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== Welcome ==
 
 
 
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.
  
=== Getting Started ===
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== Getting started ==
* Read our [[WikiCU:Tutorial|tutorial]] for a basic overview.
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* User accounts should be created to edit pages. Take credit (and responsibility) for your edits!
* Some basic [[Help:Editing|editing tips]]
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* Read our [[WikiCU:Tutorial|tutorial]] for a basic overview
* Check the [[WikiCU:Editors bulletin board]].
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* Discover some helpful [[Help:Editing|editing tips]]
* Our [[Deletion policy|deletion policy]] for pages
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* Check out the [[WikiCU:Editors bulletin board|editors bulletin board]]
* Guidelines on [[Neutrality]] and [[Notability]]
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* Play around with your editing skills in our [[sandbox]]!
* How to insert [[Videos]]
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* Consult our guidelines on [[neutrality]] and [[notability]], as well as our [[deletion policy]]
* Play around with your editing skills in our [[Sandbox]]!
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* Learn how to insert [[videos]]
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* Refer to our list of [[templates]]
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* Remember, [[WikiCU is not Wikipedia]]!
  
=== Style Guides ===
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== Style guides ==
* How to [[Citations|cite sources]]
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* Learn how to [[Citations|cite sources]]
* How to cite [[Style guide for alumni pages|alumni degrees and class years]]
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* Learn how to [[Style guide for alumni pages|cite alumni degrees and class years]]
* Our list of [[Templates]]
 
  
=== Research resources ===
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== Research resources ==
 
* [[Research guide and resources for new authors]]
 
* [[Research guide and resources for new authors]]
 
* [[Books about Columbia]]
 
* [[Books about Columbia]]
  
== User Accounts ==
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== Administration ==
 
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Please feel free to help out with the following administrative tasks if you have any 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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* 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]])
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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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* Update the statistics at our [[WikiNode]]
  
 
[[Category:WikiCU]]
 
[[Category:WikiCU]]

Revision as of 18:50, 4 May 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

Style guides

Research resources

Administration

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