Difference between revisions of "Basic Submission Rules"

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= How to Create an Account =

During the account creation process, some contributors have had issues providing the correct response to a ~~questopm~~ such as:

During the account creation process, some contributors have had issues providing the correct response to a question such as:

What is the output of " date -u +%WLinux|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g' " ?'''

The command provided must of course ~~must~~ be placed into a Linux terminal in order to get the answer. Furthermore, it is worthwhile noting that the command itself must be entered <u>without the speech marks</u>, as otherwise the terminal will simply respond with an error message. So, for the above example, the following would be placed into the terminal in order to provide the correct response:

The command provided must of course be placed into a Linux terminal in order to get the answer. Furthermore, it is worthwhile noting that the command itself must be entered <u>without the speech marks</u>, as otherwise the terminal will simply respond with an error message. So, for the above example, the following would be placed into the terminal in order to provide the correct response:

date -u +%WLinux|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'

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Although it is certainly appreciated that this checking process can be a bit of a nuisance, it is unfortunately necessary in order to prevent an avalanche of spam attacks on the wiki.

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 = How to Create an Account =
-During the account creation process, some contributors have had issues providing the correct response to a questopm such as:
+During the account creation process, some contributors have had issues providing the correct response to a question such as:
   What is the output of " date -u +%WLinux|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g' " ?'''
-The command provided must of course must be placed into a Linux terminal in order to get the answer. Furthermore, it is worthwhile noting that the command itself must be entered <u>without the speech marks</u>, as otherwise the terminal will simply respond with an error message. So, for the above example, the following would be placed into the terminal in order to provide the correct response:
+The command provided must of course be placed into a Linux terminal in order to get the answer. Furthermore, it is worthwhile noting that the command itself must be entered <u>without the speech marks</u>, as otherwise the terminal will simply respond with an error message. So, for the above example, the following would be placed into the terminal in order to provide the correct response:
   date -u +%WLinux|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'
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 Although it is certainly appreciated that this checking process can be a bit of a nuisance, it is unfortunately necessary in order to prevent an avalanche of spam attacks on the wiki.
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