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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.
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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.
  
 
== Getting started ==
 
== Getting started ==
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* Check out the [[WikiCU:Editors bulletin board|editors bulletin board]]
 
* Check out the [[WikiCU:Editors bulletin board|editors bulletin board]]
 
* Play around with your editing skills in our [[sandbox]]!
 
* Play around with your editing skills in our [[sandbox]]!
* Consult our guidelines on [[neutrality]] and [[notability]], as well as our [[deletion policy]]
 
* Learn how to insert [[videos]]
 
* Refer to our list of [[templates]]
 
 
* Remember, [[WikiCU is not Wikipedia]]!
 
* Remember, [[WikiCU is not Wikipedia]]!
  
== Style guides ==
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== More advanced research & editing ==
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* Review our [[research guide and resources for new authors]]
 
* Learn how to [[Citations|cite sources]]
 
* Learn how to [[Citations|cite sources]]
 
* Learn how to [[Style guide for alumni pages|cite alumni degrees and class years]]
 
* Learn how to [[Style guide for alumni pages|cite alumni degrees and class years]]
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* Check out these [[books about Columbia]]
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* Consult our guidelines on [[neutrality]] and [[notability]], as well as our [[deletion policy]]
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* Learn how to insert [[videos]]
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* Refer to our list of [[templates]]
  
== Research resources ==
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== Contribute new content ==
* [[Research guide and resources for new authors]]
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Please help grow WikiCU...
* [[Books about Columbia]]
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* Create a new article, after [[Special:Search|searching]] for whether it exists already
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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]]!
  
== Administration ==
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== Help with administration ==
Please feel free to help out with the following administrative tasks if you have any spare time:
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Please feel free to help out with the following administrative tasks if you have spare time:
 
* Review the list of [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]], looking out for spam, egregious deletions, etc.
 
* Review the list of [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]], looking out for spam, egregious deletions, etc.
 
* Fix any [[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken redirects]]
 
* Fix any [[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken redirects]]
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* Categorise any [[Special:UncategorizedPages|uncategorized pages]] (apart from "Index.php" and "Main Page")
 
* Categorise any [[Special:UncategorizedPages|uncategorized pages]] (apart from "Index.php" and "Main Page")
 
* Create any [[Special:WantedCategories|wanted categories]] (after checking whether appropriate categories already exist)
 
* Create any [[Special:WantedCategories|wanted categories]] (after checking whether appropriate categories already exist)
* Create any [[Special:WantedPages|wanted pages]] (within reason) (see also the [[articles to create|list of articles to create]] and the [[list of clubs that need articles]])
 
 
* On any [[Special:Disambiguations|pages linking to disambiguation pages]], clarify the links to refer to the appropriate topic instead
 
* On any [[Special:Disambiguations|pages linking to disambiguation pages]], clarify the links to refer to the appropriate topic instead
 
* [[Special:ConfirmAccounts|Confirm account requests]] (admins only)
 
* [[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]]
 
* Update the statistics at our [[WikiNode]]
 
* Update the statistics at our [[WikiNode]]
  
 
[[Category:WikiCU]]
 
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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: