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Welcome to the Global Anabaptist Wikipedia Help Page

The Global Anabaptist Wikipedia Help Page has numerous resources, guides and models to help you understand how this wikipedia is structured and how to contribute content. Here you can learn about creating and editing articles, stories and sources through a basic description of the editor and a basic description of wiki-code. You can also learn about our categorization system and how the site is laid out.

If this help page or the Mediawiki help page doesn't provide you with the appropriate information, a quick google search will likely answer your questions.

New Users to the Wiki

Welcome to the Global Anabaptist Wikipedia! We are grateful that you have taken the time to visit our site and engage with the global Anabaptist community. Since you are on the help page you probably have some amount of interest in contributing content or in helping the site. Every time someone edits or writes one article, story or source, global interaction improves immensely so we thank you once again for contributing your time and energy.

Some places to get started on your journey through the Global Anabaptist Wikipedia:

To understand the basic guidelines and non-technical policies surrounding Anabaptistwiki and to get a general overview of the site, please visit our About Anabaptistwiki page.
To find an article, story or source, you can type what you are looking for in the search bar on the left hand side of the screen to see if we have an article, story or source written on the subject.
If you are feeling a bit more adventurous or want to go exploring through Anabaptist culture, you can go to the Main Page and start browsing by country or Anabaptist family tree members.
Yet another way to start navigating your way through the site is to visit the sources page or stories page. On these pages you will be able to work your way down through a category tree to find what you are looking for.

Articles

Have you ever wondered what constitutes an article? Would you like to find out how to write an article and share your knowledge with the world? All the information you ever needed to know about articles at the Anabaptist Wiki Articles page.

Stubs

Anabaptistwiki has developed a structure to help users determine which articles are well-researched, well-written and well-cited. Are you interested in finding out about the difference between full-fledged articles and stubs? You can find out all about these differences at the Anabaptist Wiki Stubs page.

Stories

Do you want to share with the world how an Anabaptist community has shaped your life or how Anabaptist beliefs has led you to pursue a different philosophy in life? Do you want to know where people would be able to read this story? Everything you need to know about stories is at the Anabaptist Wiki Stories page.

Sources

Have you obtained a document related to the Anabaptist faith that you would like shared with the global Anabaptist community? Would you like to archive your church bulletins on a site for easy access? For a complete breakdown of sources and what they are proceed to the Anabaptist Wiki Sources page.

Editing

For help learning how to edit and format text in the Global Anabaptist Wiki, check out the MetaWiki help guide. Especially note the how to edit page. The MediaWiki help guide also offers helpful information, especially the formatting page.

Language

Here on Anabaptistwiki we strive to promote communication with communities from around the world. Language issues are large barriers to overcome as we pursue this endeavor. However, we have developed numerous tools to help solve this problem. For a summary of these language tools and how this site is structured in terms of translation, proceed to the Language Policy page

Templates

A template is a function of Anabaptistwiki that makes it extremely easy to create and manage specific pages to be consistent with one another. For a full list of available templates on Anabaptistwiki see the Template List.

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 The Global Anabaptist Wikipedia Help Page has numerous resources, guides and models to help you understand how this wikipedia is structured and how to contribute content.  Here you can learn about creating and editing articles, stories and sources through a basic description of the editor and a basic description of wiki-code.  You can also learn about our categorization system and how the site is laid out.
-To understand the basic guidelines and non-technical policies surrounding Anabaptistwiki and to get a general overview of the site, please visit our [[Anabaptistwiki:About|About Anabaptistwiki]] page.
+If this help page or the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents Mediawiki help page] doesn't provide you with the appropriate information, a quick google search will likely answer your questions.
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-Most of the basic information that Anabaptistwiki users will need can be found at the following sites:
-* For help learning how to edit and format text in the Global Anabaptist Wiki, check out the MetaWiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents help guide].  Especially note the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing how to edit page].  The MediaWiki [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help help guide] also offers helpful information, especially the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting page].
-* If these pages don't help a quick google search will likely answer your questions.
 ==New Users to the Wiki==
-Welcome to the Global Anabaptist Wikipedia! We are grateful that you have taken the time to visit our site and engage with the global Anabaptist community.  Since you are on the help page you probably have some amount of interest in contributing content or in helping the site.  Every time someone edits or writes one article, story or source, it helps global interaction immensely so we thank you once again for contributing your time and energy.
+Welcome to the Global Anabaptist Wikipedia! We are grateful that you have taken the time to visit our site and engage with the global Anabaptist community.  Since you are on the help page you probably have some amount of interest in contributing content or in helping the site.  Every time someone edits or writes one article, story or source, global interaction improves immensely so we thank you once again for contributing your time and energy.
 Some places to get started on your journey through the Global Anabaptist Wikipedia:
+* To understand the basic guidelines and non-technical policies surrounding Anabaptistwiki and to get a general overview of the site, please visit our [[Anabaptistwiki:About|About Anabaptistwiki]] page.
 * To find an article, story or source, you can type what you are looking for in the search bar on the left hand side of the screen to see if we have an article, story or source written on the subject.
 * If you are feeling a bit more adventurous or want to go exploring through Anabaptist culture, you can go to the [[Main Page]] and start browsing by country or Anabaptist family tree members.
 * Yet another way to start navigating your way through the site is to visit the [[:Category:Sources|sources page]] or [[:Category:Stories|stories page]].  On these pages you will be able to work your way down through a category tree to find what you are looking for.
-==Creating an Article==
+==Articles==
-Looking to create an article for the Global Anabaptist Wikipedia?  Great, but first there are a few steps you must take before you start creating your masterpiece.
+Have you ever wondered what constitutes an article?  Would you like to find out how to write an article and share your knowledge with the world?  All the information you ever needed to know about articles at [[Anabaptistwiki:Articles|the Anabaptist Wiki Articles page]].
-# Does your proposed article have any connection to the Anabaptist community?  If it does not have any sort of connection or if the connection is weak, you might want to take a different approach to the subject that would recognize a stronger connection.
+===Stubs===
-# Is your article going to be a factual account of a congregation, event, person etc.? Articles on Anabaptistwiki present information that can be validated by other sources and aren't opinionated in nature.  If you are looking to write an opinionated article, you should look into writing a story which span the entire spectrum of opinion.
+Anabaptistwiki has developed a structure to help users determine which articles are well-researched, well-written and well-cited.  Are you interested in finding out about the difference between full-fledged articles and stubs?  You can find out all about these differences at [[Anabaptistwiki:Stubs|the Anabaptist Wiki Stubs page]].
-# Does your article already exist on the Anabaptistwiki?  Do find out, do a quick search for your proposed article in the search bar.  If your article does not show up in the list of results then you are ready to continue.  If it turns out your article is already created, you have a lot of your work already cut out for you.  Simply read through the article and add any additional information that hasn't been included already.
-# Will you be able to link your new article to another higher level page?  For example, you want to create an article named "Anytown Mennonite Church."  You would be able to link this page to the country's page where it is located, its relevant conference page and maybe some important individual's page who attended that church.  In this way, the "Anytown Mennonite Church" article would be connected to three other pages and would be found easily by people using the site.  If you cannot find a place to link your article, whether it be another article or a category, your article will be orphaned and nobody will be able to access it except through the search bar.
+==Stories==
+Do you want to share with the world how an Anabaptist community has shaped your life or how Anabaptist beliefs has led you to pursue a different philosophy in life?  Do you want to know where people would be able to read this story?  Everything you need to know about stories is at [[Anabaptistwiki:Stories|the Anabaptist Wiki Stories page]].
-If you are good on all the above accounts then the next step is creating your article.  To create an article here is what you must do:
+==Sources==
+Have you obtained a document related to the Anabaptist faith that you would like shared with the global Anabaptist community?  Would you like to archive your church bulletins on a site for easy access?  For a complete breakdown of sources and what they are proceed to [[Anabaptistwiki:Sources|the Anabaptist Wiki Sources page]].
-# '''Create your new article page.'''  There are two ways to do this.
+==Editing==
-#*One way is to go to a page that you are eventually going to link your article to.  You then are going to go into edit mode and add a link to your (as of yet nonexistent) article in an appropriate area on the page.  Remember that whatever you type in the link will be the title of your article so watch out for spelling mistakes and capitalization.  Save the page and get out of edit mode.  The link to your nonexistent article should be red.  Clicking on this red link will bring you to an edit page for your new article.
-#*The second way of creating an article is to type the name of your article in the search bar and click "Go."  Remember that whatever you type in the search bar will be the title of your article so watch out for spelling mistakes and capitalization.  Hitting "Go" should bring you to the search results page.  Near the top of the page you should see the following "There is no page titled "Your Article Name". You can create this page."  Clicking on "create this page" will bring you to a screen where you can write your article.
-# '''Load the appropriate boilerplate.'''  A boilerplate is a pre-formatted template for you to use, which takes some of the work out of formatting and allows the site to be more consistent.  Simply choose the appropriate boilerplate name under the "Select Boilerplate" option and click load.
-# '''Edit your page.'''  To edit your page you simply add text to the editor window.  If you are a bit more competent with Wikicode, you can experiment with tables, images etc.  For help on editing, see the [[#Editing|editing section]] further down on this page or visit the Mediawiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing how to edit page] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting page].
-# '''Add your new article to the appropriate categories (if applicable).'''  <font color=red>WARNING: Do some previous searching before you select categories for your article.  See which categories articles similar to yours have been placed in and then choose appropriate categories for your article.</font>  We have added a feature on Anabaptistwiki that allows you to easily select categories for your article.  Underneath the editor pane is a "Category Selection" pane.  You can either choose appropriate categories from the list of popular categories below or type existing categories in the input box.
-#'''Link your article to other articles.''' Think about what other articles would be related to your article.  If these articles have been created already, add a link to your article somewhere appropriate on that page.  The more links there are to your article, the easier it will be for people who are looking for your article to find it.
-==Creating a Story==
+For help learning how to edit and format text in the Global Anabaptist Wiki, check out the MetaWiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents help guide].  Especially note the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing how to edit page].  The MediaWiki [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help help guide] also offers helpful information, especially the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting page].
-==Uploading a Source==
+==Language==
+Here on Anabaptistwiki we strive to promote communication with communities from around the world.  Language issues are large barriers to overcome as we pursue this endeavor. However, we have developed numerous tools to help solve this problem.  For a summary of these language tools and how this site is structured in terms of translation, proceed to [[Anabaptistwiki:Language policy|the Language Policy page]]
-==Editing==
+==Templates==
+A template is a function of Anabaptistwiki that makes it extremely easy to create and manage specific pages to be consistent with one another.  For a full list of available templates on Anabaptistwiki see the [[Anabaptistwiki:Template List|Template List]].