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Wiki Community/RocWiki in the Classroom

DaveMahon — 2008-11-13T16:51:22Z

specific frequently disregarded "standards" made explicit

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	+ * Keep names as useful and accurate as possible. If the page you intend to create has to do with the University of Rochester only, for example, make the page name ''University of Rochester/My Topic''. Try to respect our page title capitalization standards and use the provided templates whenever possible.

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ReyTucker — 2008-11-12T23:48:02Z

a wee bit of formatting/copyediting

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- [[tableofcontents(right)]] RocWiki, the People's Guide to Rochester is a community edited site about Rochester,NY. Using RocWiki in the classroom can be a rewarding experience for students and members of the Rochester community. Rocwiki is very easy for anyone to edit, which has helped it developed an expansive collection of articles on Rochester and the surrounding area. Articles topics include area history, local events, and local businesses information, as well as reviews about many of Rochester's restaurants and night spots.	+ [[tableofcontents(right)]] ["RocWiki"], the People's Guide to Rochester is a community edited site about ["Rochester"], NY. Using RocWiki in the classroom can be a rewarding experience for students and members of the Rochester community. RocWiki is very easy for anyone to edit, which has helped it developed an expansive collection of articles on Rochester and the surrounding area. Articles topics include area history, local events, and local businesses information, as well as reviews about many of Rochester's restaurants and night spots.
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- * Your user page is for information about ''you''. We generally don't delete,remove or edit a user page, but it may happen if it's totally off topic - * RocWiki's target is Rochester related information, and completely unrelated pages tend to get removed. Anyway, there's already a place for all that [http://www.wikipedia.org other stuff]	+ * Your user page is for information about ''you''. We generally don't delete, remove or edit a user page, but it may happen if it's totally off topic. + * RocWiki's target is Rochester related information, and completely unrelated pages tend to get removed. Anyway, there's already a place for all that [http://en.wikipedia.org other stuff].
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- * If you want to test things out, please make use of the ["Wiki Sand Box"] - * Looking for ideas on a new page to create? See ["Wanted Pages"] - * When you edit a page, there's a "Preview" button right next to the "Save Changes" button. Use it. Love it. Nothing on the wiki is ever truly deleted; think before you hit "Save Changes"! Besides, it takes up space when you edit pages many unnecessary times.	+ * If you want to test things out, please make use of the ["Wiki Sand Box"]. + * Looking for ideas on a new page to create? See ["Wanted Pages"]. + * When you edit a page, there's a "Preview" button right next to the "Save Changes" button. Use it. Love it. Nothing on the wiki is ever truly deleted; think before you hit "Save Changes!" Besides, it takes up space when you edit pages many unnecessary times.

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RachelBlumenthal — 2007-05-02T03:16:24Z

added note about the preview button and help on linking

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	+ * ["Help On Linking"] - There are different types of links depending on whether you're linking to something inside or outside of the wiki.
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	+ * When you edit a page, there's a "Preview" button right next to the "Save Changes" button. Use it. Love it. Nothing on the wiki is ever truly deleted; think before you hit "Save Changes"! Besides, it takes up space when you edit pages many unnecessary times.

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benmargolis — 2007-05-02T03:01:31Z

Wanted pages link

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	+ * Looking for ideas on a new page to create? See ["Wanted Pages"]

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eastsidestephen — 2007-05-01T15:54:05Z

added quick hints to make common errors visible without navigating guides

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- Please feel free to direct students to these pages. distribute the guides to your class, or include in lecture or assignment material.	+ Please feel free to direct students to these pages, distribute the guides to your class, or include them in lectures or assigned material. + + === Quick Hints === + * Your user page is for information about ''you''. We generally don't delete,remove or edit a user page, but it may happen if it's totally off topic + * RocWiki's target is Rochester related information, and completely unrelated pages tend to get removed. Anyway, there's already a place for all that [http://www.wikipedia.org other stuff] + * Descriptions should be mostly factual, with a little wiggle room for 'common knowledge' stuff. Save your opinions for the comments section. + * If you want to test things out, please make use of the ["Wiki Sand Box"]

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adamdewitz — 2007-05-01T05:16:07Z

+ CC SA-BY link

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- Content on RocWiki is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. This license allows organizations to copy, distribute and transmit the work, and to to adapt the work under the following conditions: You must attribute the work to RocWiki, and If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you must distribute the resulting work only under the same, similar or a compatible license.	+ Content on RocWiki is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license]. This license allows organizations to copy, distribute and transmit the work, and to to adapt the work under the following conditions: You must attribute the work to RocWiki, and If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you must distribute the resulting work only under the same, similar or a compatible license.

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adamdewitz — 2007-05-01T05:12:33Z

creation of a classroom guide combing For Instructors & Students pages

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	+ [[tableofcontents(right)]] RocWiki, the People's Guide to Rochester is a community edited site about Rochester,NY. Using RocWiki in the classroom can be a rewarding experience for students and members of the Rochester community. Rocwiki is very easy for anyone to edit, which has helped it developed an expansive collection of articles on Rochester and the surrounding area. Articles topics include area history, local events, and local businesses information, as well as reviews about many of Rochester's restaurants and night spots. + + == Open Access to RocWiki Content == + + Content on RocWiki is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. This license allows organizations to copy, distribute and transmit the work, and to to adapt the work under the following conditions: You must attribute the work to RocWiki, and If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you must distribute the resulting work only under the same, similar or a compatible license. + + The Creative Commons license makes it easy to include RocWiki content in your educational material. + + == Contributing to RocWiki == + + In order to meet the needs of the RocWiki community, we have several resources available to guide new members when starting to contribute. To ensure that students are able to effectively contribute to the wiki while still maintaining its integrity as a community resource. The following material may be of use to instructors and students new to RocWiki. + + === RocWiki Help & Resources === + * ["Wiki Guide"] - An introduction to RocWiki. + * ["Wiki Community/Getting Started"] Information on getting started contributing to RocWiki. + * ["Wiki Community/Etiquette"] A short overview of RocWiki editing etiquette. + * ["Help On Editing"] - The main 'Help' page for using RocWiki's editing capabilities. + * ["Wiki Community"] - The content hub for Wiki Community information. + + Please feel free to direct students to these pages. distribute the guides to your class, or include in lecture or assignment material. + + RocWiki has an active community of users willing to help new members. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them in the comment box below or on your user page. + + [[comments]]