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== Welcome ==
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Welcome to WikiCU! This page has information on how to get started editing pages, including some style guidelines and good sources for getting started.
  
Welcome to WikiCU! This page has information on how to get started editing pages, including some style guidelines and good sources for getting started.
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== Getting started ==
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* User accounts should be created to edit pages. Take credit (and responsibility) for your edits!
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* Read our [[WikiCU:Tutorial|tutorial]] for a basic overview
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* Discover some helpful [[Help:Editing|editing tips]]
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* Check out the [[WikiCU:Editors bulletin board|editors bulletin board]]
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* Play around with your editing skills in our [[sandbox]]!
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* Remember, [[WikiCU is not Wikipedia]]!
  
=== Getting Started ===
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== More advanced research & editing ==
* Read our [[WikiCU:Tutorial|tutorial]] for a basic overview.
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* Review our [[research guide and resources for new authors]]
* Some basic [[Help:Editing|editing tips]]
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* Learn how to [[Citations|cite sources]]
* Check the [[WikiCU:Editors bulletin board]].
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* Learn how to [[Style guide for alumni pages|cite alumni degrees and class years]]
* Our [[Deletion policy|deletion policy]] for pages
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* Check out these [[books about Columbia]]
* Guidelines on [[Neutrality]] and [[Notability]]
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* Consult our guidelines on [[neutrality]] and [[notability]], as well as our [[deletion policy]]
* How to insert [[Videos]]
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* Learn how to insert [[videos]]
* Play around with your editing skills in our [[Sandbox]]!
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* Refer to our list of [[templates]]
  
=== Style Guides ===
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== Contribute new content ==
* How to [[Citations|cite sources]]
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Please help grow WikiCU...
* How to cite [[Style guide for alumni pages|alumni degrees and class years]]
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* Create a new article, after [[Special:Search|searching]] for whether it exists already
* Our list of [[Templates]]
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* Review the [[list of articles to create]], and also:
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:* [[List of people who need articles]]
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:* [[Special:WantedPages|List of wanted pages, ranked by how much they're wanted]]
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* Expand [[Special:ShortPages|short pages]] where appropriate
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* Expand [[:Category:Stubs|stubs]] where possible (and don't forget to remove the stub tag afterwards!)
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* Help with [[:Category:Articles under construction|articles under construction]]
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* Help with [[:Category:Articles to be cleaned up|articles to be cleaned up]]
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* Organise another [[2013 Columbia Wikithon|wikithon]]!
  
== User Accounts ==
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== Help with administration ==
 
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Please feel free to help out with the following administrative tasks if you have spare time:
User accounts should be created to edit pages.  Take credit (and responsibility) for your edits!
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* Review the list of [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]], looking out for spam, egregious deletions, etc.
 
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* Fix any [[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken redirects]]
== Reminders ==
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* Fix any [[Special:DoubleRedirects|double redirects]]
Remember, [[WikiCU is not Wikipedia]].
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* Categorise any [[Special:UncategorizedCategories|uncategorized categories]] (apart from "Main topic classifications")
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* Categorise any [[Special:UncategorizedPages|uncategorized pages]] (apart from "Index.php" and "Main Page")
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* Create any [[Special:WantedCategories|wanted categories]] (after checking whether appropriate categories already exist)
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* On any [[Special:Disambiguations|pages linking to disambiguation pages]], clarify the links to refer to the appropriate topic instead
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* [[Special:ConfirmAccounts|Confirm account requests]] (admins only)
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* Contribute to any open discussions regarding [[:Category:Candidates for deletion|candidates for deletion]] (referring to [[deletion policy]] if needed)
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* Add any [[Special:UnwatchedPages|unwatched pages]] of interest to your [[Special:Watchlist|watchlist]]
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* Update the statistics at our [[WikiNode]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:08, 1 December 2013

Welcome to WikiCU! This page has information on how to get started editing pages, including some style guidelines and good sources for getting started.

Getting started

More advanced research & editing

Contribute new content

Please help grow WikiCU...

Help with administration

Please feel free to help out with the following administrative tasks if you have spare time: