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| | #REDIRECT [[Tolkien Gateway:Community Portal]] |
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| '''Welcome'''! [[Tolkien Gateway]] is a an encylopedia which aims to document anything and everything related to the life and works of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Like [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] it is written and maintained by volunteers, and anyone is encouraged to edit its content.
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| If you're looking for something in particular the place to start is the '''search box''' in the top right-hand corner of your browser screen. If not you are bound to find something interesting by following the links on the [[Main Page|main page]] or clicking ''[[Special:Random|random page]]'' on the side bar.
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| Everything you see has been written by volunteers and is always expanding. If you see a mistake or omission in ''any'' of our articles you we strongly encourage you to '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold#Be_bold.21 be bold]''' and edit it (by clicking the button at the top of the article). If you would like to contribute further this page will provide you with a starting point; it contains links to various help articles and lists of things which need doing.</div>
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| :''See also [[Help:Contents]]''
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| Tolkien Gateway runs on [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] so if you've ever edited Wikipedia or similar wikis you'll find it works much the same.
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| You can edit ([[Special:ProtectedPages|almost]]) any article by clicking the "edit" button at the top of the page. There you'll see a text box with the text of the article and some [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples wikitext]. Wikitext is a markup language which is used to create links, format text and do lots of other things on MediaWiki sites. You'll find a quick introduction to wikitext at '''[[Help:Editing]]'''. You can experiment in the [[Tolkien Gateway:Sandbox|Sandbox]].
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| After you've learnt the basics of wikitext you should probably familiarise yourselves with Tolkien Gateway's [[Tolkien Gateway:Standards|standards]]. These aren't rules but guidelines that are designed to make articles consistent and easy to use. There's quite a lot of them so don't worry too much about it right now, if you make a mistake somebody else will catch it later. But it's something to keep in mind.
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| :''See also: [[Tolkien Gateway:Community Portal]]''
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| No article is perfect so there's always something to do on Tolkien Gateway. Try hitting [[Special:Random|random page]] and seeing what you can improve.
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| There are various ways to find articles which need improvement:
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| * The [[Tolkien Gateway:To-do|to-do list]] holds general long-term goals and ideas.
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| * See if you can improve any of the pages needing [[Category:Cleanup|cleanup]] or [[Category:Articles needing expansion|expansion]]
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| * [[Category:Stubs|Stubs]] are 'placeholder' articles which need significantly more information.
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| * Check [[Tolkien Gateway:Requested articles|Requested articles]] and see if there's anything that catches your eye.
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| * [[Tolkien Gateway:Collaborations]] lists major articles which need attention.
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| Finally there are a few '''[[Tolkien Gateway:Projects|projects]]''' which have their own lists of open tasks:
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| If you're stuck with anything, feel free to ask on this article's [[Tolkien Gateway talk:Welcome|talk page]] or ask another member on their talk page.
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