "wrong SSL cert" warning from Firefox, saying I'd been delivered the cert for '''kitchensurfing.com''', issued the same day.
:Yes, this is months ago, and has long since been fixed. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:47, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

== Backup site broken via HTTPS ==

dump.bitcoin.it just goes to the Main Page if accessed with SSL

== Bitc<b></b>oin:* namespace interwiki links broken ==

Links to [[Bit<b></b>coin:Community portal]] (for example) get turned into broken bitcoin: URI links.
:Looks like someone mistakenly put "bitcoin" in the interwiki table, it's just a namespace and doesn't need an entry there. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:46, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Example [[Bitcoin:About|test]]
One more example [[Bitcoin:something3|test3]]

== Make the anti-spam payment system more discoverable ==
I understand that [[Cryptopay]] is [being replaced](http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/27lofu/dear_bitcoin_foundation_please_take_ownership_of/ci20i6t). Can you give us more details on that? The new system should be more discoverable by new users - I suggest a notification for every new user on how to edit. (people still ask me how to edit the damn thing).

== Require a fee for new user registration ==
There is still a big spam problem in the [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=500 Recent Changes page]. As a workaround, can use [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?namespace=2&invert=1&title=Special%3ARecentChanges this link] to view recent changes excluding the user namespace.

== Use a proper issue tracker ==
I know you like wikis ... but can't we use something like Zendesk to track issue?
Wikis weren't designed to be issue trackers...
:I don't think this would be a good idea. More eyes on the wiki, tending the recent changes, is something we need. Deflecting things off onto something else will not improve the quality of the wiki. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:44, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Bitcoin Wiki:Issue Tracker

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Crazik:

This page serves as the Wiki issue tracker.

To file a new issue, add a second-level heading (==), and describe your issue in detail.

Issue discussion should happen on the Talk page.

Do not delete resolved issues unless you are a wiki administrator, or the creator of the issue.

== Presented with SSL cert from another site ==

A few times on 2014-03-27, non-deterministically across a few pages, I got the typical "wrong SSL cert" warning from Firefox, saying I'd been delivered the cert for '''kitchensurfing.com''', issued the same day.
:Yes, this is months ago, and has long since been fixed. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:47, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

== Backup site broken via HTTPS ==

dump.bitcoin.it just goes to the Main Page if accessed with SSL

== Bitc<b></b>oin:* namespace interwiki links broken ==

Links to [[Bit<b></b>coin:Community portal]] (for example) get turned into broken bitcoin: URI links.
:Looks like someone mistakenly put "bitcoin" in the interwiki table, it's just a namespace and doesn't need an entry there. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:46, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Example [[Bitcoin:About|test]]
One more example [[Bitcoin:something|test2]]

== Make the anti-spam payment system more discoverable ==
I understand that [[Cryptopay]] is [being replaced](http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/27lofu/dear_bitcoin_foundation_please_take_ownership_of/ci20i6t). Can you give us more details on that? The new system should be more discoverable by new users - I suggest a notification for every new user on how to edit. (people still ask me how to edit the damn thing).

== Require a fee for new user registration ==
There is still a big spam problem in the [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=500 Recent Changes page]. As a workaround, can use [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?namespace=2&invert=1&title=Special%3ARecentChanges this link] to view recent changes excluding the user namespace.

== Use a proper issue tracker ==
I know you like wikis ... but can't we use something like Zendesk to track issue?
Wikis weren't designed to be issue trackers...
:I don't think this would be a good idea. More eyes on the wiki, tending the recent changes, is something we need. Deflecting things off onto something else will not improve the quality of the wiki. --[[User:Gmaxwell|Gmaxwell]] ([[User talk:Gmaxwell|talk]]) 15:44, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

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Cryptopayment helps to protect wiki from unwanted spam.

There is simple request for micropayment, and edit access is granted just few minutes after receiving.

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== Other pages ==

* '''[[mw:Help:Formatting|Help]]''' - Documentation on wiki editing.
* '''[[Bitcoin.it Wiki|About]]''' - Information on this site.
* '''[http://dump.bitcoin.it/ Dumps]''' Backup this wiki.
[[de:Hauptseite]]
[[es:Página Principal]]
[[fr:Accueil]]
[[it:Pagina principale]]
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<div id="articlecount" style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-size:85%;">[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles. Anti-spam protection from [[Special:Crypto]]</div>
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* <span class="plainlinks">[[Forums]]</span>
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* <span class="plainlinks">[[IRC channels|Chatrooms]]</span>
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== Other pages ==

* '''[[mw:Help:Formatting|Help]]''' - Documentation on wiki editing.
* '''[[Bitcoin.it Wiki|About]]''' - Information on this site.
* '''[http://dump.bitcoin.it/ Dumps]''' Backup this wiki.
[[de:Hauptseite]]
[[es:Página Principal]]
[[fr:Accueil]]
[[it:Pagina principale]]
[[pl:Strona główna]]
[[ru:Заглавная страница]]
[[zh-cn:首页]]
[[ro:Pagina principală]]

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