# Discourse documentation policy

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-documentation-policy/322621
**Category:** Site feedback
**Tags:** documentation
**Created:** [August 22, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-documentation-policy/322621 "2024-08-22T07:09:18Z")
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### Author: ![Discourse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/32/148734_2.png) [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-documentation-policy/322621/1 "2024-08-22T07:09:18Z")

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There are two locations for Discourse documentation - one for official content, created and supported by the Discourse team, and one for community-contributed content.

## Official documentation

#Documentation is the home for official Discourse documentation.

At Discourse, official documentation means the following:

- It is written by members of the Discourse team.
- It can only be edited by members of the Discourse team.
- It is supported by Discourse.
- It follows (or will be updated to follow) the [documentation style guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/writing-effective-documentation-for-discourse/309628).

Anyone can reply to topics in the official documentation categories to discuss the content or suggest changes.

## Community-contributed documentation

#Wiki is the home for all community-contributed documentation. The topics in this section can be written and edited by anyone of Trust Level 2 or above.

If a topic in the community wiki is considered high-quality, important, or covering a supported area of Discourse, team members may move it to the official documentation. If this happens, the original author will be notified and credited in the topic content for their contribution. They will also be assigned the Ghostwriter badge.

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Read the announcement about this policy for more info:

> [@New homes for official and community documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-our-new-documentation-policy/322620):
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> I’m excited to announce some updates to how we handle documentation to ensure clarity and collaboration while maintaining the quality of information provided. Read on to understand how our new documentation setup works. writing_hand Official documentation We’ve updated the #Documentation category to be dedicated solely to official documentation. This means that all content in its subcategories is maintained by Discourse team members, ensuring the information is accurate and up-to-date. If you’…

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