https://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Anabaptistwiki:Stories&feed=atom&action=historyAnabaptistwiki:Stories - Revision history2024-03-28T13:01:46ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.2https://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Anabaptistwiki:Stories&diff=4936&oldid=prevJacobs8: /* Why Stories? */2010-07-26T15:32:06Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Why Stories?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additionally, personal stories about a congregation or conference highlight what it means for individuals to be Anabaptists in a specific country that encyclopedic articles do not. While there are many places to deposit personal stories online (blogs, web-pages, etc.) the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to provide a centralized location where individuals can contribute stories about the life of their group, access other groups' stories, and link to specific groups' web pages. By providing a place to share these stories the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to help Anabaptists around the world process what it means to be part of the global Anabaptist church.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additionally, personal stories about a congregation or conference highlight what it means for individuals to be Anabaptists in a specific country that encyclopedic articles do not. While there are many places to deposit personal stories online (blogs, web-pages, etc.) the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to provide a centralized location where individuals can contribute stories about the life of their group, access other groups' stories, and link to specific groups' web pages. By providing a place to share these stories the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to help Anabaptists around the world process what it means to be part of the global Anabaptist church.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jacobs8https://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Anabaptistwiki:Stories&diff=4754&oldid=prevJacobs8: /* How Do I Contribute Stories? */2010-07-22T13:44:48Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">How Do I Contribute Stories?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Create your new story page.''' There are two techniques of accomplishing this.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Create your new story page.''' There are two techniques of accomplishing this.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#* First, go to a page that you would like your story to be linked to. Go into edit mode and add a link to your (as of yet nonexistent) story in an appropriate area on the page. Notice that whatever text you type in the link will be the exact title of your story so watch out for spelling mistakes and capitalization <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and make sure you are keeping to </del>the story <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">style guide</del>. Save the page. The link to your nonexistent story should be red. Clicking on this red link will bring you to an edit page for your new story.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#* First, go to a page that you would like your story to be linked to. Go into edit mode and add a link to your (as of yet nonexistent) story in an appropriate area on the page. Notice that whatever text you type in the link will be the exact title of your story so watch out for spelling mistakes and capitalization<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Follow </ins>the story <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">naming specifications as outlined above in the [[#Story Titles|"Story Titles" section</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins> Save the page. The link to your nonexistent story should be red. Clicking on this red link will bring you to an edit page for your new story.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#* The second way of creating an article is to type the name of your story in the search bar and click "Go." Notice that whatever you type in the search bar will be the exact title of your story so watch out for spelling mistakes and capitalization. Follow the story naming specifications as outlined above in the [[#Story Titles|"Story Titles" section.]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. </del> 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 Story Name". You can create this page." Clicking on "create this page" will bring you to a screen where you can write your story.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#* The second way of creating an article is to type the name of your story in the search bar and click "Go." Notice that whatever you type in the search bar will be the exact title of your story so watch out for spelling mistakes and capitalization. Follow the story naming specifications as outlined above in the [[#Story Titles|"Story Titles" section.]] 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 Story Name". You can create this page." Clicking on "create this page" will bring you to a screen where you can write your story.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''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 language your story will be written in under the "Select Boilerplate" option and click load.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''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 language your story will be written in under the "Select Boilerplate" option and click load.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Edit your page.''' To edit the story, 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, visit the Mediawiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing how to edit page] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting page].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Edit your page.''' To edit the story, 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, visit the Mediawiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing how to edit page] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting page].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Add your new story to the appropriate category.''' All stories must be linked to the country stories category in which the story is set. For instance, if a story was written about a faith journey in India, it should be linked to the "India Stories" <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">page</del>. If your story could be linked to multiple countries, link them all. Here is the list of [[Stories|available country story categories]]. Simply click on the region of your choice to bring up the available country categories. If your country is not included on the list you can always add it yourself. 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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Add your new story to the appropriate category.''' All stories must be linked to the country stories category in which the story is set. For instance, if a story was written about a faith journey in India, it should be linked to the "India Stories" <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">category</ins>. If your story could be linked to multiple countries, link them all. Here is the list of [[Stories|available country story categories]]. Simply click on the region of your choice to bring up the available country categories. If your country is not included on the list you can always add it yourself. 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.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Save your page.''' When you are done editing, formatting and selecting categories, click the "Save Page" button at the bottom of the page. Your story has now been created and people can start reading it!</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Save your page.''' When you are done editing, formatting and selecting categories, click the "Save Page" button at the bottom of the page. Your story has now been created and people can start reading it!</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Link your story to other articles.''' Think about what other articles would be related to your story. If these articles have been created already, add a link to your article somewhere appropriate on that page. These would most likely include conference congregational pages. Each conference and congregational page has a section specifically for stories. The more links there are to your story, the easier it will be for people who are looking for your story to find it.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Link your story to other articles.''' Think about what other articles would be related to your story. If these articles have been created already, add a link to your article somewhere appropriate on that page. These would most likely include conference <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or </ins>congregational pages. Each conference and congregational page has a section specifically for stories. The more links there are to your story, the easier it will be for people who are looking for your story to find it.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jacobs8https://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Anabaptistwiki:Stories&diff=4753&oldid=prevJacobs8: /* How Do I Contribute Stories? */2010-07-22T13:41:17Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">How Do I Contribute Stories?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''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 language your story will be written in under the "Select Boilerplate" option and click load.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''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 language your story will be written in under the "Select Boilerplate" option and click load.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Edit your page.''' To edit the story, 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, visit the Mediawiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing how to edit page] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting page].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Edit your page.''' To edit the story, 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, visit the Mediawiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing how to edit page] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting page].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Any story that relates to your life in a specific Anabaptist-related group or congregation but does not fit in the basic encyclopedic article about your group or congregation should be included in the Global Anabaptist Wiki as a story. These stories might be interviews with church members, descriptions of church events, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or </del>commentary about issues relevant to the life of the conference or congregation, or a statement about what your Anabaptist faith means to you. These are just a few suggestions, however, and you should feel free to contribute any information that adds insight into the life of your community.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Any story that relates to your life in a specific Anabaptist-related group or congregation but does not fit in the basic encyclopedic article about your group or congregation should be included in the Global Anabaptist Wiki as a story. These stories might be interviews with church members, descriptions of church events, commentary about issues relevant to the life of the conference or congregation, or a statement about what your Anabaptist faith means to you. These are just a few suggestions, however, and you should feel free to contribute any information that adds insight into the life of your community.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jacobs8https://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Anabaptistwiki:Stories&diff=4751&oldid=prevJacobs8: /* Why Stories? */2010-07-22T13:28:43Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Why Stories?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Personalized stories are a unique and important aspect of the Global Anabaptist Wiki. Resources like [http://www.gameo.org/ Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO)] already provide basic encyclopedic information about many Anabaptist-related groups around the world and are accessible to anyone with internet access. The Global Anabaptist Wiki differs from these resources in that its encyclopedic [[Anabaptistwiki:Articles|articles]] are editable by any Anabaptist group around the world in a way that they are unable to do on GAMEO. The Global Anabaptist Wiki also constitutes a forum for sharing personal stories so that online encyclopedic resources like GAMEO are not merely duplicated.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Personalized stories are a unique and important aspect of the Global Anabaptist Wiki. Resources like [http://www.gameo.org/ Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO)] already provide basic encyclopedic information about many Anabaptist-related groups around the world and are accessible to anyone with internet access. The Global Anabaptist Wiki differs from these resources in that its encyclopedic [[Anabaptistwiki:Articles|articles]] are editable by any Anabaptist group around the world in a way that they are unable to do on GAMEO. The Global Anabaptist Wiki also constitutes a forum for sharing personal stories so that online encyclopedic resources like GAMEO are not merely duplicated.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additionally, personal stories about a congregation or conference highlight what it means for individuals to be Anabaptists in a specific country that encyclopedic articles <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cannot </del>do. While there are many places to deposit personal stories online (blogs, web-pages, etc.) the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to provide a centralized location where individuals can contribute stories about the life of their group, access other groups' stories, and link to specific groups' web pages. By providing a place to share these stories the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to help Anabaptists around the world process what it means to be part of the global Anabaptist church.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additionally, personal stories about a congregation or conference highlight what it means for individuals to be Anabaptists in a specific country that encyclopedic articles do <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not</ins>. While there are many places to deposit personal stories online (blogs, web-pages, etc.) the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to provide a centralized location where individuals can contribute stories about the life of their group, access other groups' stories, and link to specific groups' web pages. By providing a place to share these stories the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to help Anabaptists around the world process what it means to be part of the global Anabaptist church.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jacobs8https://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Anabaptistwiki:Stories&diff=4750&oldid=prevJacobs8: /* Why Stories? */2010-07-22T13:23:09Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Why Stories?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Click on the following link to read [[Stories]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Click on the following link to read [[Stories]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">One reason that personalized </del>stories are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an </del>important <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">part </del>of the Global Anabaptist Wiki <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is that resources </del>like <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>[http://www.gameo.org/ Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO)] provide basic encyclopedic information about many Anabaptist-related groups around the world and are accessible <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for </del>anyone with internet access. The Global Anabaptist Wiki <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">includes </del>encyclopedic [[Anabaptistwiki:Articles|articles]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">so that </del>Anabaptist<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-related groups </del>around the world <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">can edit and update basic information about themselves </del>in a way that they are unable to on GAMEO<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, but the </del>Global Anabaptist Wiki <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </del>also a forum for sharing personal stories so that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it does not merely duplicate </del>online encyclopedic resources like GAMEO.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Personalized </ins>stories are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a unique and </ins>important <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">aspect </ins>of the Global Anabaptist Wiki<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Resources </ins>like [http://www.gameo.org/ Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO)] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">already </ins>provide basic encyclopedic information about many Anabaptist-related groups around the world and are accessible <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </ins>anyone with internet access. The Global Anabaptist Wiki <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">differs from these resources in that its </ins>encyclopedic [[Anabaptistwiki:Articles|articles]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are editable by any </ins>Anabaptist <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">group </ins>around the world in a way that they are unable to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">do </ins>on GAMEO<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The </ins>Global Anabaptist Wiki also <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">constitutes </ins>a forum for sharing personal stories so that online encyclopedic resources like GAMEO <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are not merely duplicated</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additionally, personal stories about a congregation or conference highlight what it means for individuals to be Anabaptists <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in those particular areas </del>in a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">way </del>that encyclopedic articles do <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not</del>. While there are many places to deposit personal stories online (blogs, web-pages, etc.) the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to provide a centralized location where individuals can contribute stories about the life of their group, access other groups' stories, and link to specific groups' web pages. By providing a place to share these stories the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to help Anabaptists around the world process what it means to be part of the global Anabaptist church.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additionally, personal stories about a congregation or conference highlight what it means for individuals to be Anabaptists in a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">specific country </ins>that encyclopedic articles <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cannot </ins>do. While there are many places to deposit personal stories online (blogs, web-pages, etc.) the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to provide a centralized location where individuals can contribute stories about the life of their group, access other groups' stories, and link to specific groups' web pages. By providing a place to share these stories the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to help Anabaptists around the world process what it means to be part of the global Anabaptist church.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since the stories you contribute will often have a distinct personal bias or perspective (this is '''GOOD'''), include your name as the author.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since the stories you contribute will often have a distinct personal bias or perspective (this is '''GOOD'''), include your name as the author.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Since stories are attributed to specific authors they should be protected so that the authors' words will not be distorted by future editing''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Since stories are attributed to specific authors they should be protected so that the authors' words will not be distorted by future editing''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Protection==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Since stories are the unique and personal voice of one individual, Anabaptistwiki seeks to protect all stories once they are created so only administrators can edit them. Stories cannot be edited by other regular users so they will retain the content that was originally posted. Once a story is written, Anabaptistwiki administrators will come through and protect the page from editing. If this hasn't happened in awhile, possibly because the administrators are busy, feel free to send an email to one of them politely suggesting to protect your story. Remember these people are volunteers.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==How Do I Contribute Stories?==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==How Do I Contribute Stories?==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Save your page.''' When you are done editing, formatting and selecting categories, click the "Save Page" button at the bottom of the page. Your story has now been created and people can start reading it!</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Save your page.''' When you are done editing, formatting and selecting categories, click the "Save Page" button at the bottom of the page. Your story has now been created and people can start reading it!</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Link your story to other articles.''' Think about what other articles would be related to your story. If these articles have been created already, add a link to your article somewhere appropriate on that page. These would most likely include conference congregational pages. Each conference and congregational page has a section specifically for stories. The more links there are to your story, the easier it will be for people who are looking for your story to find it.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># '''Link your story to other articles.''' Think about what other articles would be related to your story. If these articles have been created already, add a link to your article somewhere appropriate on that page. These would most likely include conference congregational pages. Each conference and congregational page has a section specifically for stories. The more links there are to your story, the easier it will be for people who are looking for your story to find it.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># When writing a story, you aren't required to cite anything and your narrative may be opinionated. This is ''your'' story so it should embody ''your'' voice.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># Stories cannot be edited by other users so your story is protected from tampering. Once your story is written, Anabaptistwiki administrators will come through and protect your page from editing. If this hasn't happened in awhile, maybe because the administrators are busy, feel free to send an email to one of them politely suggesting to protect your story. Remember these people are volunteers.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Where Can I Find Stories?==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Where Can I Find Stories?==</div></td></tr>
</table>Jacobs8https://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Anabaptistwiki:Stories&diff=4690&oldid=prevJacobs8 at 15:45, 21 July 20102010-07-21T15:45:24Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additionally, personal stories about a congregation or conference highlight what it means for individuals to be Anabaptists in those particular areas in a way that encyclopedic articles do not. While there are many places to deposit personal stories online (blogs, web-pages, etc.) the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to provide a centralized location where individuals can contribute stories about the life of their group, access other groups' stories, and link to specific groups' web pages. By providing a place to share these stories the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to help Anabaptists around the world process what it means to be part of the global Anabaptist church.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additionally, personal stories about a congregation or conference highlight what it means for individuals to be Anabaptists in those particular areas in a way that encyclopedic articles do not. While there are many places to deposit personal stories online (blogs, web-pages, etc.) the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to provide a centralized location where individuals can contribute stories about the life of their group, access other groups' stories, and link to specific groups' web pages. By providing a place to share these stories the Global Anabaptist Wiki hopes to help Anabaptists around the world process what it means to be part of the global Anabaptist church.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">What Counts as a </del>Story<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">?</del>==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Story <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Titles==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The author's name should be placed first (last name, comma, first name) followed by the name of the story. For example: Smith, John. My Faith Journey. If all of the stories are labeled consistently, it allows users to easily browse the site's content.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Story Content</ins>==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Any story that relates to your life in a specific Anabaptist-related group or congregation but does not fit in the basic encyclopedic article about your group or congregation should be included in the Global Anabaptist Wiki as a story. These stories might be interviews with church members, descriptions of church events, or commentary about issues relevant to the life of the conference or congregation, or a statement about what your Anabaptist faith means to you. These are just a few suggestions, however, and you should feel free to contribute any information that adds insight into the life of your community.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Any story that relates to your life in a specific Anabaptist-related group or congregation but does not fit in the basic encyclopedic article about your group or congregation should be included in the Global Anabaptist Wiki as a story. These stories might be interviews with church members, descriptions of church events, or commentary about issues relevant to the life of the conference or congregation, or a statement about what your Anabaptist faith means to you. These are just a few suggestions, however, and you should feel free to contribute any information that adds insight into the life of your community.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jacobs8https://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Anabaptistwiki:Stories&diff=4687&oldid=prevJacobs8 at 15:30, 21 July 20102010-07-21T15:30:51Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==What Counts as a Story?==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==What Counts as a Story?==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Any story that relates to your life in a specific Anabaptist-related group or congregation but does not fit in the basic encyclopedic article about your group or congregation should be included in the Global Anabaptist Wiki as a story. These stories might be interviews with church members, descriptions of church events, or commentary about issues relevant to the life of the conference or congregation, or a statement about what your Anabaptist faith means to you. These are just a few suggestions, however, and you should feel free to contribute any information that adds insight into the life of your community.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Any story that relates to your life in a specific Anabaptist-related group or congregation but does not fit in the basic encyclopedic article about your group or congregation should be included in the Global Anabaptist Wiki as a story. These stories might be interviews with church members, descriptions of church events, or commentary about issues relevant to the life of the conference or congregation, or a statement about what your Anabaptist faith means to you. These are just a few suggestions, however, and you should feel free to contribute any information that adds insight into the life of your community.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Credit==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Since the stories you contribute will often have a distinct personal bias or perspective (this is '''GOOD'''), include your name as the author.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Since stories are attributed to specific authors they should be protected so that the authors' words will not be distorted by future editing''</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==How Do I Contribute Stories?==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==How Do I Contribute Stories?==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># When writing a story, you aren't required to cite anything and your narrative may be opinionated. This is ''your'' story so it should embody ''your'' voice.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># When writing a story, you aren't required to cite anything and your narrative may be opinionated. This is ''your'' story so it should embody ''your'' voice.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Stories cannot be edited by other users so your story is protected from tampering. Once your story is written, Anabaptistwiki administrators will come through and protect your page from editing. If this hasn't happened in awhile, maybe because the administrators are busy, feel free to send an email to one of them politely suggesting to protect your story. Remember these people are volunteers.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Stories cannot be edited by other users so your story is protected from tampering. Once your story is written, Anabaptistwiki administrators will come through and protect your page from editing. If this hasn't happened in awhile, maybe because the administrators are busy, feel free to send an email to one of them politely suggesting to protect your story. Remember these people are volunteers.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Also, please read the Global Anabaptist Wiki's [[Anabaptistwiki:Language policy|language policy]] to learn more about creating a story in a language other than English. Regardless of what language stories are initially written they should be translated into as many languages as possible.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>You can find personal stories in a variety of different places. To start you should <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">browse through the [[Stories]] page. If you'd rather you can browse through stories under the "Stories" heading on Anabaptist-related groups' pages. Also, you can </del>check out the [[:Category:Stories|stories category page]] to see a list of all the stories on the Global Anabaptist Wiki. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">At </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">top of this category page there will be links to category </del>pages <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for stories in [[:Category:Stories|English]], [[:Category:Stories/fr|French]], [[:Category:Stories/de|German]], and [[:Category:Stories/es|Spanish]]</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>You can find personal stories in a variety of different places. To start<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>you should check out the [[:Category:Stories|stories category page]] to see a list of all the stories on the Global Anabaptist Wiki. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">From here you can browse through stories from each individual country. If you'd rather you can browse through stories under </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Stories" heading on Anabaptist-related groups' </ins>pages.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jacobs8https://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Anabaptistwiki:Stories&diff=4686&oldid=prevJacobs8: /* How Do I Contribute Stories? */2010-07-21T15:22:00Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">How Do I Contribute Stories?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">You can contribute stories in a variety of ways. The '''primary''' way to create stories is to create a page for your story by creating a link to your story on the [[Stories]] page. </del>To create a story, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">go to the [[Stories]] page and insert a link to your story under the section for your region using the following code</del>: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><code><nowiki>[[Your Story Title]]</nowiki></code> (Story titles should adequately convey the story's content, and you should include your country of origin in parenthesis at the end of your title). This will create a red link (meaning the article does not exist yet). Follow this link to a new page and begin writing your story.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To create a story, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">follow these steps</ins>:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Insert </del>the link to your story under the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">correct regional </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">country section heading</del>. If <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">section heading does not exist for your country</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">create one using </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">following code <code><nowiki>===Your Country===<</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nowiki><</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">code></del>. For <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">example</del>, if <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">you're from </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Guatemala</del>]] you <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">would insert <code><nowiki>===Guatemala===</nowiki></code> under </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>#<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Caribbean</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Central </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">South America|Caribbean</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Central </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">South America]] section </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">then create </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">link </del>to your story <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">under </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">new Guatemala section</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># '''Create your new story page.''' There are two techniques of accomplishing this.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">#* First, go to a page that you would like your story to be linked to. Go into edit mode and add a link to your (as of yet nonexistent) story in an appropriate area on the page. Notice that whatever text you type in </ins>the link <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will be the exact title of your story so watch out for spelling mistakes and capitalization and make sure you are keeping to the story style guide. Save the page. The link to your nonexistent story should be red. Clicking on this red link will bring you to an edit page for your new story.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">#* The second way of creating an article is </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">type the name of your story in the search bar and click "Go." Notice that whatever you type in the search bar will be the exact title of </ins>your story <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">so watch out for spelling mistakes and capitalization and make sure you are keeping to the story style guide. 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 Story Name". You can create this page." Clicking on "create this page" will bring you to a screen where you can write your story.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># '''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 language your story will be written in </ins>under the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Select Boilerplate" option </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">click load.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># '''Edit your page.''' To edit the story, simply add text to the editor window</ins>. If <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">you are a bit more competent with Wikicode, you can experiment with tables, images etc. For help on editing</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">visit </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mediawiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing how to edit page] and [http://www.mediawiki.org</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wiki</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Help:Formatting formatting page].</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># '''Add your new story to the appropriate category.''' All stories must be linked to the country stories category in which the story is set</ins>. For <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">instance</ins>, if <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a story was written about a faith journey in India, it should be linked to the "India Stories" page. If your story could be linked to multiple countries, link them all. Here is the list of </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Stories|available country story categories</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Simply click on the region of your choice to bring up the available country categories. If your country is not included on the list </ins>you <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">can always add it yourself. 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 </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">input box.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''Save your page.''' When you are done editing</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">formatting </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">selecting categories</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">click the "Save Page" button at the bottom of the page. Your story has now been created </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">people can start reading it!</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># '''Link your story to other articles.''' Think about what other articles would be related to your story. If these articles have been created already, add a link to your article somewhere appropriate on that page. These would most likely include conference congregational pages. Each conference </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">congregational page has </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">section specifically for stories. The more links there are </ins>to your story<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">easier it will be for people who are looking for your story to find it</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">If you have a collection of stories to contribute (for example, </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">collection of student essays or a group of interviews)</del>, you may <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">want </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">create a link </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a </del>page <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">explaining the collection</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">On that </del>page <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">you can then add links that take readers </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the individual stories</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># When writing </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">story</ins>, you <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">aren't required to cite anything and your narrative </ins>may <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be opinionated. This is ''your'' story so it should embody ''your'' voice.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># Be sure </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">give credit </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">yourself for writing the story. Sign your name at the end of the </ins>page<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># Stories cannot be edited by other users so your story is protected from tampering</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Once your story is written, Anabaptistwiki administrators will come through and protect your </ins>page <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from editing. If this hasn't happened in awhile, maybe because the administrators are busy, feel free to send an email to one of them politely suggesting </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">protect your story. Remember these people are volunteers</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">You may also want to link your story to your regional conference's or congregation's page. Each conference or congregational page will include a section called "Stories." After writing your story you can insert a link to your story under the "Stories" section on your conference's or congregation's page by using the same code that you used to create your article. If you have already written your article, this code will now appear in blue or purple text. </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Click on the following link for more information about the Global Anabaptist Wiki's [[Anabaptistwiki:Language policy|language policy]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After writing a story '''be sure''' to insert the following code at the bottom of the page <code><nowiki>[[Category:Stories]]</nowiki></code>. This will create a link to your story on the [[:Category:Stories|stories category page]]. </del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">If you are writing the story in a language other than English you will have to add a language code to the end of the category code to create a link to your story in the appropriate stories category language page. For example, if you write a story in Spanish, you should insert the following code at the bottom of the page <code><nowiki>[[Category:Stories/es]]</nowiki></code>. This will create a link to your story on the category page for all stories written in Spanish. </del>Click on the following link for more information about the Global Anabaptist Wiki's [[Anabaptistwiki:Language policy|language policy]].</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Also, please read the Global Anabaptist Wiki's [[Anabaptistwiki:Language policy|language policy]] to learn more about creating a story in a language other than English. Regardless of what language stories are initially written they should be translated into as many languages as possible.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Also, please read the Global Anabaptist Wiki's [[Anabaptistwiki:Language policy|language policy]] to learn more about creating a story in a language other than English. Regardless of what language stories are initially written they should be translated into as many languages as possible.</div></td></tr>
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