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='''MarineLives Project Manual'''=
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Welcome to the MarineLives project manual. This manual is used to help train MarineLives project associates, facilitators and advisors, and to debate ideas about the project.
 
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==Note from Colin to Sarah and William (our editors), 07.27, Wednesday 8th August 2012==
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Talk pages can be created for any MarineLives Project Manual Page, and are a good way to have an editorial discussion about a page, without necessarily changing the page itself
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*  I have created the MarineLives Project Manual wiki, and called it simply Marine Lives
 
*  I have resisted the temptation to create the basic structure of pages that you have suggested, and that I have agreed, believing it is better that the two of you do as much of this yourselves as possible.  You will both learn more that way, starting with how to create pages.  Don't worry, as long as you press save after you have made changes to a page, the wiki SW automatically saves all the content and code for that page.  At any time for a specific page you can click at the top on the INFO button for that page, to the right of the EDIT button, and you can go back to any previous stored version of that page
 
*  I have left the code in place on the front page which provides you with some basic suggestions and guides to functionality.  You may wish to browse this and then delete it in edit, leaving just the content and code you want for the Project Manual wiki
 
*  I have created two pages, which at any time can be moved, deleted, edited, etc., one page for the two of you as Editors and one page for me.  I suggest we use these pages temporarily and then bury them in the Project Manual (it is possible to make certain pages only visible to named individuals), but that for the moment we leave them visible as the two of you build the wiki
 
*  If you wish to bring any content over from the bron.wikispot.org wiki, which you both have access to, simply open that wiki, go to the page you want and go into EDIT mode.  Copy the code and text of what you want and paste it into the MarineLives Project Manual page where you want the text and code.  YOU MUST DO THIS IN EDIT MODE, OTHERWISE YOU WILL SIMPLY COPY AND PASTE UNFORMATTED AND UNCODED TEXT, WHICH WILL DISPLAY INCORRECTLY AND WILL NOT CARRY ANY MACROS WITH IT
 
*  I strongly encourage you to learn how to use MACROS.  These are key to building a decent wiki, and are easy to learn: See: http://wikispot.org/Help_with_Macros
 
*  You should also take a look at: http://wikispot.org/Help_with_Formatting
 
*  You should also take a look at: http://wikispot.org/Help_with_Linking
 
*  You shoudl also take a look at: http://wikispot.org/Help_with_Images
 
*  The overall page on editing a wiki is at: http://wikispot.org/Help_with_Editing
 
*  I am around all day today (Wednesday (08/08), but out at the National Archives on Thursday (09/08), and pleas feel free to call me by phone.  I will take a look at the wiki during the day and in the evening to see how the two of you are getting on
 
 
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==Links==
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==About MarineLives==
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[[About MarineLives|About MarineLives]]
  
[[Editors' Page|Editors' Page]]
 
[[Colin's Page|Colin's Page]]
 
 
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==Quick Start Guide!==
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==Training==
  1. First read the rest of this page!
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  2. If you haven't already, read the [wiki:wikispot:"Wiki Creator Guide"] and [wiki:wikispot:"Wiki Guide"].
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  3. Go to [[Wiki Settings|Wiki Settings]] and change the settings for your wiki!
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  4. Click the edit button up top of this page and create your new front page.
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  5. Start adding content to your wiki and read about [wiki:wikispot:"building community"]
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  6. Tell your friends, family, acquaintances, enemies, multiple personalities, etc.
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  7. Celebrate!
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==Default Pages Included With Your Wiki==
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===Online Training Activities===
This is a simple list of of all pages included with your wiki.  You will hopefully create many, many more!
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  * [[All Pages|All Pages]] is an automatically generated list of all the pages in your wiki.
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[[Online Training Activities|Online Training Activities]]
  * [[Bookmarks|Bookmarks]] is for your bookmarks on this wiki. Every user has his/her own bookmarks page based on what they choose to bookmark on this wiki.  To bookmark a page, simply click "Bookmark" at the bottom of the page!  ([wiki:wikispot:"Interwiki Bookmarks"] on wikispot shows you all of your bookmarks on all wikis.)
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  * [[Front Page|Front Page]] is the page you're currently viewing.
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===Bath Spa Student program===
  * [[Events Board|Events Board]] is a page where anyone can post events in the community.
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  * [[Help|Help]] links to the main help pages on wikispot -- useful for reference.
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[[Bath Spa Student program|Bath Spa Student program]]
  * [[Interwiki Map|Interwiki Map]] -- link to non-Wiki Spot wikis using  [wiki:wikispot:"interwiki links"] by adding names and URLs of wikis to this page.
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  * [[Orphaned Pages|Orphaned Pages]] contains an automatically generated list of pages with no links to them.  Ideally, this page should be empty -- keep your wiki well-linked!
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===Introduction to the High Court of Admiralty===
  * [[Outgoing Links|Outgoing Links]] lists all pages sorted by the number outgoing links on each page. This provides a good place to start if you're feeling [wiki:c2:"WikiGnome" gnomeish] and want to link-up some pages with few to no links.
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  * [[Quick Wiki Tips|Quick Wiki Tips]] -- At the top of [[Recent Changes|Recent Changes]] shows randomly selected tips from this page.
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[[Introduction to the High Court of Admiralty|Introduction to the High Court of Admiralty]]
  * [[Recent Changes|Recent Changes]] shows all the recent activity on the wiki in a given time period. This page lets everybody see what's happening in your wiki! ([wiki:wikispot:"Interwiki Recent Changes"] on wikispot shows you the recent changes on all the wikis you're watching.)
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  * [[Random Pages|Random Pages]] is a randomly generated list of twenty-five pages.  Good for finding pages to edit once your wiki grows large.
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===Transcription & Editorial Policy===
  * [[Site Organization|Site Organization]] has links to pages that help you keep your wiki well organized.
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  * [[Templates|Templates]] is a user created list of template pages -- pages that you can use as starting blocks for making new pages.  [[Templates/Business|Templates/Business]] is there just to give you an idea of what a template should be.
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[[Transcription & Editorial Policy|Transcription & Editorial Policy]]
  * [[User Statistics|User Statistics]] is a page that displays statistics, such as the number of edits, for each person who's edited your wiki.
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  * [[Wanted Pages|Wanted Pages]] contains all the pages that are linked to, but do not yet exist. This is another good place to start [wiki:c2:"WikiGnome" gnomeing].
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===Learning research skills===
  * [[Wiki Sandbox|Wiki Sandbox]] is a place for users to play around with the wiki without disturbing your content.
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  * [[Wiki Settings|Wiki Settings]] contains the administrative settings for your wiki.
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[[Research for Team 2#preview|Possible Research activities]]
      *  [[Wiki Settings/CSS|Wiki Settings/CSS]] is the page where you can upload different style sheets that change your wiki's appearance.
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      *  [[Wiki Settings/General|Wiki Settings/General]] contains general settings for your wiki.
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      *  [[Wiki Settings/Images|Wiki Settings/Images]] allows you to customize images on your wiki, such as your logos.
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===Useful Maps===
      *  [[Wiki Settings/Security|Wiki Settings/Security]] lets you change the default security settings of your wiki and create user groups to control access.
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[[Useful Maps|Useful Maps]]
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==HCA specific palaeographical resources==
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===Avoiding Frequent Transcription Errors===
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[[Avoiding Transcription Errors|Avoiding Transcription Errors]]
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===Transcription help notes===
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[[Easy|Easy]]
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[[Medium|Medium]]
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[[Hard|Hard]]
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===Tricky stuff===
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[[Specific palaeographical resources| Tricky Stuff]]
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[[Alphabets, Numbers and Dates|Alphabets, Numbers and Dates]]
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[[Tricky letter combinations|Tricky letter combinations]]
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[[Contractions & abbreviations|Contractions & abbreviations]]
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[[Punctuation|Punctuation]]
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[[Unusual spelling|Unusual spelling]]
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===Terms and Dictionaries===
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[[Terms and Dictionaries|Terms and Dictionaries]]
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[[Abbreviations|Abbreviations]]
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[[Alphabet of Ships|Alphabet of Ships]]
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[[Commodities|Commodities]]
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[[Common Latin Phrases|Common Latin Phrases]]
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[[Currency and Specie|Currency and Specie]]
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[[Geographical and Place Terms|Geographical and Place Terms]]
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[[Legal & Commercial Terms|Legal & Commercial Terms]]
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[[Marine Terms|Marine Terms]]
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[[Weights and Measures|Weights and Measures]]
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==General palaeographical resources==
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[[General Palaeography Resources|General Palaeography Resources]]
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==PundIt MarineLives Forum==
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[[PundIt MarineLives Forum|PundIt MarineLives Forum]]
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[[Media coverage|Media coverage]]
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==Transcription software==
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[[Transcription software|Transcription software]]
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==Bibliography==
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[[Useful articles and secondary materials| Bibliography]]
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==Wiki skills==
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[[Creating a wiki Page|Creating a wiki Page]]
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[[Searching the Wiki|Searching the Wiki]]
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[[Editing a Wiki Page|Editing a Wiki Page]]
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[[Inserting and Editing Text|Inserting and Editing Text]]
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[[Cropping and Inserting images|Cropping and Inserting images]]
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==Digital History Notes==
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[[Digital history notes|Digital history notes]]
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==Archive==
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[[Archive|Archive]]
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There are {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages on this wiki
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[[Special:AllPages|Full wiki index]]
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'''User Stats'''
  
==Making new pages!==
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[[Stats]]
To create a new page, simply search for the name of the page you wish to create and then click the "Create a new page with this title" link. Another way to create a new page is by making a link to the page you wish to create from a page that already exists, following the link, and clicking "Create this page."
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Latest revision as of 21:50, June 4, 2015

Welcome to the MarineLives project manual. This manual is used to help train MarineLives project associates, facilitators and advisors, and to debate ideas about the project.






Talk pages can be created for any MarineLives Project Manual Page, and are a good way to have an editorial discussion about a page, without necessarily changing the page itself




About MarineLives

About MarineLives



Training


Online Training Activities


Online Training Activities

Bath Spa Student program


Bath Spa Student program



Introduction to the High Court of Admiralty


Introduction to the High Court of Admiralty

Transcription & Editorial Policy


Transcription & Editorial Policy



Learning research skills


Possible Research activities


Useful Maps


Useful Maps



HCA specific palaeographical resources



Avoiding Frequent Transcription Errors


Avoiding Transcription Errors



Transcription help notes


Easy
Medium
Hard



Tricky stuff


Tricky Stuff

Alphabets, Numbers and Dates
Tricky letter combinations
Contractions & abbreviations
Punctuation
Unusual spelling



Terms and Dictionaries


Terms and Dictionaries

Abbreviations
Alphabet of Ships
Commodities
Common Latin Phrases
Currency and Specie
Geographical and Place Terms
Legal & Commercial Terms
Marine Terms
Weights and Measures



General palaeographical resources


General Palaeography Resources



PundIt MarineLives Forum


PundIt MarineLives Forum


Media coverage



Transcription software


Transcription software



Bibliography


Bibliography



Wiki skills


Creating a wiki Page
Searching the Wiki
Editing a Wiki Page
Inserting and Editing Text
Cropping and Inserting images



Digital History Notes


Digital history notes



Archive

Archive

There are 12,757 pages on this wiki
Full wiki index



User Stats

Stats