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+<color red> To Contribute to this wiki please reach out to us so we can create you an account. Sadly, it is not possible for us to maintain an open registration.</color>
 ====== Description ======
-The modelling platform GroIMP is designed as an integrated platform which incorporates modelling, visualization and interaction. It exhibits several features which makes itself suitable for the field of biological or ALife modelling:
+The modelling platform GroIMP is designed as an integrated platform incorporating modelling, visualization and interaction. It exhibits several features that make it suitable for the field of biological and ALife modelling:
-The “modelling backbone” consists in the language XL. It is fully integrated, e.g., the user can interactively select the rules to be applied. GroIMP provides classes that can be used in modelling: Turtle commands, further geometrical classes like bicubic surfaces, the class Cell which has been used in the Game Of Life implementation, and so on. The outcome of a model is visualized within GroIMP. In the visual representation of the model output, users can interact with the dynamics of the model, e.g., by selecting or deleting elements. A networked mode is available, allowing different users to interact with the modeled world synchronously. This may be an interesting feature to be used in the field of e-learning.
+The “modelling backbone” consists in the language XL. It is fully integrated, e.g., the user can interactively select the rules to be applied. GroIMP provides classes that can be used in modelling: Turtle commands, further geometrical classes like bicubic surfaces, the class Cell, which has been used in the Game Of Life implementation, and so on. The outcome of a model is visualized within GroIMP. In the visual representation of the model output, users can interact with the dynamics of the model, e.g., by selecting or deleting elements. A networked mode is available, allowing different users to interact with the modelled world synchronously. This may be an interesting feature to be used in the field of e-learning.
 ====== Features ======
-* Interactive editing of scenes
+  * Interactive editing of scenes
-* Rich set of 3D objects, including primitives, NURBS curves and surfaces, and height fields
+  * Rich set of 3D objects, including primitives, NURBS curves and surfaces, and height fields
-* Material options like colors, and textures
+  * Material options like colors, and textures
-* Java + L-System grammar support
+  * Java + L-System grammar support
-* Real-time rendering using OpenGL
+  * Real-time rendering using OpenGL
-* Support of several import and export formats
+  * Support of several import and export formats
-* Build-in raytracing implementations (CPU and GPU-based)
+  * Build-in raytracing implementations (CPU and GPU-based)
-* Full spectral raytracing (down to 1nm buckets)
+  * Full spectral raytracing (down to 1nm buckets)
 ====== Documentation ======
+This wiki contains the documentation of the GroIMP software for both users and developers.
-Find more information on the software at the [documentation pages](Documentation).
+Find more information on L-Systems, growth grammar, and the XL language at the [[http://www.grogra.de/|grogra website]]
-Find more information on L-Systems, growth grammar, and the XL language at the [grogra website](http://www.grogra.de/)
+Find the latest version of the GroIMP API documentation [[https://javadoc.grogra.de|here]]
-Find the latest version of the GroIMP API documentation [here](https://grogra.gitlab.io/groimp/index.html)
 ====== Contribute ======
-You can contribute to the GroIMP project by participating in the [Git workflow](Dev-Guide/Contributing), or by opening an issue or a merge request to address a problem or a fix.
+GroIMP is not only an open source project, but it also tries to be an open source community, meaning we try to share knowledge and models as freely as code.
+Therefore we encourage you to contribute your knowledge to our wiki, share your models in our gallery, and to  [[https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-btu/frontdoor/index/index/docId/462|cite]] the project if you use GroIMP in your publications.
+If you have questions that can not be answered through the wiki, please reach out to the community on [[https://fspm.discourse.group/c/software/groimp/8 | Discourse]] or WeChat, this way the answers you receive are also visible for others in the future.
-Also, please create wiki pages! We hope to have a user perspective to facilitate model building for novice and expert users alike.
+To raise issues or request features, please visit our GitLab repositories:  https://gitlab.com/grogra/groimp (the main repository) and https://gitlab.com/grogra/groimp-plugins (for all plugins), to create issues.
+Use the type "issue" for issues and the type "tasks" for feature requests and suggestions.
+If you are not sure where exactly to place your issue please add it to the main repository.
-Please, [cite](https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-btu/frontdoor/index/index/docId/462) the project if you use GroIMP in your publications.
+You are also more than welcome to contribute to the source code of the project or one of its plugins.
+Please simply fork the repository, make your changes, and create a merge request. You can find further infomation [[:dev-guide:contributing  | here]].
 ====== Contact ======
-Feel free to send your questions and remarks to ![email](uploads/77e14ee86897b693216c8c25e4a454b2/email.png).
+Feel free to send your questions and remarks to {{:email.png}}.
 ====== License ======
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 Part of the research was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in the framework of the research unit Virtual Crops and in further projects.
-The project has been developed under the [Brandenburgische Technische Universität of Cottbus](http://www.b-tu.de/bibliothek/) and the [Georg-August University of Göttingen](https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/1.html).
+The project has been developed at the [[http://www.b-tu.de/bibliothek/|Brandenburgische Technische Universität of Cottbus]] and the [[https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/1.html|Georg-August University of Göttingen]].