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* [[Help:Logging in|'''Logging In''' - How to log in to the website]]
 
* [[Help:Logging in|'''Logging In''' - How to log in to the website]]
 
* [[Help:Talk pages|'''Messages''' - How to leave them for other users]]
 
* [[Help:Talk pages|'''Messages''' - How to leave them for other users]]
* [[Help:Page History|'''Page History''' - What is archived, and how to access it]]
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* [[Help:Page history|'''Page History''' - What is archived, and how to access it]]
 
* [[Help:Recent Changes|'''Recent Changes''' - How to see what's changed]]
 
* [[Help:Recent Changes|'''Recent Changes''' - How to see what's changed]]
 
* [[Help:Searching|'''Searching''' - How to search the site]]
 
* [[Help:Searching|'''Searching''' - How to search the site]]
* [[Help:Preferences|'''Site Preferences''' - How to change them]]
 
 
* [[Help:Talk pages|'''Talk Pages''' - What they are and how to use them]]
 
* [[Help:Talk pages|'''Talk Pages''' - What they are and how to use them]]
 
* [[Help:User pages|'''User Pages''' - What they are and how to change yours]]
 
* [[Help:User pages|'''User Pages''' - What they are and how to change yours]]
  
 
== Editing Guidelines ==
 
== Editing Guidelines ==
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* [[Help:Style Guidelines|Style Guidelines]]
 
* [[Help:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
 
* [[Help:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
 
* [[Help:How to add bold or italics|How to add '''bold''' or ''italics'']]
 
* [[Help:How to add bold or italics|How to add '''bold''' or ''italics'']]
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* [[Help:How to start a new page|How to start a new page]]
 
* [[Help:How to start a new page|How to start a new page]]
 
* [[Help:How to add links to an article|How to add links to an article]]
 
* [[Help:How to add links to an article|How to add links to an article]]
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* [[Help:How to add a timeline|How to add a timeline]]
  
 
== Advanced Topics ==
 
== Advanced Topics ==
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* [[Help:How to delete pages|How to delete pages]]
 
* [[Help:How to delete pages|How to delete pages]]
 
* [[Help:How to use tables|How to use tables]]
 
* [[Help:How to use tables|How to use tables]]
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* [[:en:Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax|How to embed images in pages]]
  
 
* [[Help:How to use the recent changes page|How to use the recent changes page]]
 
* [[Help:How to use the recent changes page|How to use the recent changes page]]
 
* [[Help:How to sign your posts on talk pages|How to sign your posts on talk pages]]
 
* [[Help:How to sign your posts on talk pages|How to sign your posts on talk pages]]
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* [[Help:Preferences|'''Site Preferences''' - How to change them]]. Coming soon, for now, see the [[:en:Help:Preferences|Preferences page on Wikipedia]].
 
* [[Help:How to cite sources|How to cite sources]]
 
* [[Help:How to cite sources|How to cite sources]]
 
* [[Help:What links here|What links here]]
 
* [[Help:What links here|What links here]]
 
* [[Help:How to add Links|How to add Links]]
 
* [[Help:How to add Links|How to add Links]]
 
== Style Guidelines ==
 
Robert - these are just my suggestions, but we'll need to discuss. There will probably be more as we think of them.
 
 
=== General Site Guidelines ===
 
* Dates: our preferred format is 12 Jan 1892.
 
* Name capitalization: The preferred format is for names to be in upper/lower case, such as this: '''John Whitney'''. Please refrain from all capital surnames such as '''WHITNEY''' unless the original source has it thus.
 
===Archive Page Guidelines===
 
* Spelling, upper/lower case, date formats, etc. should be in the format of the original source.
 
 
=== Family Group Record Guidelines ===
 
* All of the General Site Guidelines apply to the Family Group Records as well.
 
* The name of the page should be of the form "Family:Surname, Given Middle (birth_year-death_year)".  If either year is not known exactly, use, for example, a1701 (after), b1701 (before), c1701 (circa or about), s1701 (say, for guesses), or ? (no idea).  If the date is a double date, such as 1700/1, use 1701.
 
* The first mention of the names of primary individuals (the subject, wives, and children) should be bolded to allow for easy location by readers.
 

Latest revision as of 18:10, 14 July 2007