Difference between revisions of "Anabaptistwiki:Articles"

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What is an Article?

Article pages are the primary content pages on the Global Anabaptist Wiki. They include encyclopedic information about Anabaptist-related groups and organizations. They occupy the main namespace of the Global Anabaptist Wiki. The main namespace does not include pages that are specified for other purposes. In other words, pages that are used for other purposes, like category, special, or file pages, are not places where you should insert the important informative content. For example, the article page entitled Paraguay will general information about Anabaptist-related groups in Paraguay, while the Paraguay category page will include a list of all the articles that fall under the Paraguay category.

Article Content

While the Global Anabaptist Wiki structure is flexible, try to use this article template when creating an article. Fill in as many sections as you can, and create new sections if you have pertinent information that does not fall in any of the sections from the template. Remember, incomplete information is better than no information.

Article content should be informative and unbiased. In other words, include encyclopedic information like: who, what, when, where, how, etc.... If there is interpretive analysis that you wish to include, please attribute it to the appropriate author in order to recognize the author's work and alert the reader to a possible bias.

Style

When entering content into the Global Anabaptist Wiki, use the following style guide.

Citations

Always cite the sources you are using to contribute content to the Global Anabaptist Wiki. Use Turabian Style when citing sources. To cite a source enter the following after the piece of information you wish to cite: <ref>Your citation</ref>. Make sure that underneath the "Citations" heading there is a block of text that looks like this: <references/>. This code will collect all the citations underneath the "Citations" section.

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 ==Article Content==
-While the Global Anabaptist Wiki structure is flexible, take into account some of the following suggestions for content organization to help maintain continuity throughout the Global Anabaptist Wiki.  Try to include these sections within articles:
+While the Global Anabaptist Wiki structure is flexible, try to use this [[Article Template|article template]] when creating an article.  Fill in as many sections as you can, and create new sections if you have pertinent information that does not fall in any of the sections from the [[Article Template|template]].  Remember, incomplete information is better than no information.
-* A brief introductory blurb that gives a basic description of the content of the article.
-* A history section that includes sub headings that clearly distinguish different stages in an organization's or group's history.  Subheadings will likely be different for different groups, but some subheadings that you might consider are:
-:* Origins
-:* Growth
-:* Contemporary Trends
-* A section that includes a list of individuals who are important for the congregation, conference, or organization.
-* A section for electronic resources where you can upload electronic documents that relate to the article
-* A [[#Citations|citations]] section for footnotes.
-* An annotated bibliography section that describes important resources that relate to the articles content.
-* An external links section where you can link to other websites that contain important information relating to the article.
-* An acknowledgment section that identifies important contributors.
-'''Article content should be informative and unbiased...'''
+Article content should be informative and unbiased.  In other words, include encyclopedic information like: who, what, when, where, how, etc....  If there is interpretive analysis that you wish to include, please attribute it to the appropriate author in order to recognize the author's work and alert the reader to a possible bias.
 ==Style==