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          <rev user="Hekksy" timestamp="2020-08-15T23:20:52Z" comment="Introduce Odalauncher to the main page for support" contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">&lt;div id=&quot;mf-home&quot;&gt;
&lt;h1 style=&quot;border: none; margin-bottom: 20px;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;center&gt;Welcome to the [[OdaWiki|Odamex Wiki]]!&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

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== Getting started ==
* [[Odamex|What is Odamex?]]
* [[How to install|Installation]]
* [[Launcher | Using Odalaunch]]
* [[How to play|Gameplay]]
* [[How to run a server|Running a server]]
* [[How to build from source|Building from source]]
* [[Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ]]
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== Community ==
* [[Policy]]
* [[Forums|Message Boards]]
* [[Discord|Discord]]
* [[Statistics|Statistics]]
* [[Credits|Credits]]
* [[Contacts|Contacts]]
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== Documentation ==
* [[License]]
* [[Editing|Maps &amp; Modifications]]
* [[Troubleshooting]]
* [[Commands]]
* [[Variables]]
* [[Releases]] (version history)
* [http://odamex.net/doc/doomfaq_v666.txt The Doom FAQ v6.666]
* [http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Entryway The Doom Wiki]
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== Development ==
* [[Bugs]]
* [[Svn|GitHub]]
* [[Coding_standard|Coding standard]]
* [[Patches|Submitting Patches]]
* [[Development roadmap|Roadmap]]
* [[timeline|Historical Timeline]]
* [[Hacker's Guide]]
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There are currently [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles for reference.
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