Thelemapedia:Where to start
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Thelemapedia is a big site and it can be tough to know where to begin. This article is designed to get you started...
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Read these pages
If you only read two things, read these two:
- Thelemapedia policies. Discusses the scope of Thelemapedia and the rules governing behavior. By signing on as members of the site, all editors implicitly agree to abide by these policies.
- The Really Simple Tutorial. A brief and very easy-to-swallow tutorial on working with Thelemapedia.
Other very useful pages:
- How to Contribute. The guide to adding quality content.
- Common Sources. List of common books in reference format, along with another primer on citing sources.
- What Thelemapedia is not. Useful essay explaining the nature of Thelemapedia.
- Thelemapedia Power Structure. Who's in charge (answer: for the most part, you).
Contribution strategies
There are several ways you can contribute to Thelemapedia:
- Write on a new topic. Find a red link or create a brand new topic and get writing. The beauty of the wiki is that you don't have to write a complete article. Just write as much as you know or have time for. If you do write something that has obvious omissions, just write that in the article, and someone will eventually get to it. If there is a section in your article that you know someone has more knowledge about, try leaving a note on the "discussion" page of their userpage. You can also leave a note in the Community Portal that your article needs more contributors.
- Edit existing topics. Click on a blue link of your choice and see if there is anything you want to add or change. Read Thelemapedia:Editorial Policy to find out good etiquette in doing this. Oftentimes articles will have large chunks missing that you might be able to fill. Other times, you will see an article that is—let's face it—hideous. By all means clean up such entries. When you do, be sure to leave a note in the discussion page.
- Fact-checking. Comb through articles and make sure that things stated as facts really are.
- Correcting spelling and grammar. Pretty self-explainetory, huh?
- Formatting. You don't need to change content to make it more legible. Take what's there, move it around, add headers...do what you must to make it easier to read (please!).
- Adding citations and links. If you see quotes or statements that you know come from specific sources, help the article out by putting in a citation and links to relevant materials.
Where to go from here
- Where to start Read this if you are having trouble with getting started
- Really Simple Tutorial A friendly guide to all the basics
- Editorial Policy Basic policies regarding content and behavior on Thelemapedia
- How to Contribute A quick start primer for adding content to Thelemapedia
- Wiki Markup Full list of all the formatting code, including text, images, sections, and links
- Article Basics Find out how to write a great article
- Common Sources How to cite sources (including short libers), and a list of common books in reference format
- Projects Page List of needed articles organized by general topic
- What Thelemapedia is not
- Thelemapedia Power Structure Who's in charge
- Characters How to use Greek and Hebrew letters in your article
- Using Images How to upload and use images in your Thelemapedia articles
- Dispute Resolution What to do when the fighting breaks out
- List of boilerplate templates Automatic text messages, like the "stub" line
- Comprehensive Wikipedia Help Pages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents) Everything there is to know about using a wiki
References
Some materials on this pages were taken from:
- Wikipedia. (2004). Cite sources (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cite_sources). Retrieved Sept. 18, 2004.
- Wikipedia. (2004). How to write a great article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_great_article). Retrieved Sept. 18, 2004.
- Wikipedia. (2004). Wikipedia:Copyrights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights). Retrieved Sept. 18, 2004.
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