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''For [[CZ:Eduzendium|Eduzendium]] articles, there are [[Template:R EZ/doc/How to start your articles|separate instructions]] for setting them up in a course-specific format.''
 
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<center><font size="4">1. The easy way</font></center>
<center><font size="4">1. The easy way</font></center>
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Type the title of your new encyclopedia article in the box to the right, click on the bar below it, and you've begun!  You can use the search box (menu panel, left, this page, top) to check for related articles that already exist.  See [[CZ:Topic Choice|Topic Choice]] and [[CZ:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]] if you need to.
Type the title of your new article in the box to the right, click on the bar below it, and you've begun!  You can use the search box (menu panel, left, this page, top) to check for related articles that already exist.  See [[CZ:Topic Choice|Topic Choice]] and [[CZ:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]] if you need to.
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Do you want to start an article with [[CZ:Subpages|subpages]]?  
Do you want to start an article with [[CZ:Subpages|subpages]]?  
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'''[[Special:MetadataForm|Click here to start]].'''
'''[[Special:MetadataForm|Click here to start]].''' (''currently not working'')
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<br>[[CZ:Creating_an_article_with_subpages]]
<center><font size="4">3. Just e-mail us your article</font></center>
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If a little code makes you nervous, why not write an article using your word processor, and e-mail it in?  We'll format it and upload it, and you can edit it from there.
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'''[[CZ:Email us an article in word processor format|Learn more here]].'''
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<center><font size="4">What should you write?</font></center>
<center><font size="4">What should you write?</font></center>
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An accurate, interesting and readable encyclopedia article on just about any topic (we have a family-friendly policy that would exclude some topics).
An accurate, interesting and readable encyclopedia article on just about any topic.
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'''[[CZ:Approval Standards|Learn more here]].'''
'''[[CZ:Approval Standards|Learn more here]].'''
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We're writing coherent narratives, not grab-bags of facts.
We're writing coherent narratives, not grab-bags of facts.
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'''[[CZ:Article Mechanics|Learn more here]].'''
'''[[CZ:Article mechanics|Learn more here]].'''


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A few things every Citizen should know.
A few things every Citizen should know.
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'''[[CZ:Dozen Essentials|Learn more here]].'''
'''[[CZ:Essentials|Learn more here]].'''


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{{Getting Started}}
{{Getting Started}}

Revision as of 15:24, 31 March 2022

Start it—two ways

For Eduzendium articles, there are separate instructions for setting them up in a course-specific format.

1. The easy way

Type the title of your new article in the box to the right, click on the bar below it, and you've begun! You can use the search box (menu panel, left, this page, top) to check for related articles that already exist. See Topic Choice and Naming Conventions if you need to.


2. The complete way, with subpages

Do you want to start an article with subpages?

Click here to start. (currently not working)
(but you can do it anyway, with patience)
CZ:Creating_an_article_with_subpages

Write it

What should you write?

An accurate, interesting and readable encyclopedia article on just about any topic.

Learn more here.

Learn the code

If you've never edited a wiki page before, read a little about the wiki code - it's not hard.

Learn more here.

Learn our standards

We're writing coherent narratives, not grab-bags of facts.

Learn more here.

Get some tips

A few things every Citizen should know.

Learn more here.


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