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== Help with reverse engineering ==
== Help with reverse engineering ==
If you are familiar with reverse engineering software/hardware or have a background in decompiling, C/C++, and ASM, join the channel '''INSERT CHANNEL HERE'' Lurk for a while to see what are the topics and goals of the day. Be sure to report any and all substantial findings on the wiki.
If you are familiar with reverse engineering software/hardware or have a background in decompiling, C/C++, and ASM, join the channel #dsidev at EFNet. Lurk for a while to see what are the topics and goals of the day. Be sure to report any and all substantial findings on the wiki.
You can also help out new users in IRC by linking them to wiki articles that answer their questions, or this article and the Channel FAQ to get new users more quickly acquainted with how we do things and what we've accomplished.
You can also help out new users in IRC by linking them to wiki articles that answer their questions, or this article and the Channel FAQ to get new users more quickly acquainted with how we do things and what we've accomplished.
=== Needed articles ===
=== Needed articles ===
Believe it or not, it was over a week after [[Starlet]] was announced before there was an article. One of our primary goals is to make sure articles are written quickly and, ideally, cleanly.
Believe it or not, over at [http://wiibrew.org Wiibrew] it was over a week after [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Starlet Starlet] was announced before there was an article. One of our primary goals is to make sure articles are written quickly and, ideally, cleanly.
==== Big new developments ====
==== Big new developments ====
==== Copied articles ====
==== Copied articles ====
Re-copy or write '''from scratch''' recently deleted and other articles that are copied from WiiLi or other sites. If copied, be sure to adhere with the license of the original document, to the letter. If the document has been released under the GFDL, such as WiiLi articles, provide a citation in the form of a link on the bottom of the page and a statement saying the document was released under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
Re-copy or write '''from scratch''' recently deleted and other articles that are copied from other sites. If copied, be sure to adhere with the license of the original document, to the letter. If the document has been released under the GFDL, such as most (but not all) other Wiki articles, provide a citation in the form of a link on the bottom of the page and a statement saying the document was released under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
==== All wanted pages ====
==== All wanted pages ====
=== Definite Rules ===
=== Definite Rules ===
Break these and bad things will happen to you.
Break these and bad things will happen to you.
* Never copy and paste articles or do any act of verbatim copying from [[ WiiLi ]] or any other source without following its licensing terms to the letter. If an article exists on a site that has a non-free license that should be here also, '''start from scratch'''. Illegally copied articles will be deleted as soon as they are noticed.
* Never copy and paste articles or do any act of verbatim copying from any source without following its licensing terms to the letter. If an article exists on a site that has a non-free license that should be here also, '''start from scratch'''. Illegally copied articles will be deleted as soon as they are noticed.
** In the case of WiiLi, the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License] applies.
** In the case of most (but not all) Wikis, the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License] applies.
*** Verbatim copying requires that a citation must be given (linking to the original article) and a statement that the original document was released under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
*** Verbatim copying requires that a citation must be given (linking to the original article) and a statement that the original document was released under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
*** Modifying a copied article requirements can be found on the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License] page under section 4
*** Modifying a copied article requirements can be found on the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License] page under section 4