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 A place to keep the HPR documentation
 
+**In order to contribute you need to create an account, but you also need to notify the admins@hpr either via email, mastodon, or matrix that you have created an account. Due to the level of spam accounts we need to approve one by one.**
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 - [Community Content Delivery Network (CCDN)](https://repo.anhonesthost.net/HPR/hpr_documentation/wiki/Community-Content-Delivery-Network)
 A location to track the deployment of the HPR Community Contend Delivery Network, that provides a mirror network for our content.
 - [HPR Website Design](https://repo.anhonesthost.net/HPR/hpr_documentation/wiki/Website-Design)