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Since this is a wiki, anyone can edit almost any page. To make Wikihack a useful and interesting resource for NetHack players, we ask that you undergo the 4-step induction process:

1. Be a NetHack player
2. Read the wiki editing tutorial
3. Create an account
4. Read our style guide

That's it! Step 4 is important, as a consistent look and feel helps other readers use the wiki.

Once you're ready to go, here are some general things you can do:

• Fix typos
• Turn awkward grammar into beautiful prose
• Create a page that doesn't exist yet
• Browse the category tree and find a place for uncategorised pages, images and categories
• Choose a stub article and expand it
• Add source code footnotes for specific NetHack facts
• If you are a source diver, annotate some source code
• Welcome anonymous users by placing "{{subst:welcome}} --~~~~" on their talk page
• Participate in discussions at the Community Portal

Here are some specific tasks:

• There are still many ring/wand/potion/scroll/spellbook articles which are either non-existent or very short stubs. Expand them!
• We have "best" solutions for sokoban (those leaving no boulders immobile); we should also have fastest solutions.
• There are many special levels yet to be mapped, like in the Gazetteer.
• The role articles need more structure and a lot more detail.
• We (and, in fact, the net in general) have very few articles about SLASH'EM, though see the style guide on this.
• We have no/stubby articles about past tournaments and winners.
• We lack screenshots of NetHack running on exotic platforms.
• Articles on prayer, sacrifice, altars, and alignment could be better organised under a Religion portal.
• There are many properties with no/stubby articles.