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Editing Guide

We may use this space to document process decisions or simply track style-guide decisions.

For Discussion

  • Is there a usefulness and desire to create a more regular structure of “sub-sections” to our wiki entries?

Entry Editing Process

I. Review Tags

We may decide to generate a controlled vocabulary content tags that would serve to create cross references or links to other pages in the wiki. Consider what might be useful-tags for the pages you have recently worked on.

II. Apply Standard Heading and Structural Formatting

Basic Formatting

1. At the top of each page, give the title a heading level of one

====== Title of Page ======

2. Use succinct level 2 headlines to categorize major sections. exs.

==== Context =====
==== Language =====
==== Genre ====

Bullets and Numbered Lists

Succint points can be in lists when it helps clarity

**3. References Listed at bottom **

Include links when possible. Include the most complete publication information available, for sources referenced and quoted.

Should we distinguish “Works Cited” from “Additional References”

III. Images

  1. When using images, please look for Public Domain or Creative Commons available documents.
  2. Upload only images less than 500K; smaller is preferable. Resize your found image if necessary.
  3. Use the “Caption” element to provide a descriptive name for accessibility; add brief source information; see below.
{{robert_johnson.png?250|Robert Johnson - Fair Use from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Johnson.png}}

Robert Johnson - Fair Use from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Johnson.png

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IV. Quotations - Block quote

Long quotes and poem quotes can be visually flagged with special markup.

Here is a block quote:

This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.This is a long quote.

Here is a few lines from a poem within a block quote:

This is a line
from a poem

and it respects
the line breaks

when you put in the
special
tags

like
so

<blockquote>

<poem>

Text Here
</poem>
</blockquote>

Fancy Format - Boxes and Borders

Let's generally omit fancy formating. fancy format boxes and borders


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