From c0b37588a6f737c6fb24542b5775a139ba7b5c8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Wheeler Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:40:41 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update PowerShell page --- Contribute/content/powershell-overview.md | 23 ++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Contribute/content/powershell-overview.md b/Contribute/content/powershell-overview.md index a48224fd..02ba897a 100644 --- a/Contribute/content/powershell-overview.md +++ b/Contribute/content/powershell-overview.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- title: How to contribute to PowerShell documentation -description: This article is an overview of how to get started as a contributor to the PowerShell documentation. -ms.date: 07/10/2020 +description: >- + This article is an overview of how to get started as a contributor to the PowerShell documentation. +ms.date: 01/29/2026 ms.topic: contributor-guide ms.service: learn ms.custom: external-contributor-guide @@ -10,7 +11,19 @@ ms.author: sewhee --- # How to contribute to PowerShell documentation -The contributor guide is a collection of articles that explain the tools and processes we use to create documentation at Microsoft. Some of these guides cover information that is common to any documentation set published to Microsoft technical documentation. Some of the guides are specific to how we write documentation for PowerShell. +The PowerShell documentation uses the same basic style rules and processes as other Microsoft +technical documentation. The _PowerShell-Docs Contributor Guide_ includes specific guidelines and +processes that are unique to PowerShell content. -The common articles are available in this centralized contributor guide. The -[PowerShell contributor guide](/powershell/scripting/community/contributing/overview) is available in the community section of the PowerShell documentation. +For more information, see the [PowerShell contributor guide][01] is available in the public +PowerShell documentation. Pay special attention to the following sections: + +- [Markdown best practices][03] +- [PowerShell-Docs style guide][04] +- [Editorial checklist][02] + + +[01]: /powershell/scripting/community/contributing/overview +[02]: /powershell/scripting/community/contributing/editorial-checklist +[03]: /powershell/scripting/community/contributing/general-markdown +[04]: /powershell/scripting/community/contributing/powershell-style-guide