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| − | In addition to providing a place for different Anabaptist-related groups to share | + | In addition to providing a place for different Anabaptist-related groups to share encyclopedic information about themsleves, the Global Anabaptist Wiki allows Anabaptist communities around the world to share personal stories. |
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| + | ==Why Stories?== | ||
| + | For a variety of reasons personal stories are an important part of the Global Anabaptist Wiki. | ||
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| + | For starters, resources like the [http://www.gameo.org/ Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO)] are accessible to anyone with internet access. The Global Anabaptist Wiki does include encyclopedic [[Anabaptistwiki:Articles|articles]] so that Anabaptist-related groups around the world can edit and update basic information about themselves, but in order to avoid duplicating resources like GAMEO the Global Anabaptist Wiki provides a place for groups to tell personal stories that would not be included in basic, informative articles. | ||
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==What Counts as a Story?== | ==What Counts as a Story?== | ||
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| + | ==How Do I Contribute Stories?== | ||
[[Category:Policy]] | [[Category:Policy]] | ||
Revision as of 13:34, 4 August 2009
In addition to providing a place for different Anabaptist-related groups to share encyclopedic information about themsleves, the Global Anabaptist Wiki allows Anabaptist communities around the world to share personal stories.
Why Stories?
For a variety of reasons personal stories are an important part of the Global Anabaptist Wiki.
For starters, resources like the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) are accessible to anyone with internet access. The Global Anabaptist Wiki does include encyclopedic articles so that Anabaptist-related groups around the world can edit and update basic information about themselves, but in order to avoid duplicating resources like GAMEO the Global Anabaptist Wiki provides a place for groups to tell personal stories that would not be included in basic, informative articles.
Additionally,
