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In addition to this page, the following resources can help you craft and contribute to documentation:
- [Style Guide](styleguide/index.md) - What belongs in the docs, language guidelines, Markdown standards to follow, links, and more.
- [Style Guide](styleguide/index.md) - What belongs in the docs, language guidelines, markdown standards to follow, links and more.
- [Topic type template](structure.md) - Learn about the different types of topics.
- [Documentation process](workflow.md).
- [Markdown Guide](../../user/markdown.md) - A reference for all Markdown syntax supported by GitLab.
- [Markdown Guide](../../user/markdown.md) - A reference for all markdown syntax supported by GitLab.
- [Site architecture](site_architecture/index.md) - How <https://docs.gitlab.com> is built.
- [Documentation for feature flags](feature_flags.md) - How to write and update documentation for GitLab features deployed behind feature flags.
## Source files and rendered web locations
Documentation for GitLab, GitLab Runner, Omnibus GitLab, and Charts is published to <https://docs.gitlab.com>. Documentation for GitLab is also published within the application at `/help` on the domain of the GitLab instance.
Documentation for GitLab, GitLab Runner, Omnibus GitLab, and charts are published to <https://docs.gitlab.com>. Documentation for GitLab is also published within the application at `/help` on the domain of the GitLab instance.
At `/help`, only help for your current edition and version is included. Help for other versions is available at <https://docs.gitlab.com/archives/>.
The source of the documentation exists within the codebase of each GitLab application in the following repository locations:
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To ensure that GitLab docs are current, there are special processes and responsibilities for all [feature changes](workflow.md), that is development work that impacts the appearance, usage, or administration of a feature.
However, anyone can contribute [documentation improvements](workflow.md) that are not associated with a feature change. For example, adding a new doc on how to accomplish a use case that's already possible with GitLab or with third-party tools and GitLab.
However, anyone can contribute [documentation improvements](workflow.md) that are not associated with a feature change. For example, adding a new document on how to accomplish a use case that's already possible with GitLab or with third-party tools and GitLab.
## Markdown and styles
[GitLab docs](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-docs) uses [GitLab Kramdown](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab_kramdown)
as its Markdown rendering engine. See the [GitLab Markdown Guide](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/markdown-guide/) for a complete Kramdown reference.
Adhere to the [Documentation Style Guide](styleguide/index.md). If a style standard is missing, you are welcome to suggest one via a merge request.
Stick to the [Documentation Style Guide](styleguide/index.md). If a style standard is missing, you are welcome to suggest one via merge request.
## Folder structure and files
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- `group`: The [Group](https://about.gitlab.com/company/team/structure/#product-groups)
to which the majority of the page's content belongs.
- `info`: The following line, which provides direction to contributors regarding
how to contact the Technical Writer associated with the page's Stage and
Group:
how to contact the technical writer associated with the page's stage and
group:
```plaintext
To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group
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location to which visitors should be redirected for a moved page.
[Learn more](redirects.md).
- `disqus_identifier`: Identifier for Disqus commenting system. Used to keep
comments with a page that's been moved to a new URL.
comments with a page that has been moved to a new URL.
[Learn more](redirects.md#redirections-for-pages-with-disqus-comments).
### Comments metadata
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in 4 hours or less.
However, it's only available at `/help` on self-managed instances in the next released
version. The date an update is merged can impact which self-managed release the update
version. The date on which an update is merged can impact which self-managed release the update
is present in.
For example:
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