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* People
* People
** [[Help:Adding a page for a person|Adding a page for a person]] - How and when to create a page for a person not represented in the Encyclopedia  
** [[Help:Adding a page for a person|Adding a page for a person]] - How and when to create a page for a person not represented in the Encyclopedia  
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** [[Help:Brief biographical outlines|Brief biographical outlines]]: Recommendations for structuring the content of articles on people, when all you have is miscellaneous information from individual newspaper articles or media guides.
** [[Help:Editing demographic information|Editing demographic information]] - How and when to update biographical information
** [[Help:Editing demographic information|Editing demographic information]] - How and when to update biographical information
** [[Help:Linking to people|Linking to people]] - Adding links to people who may or may not be in the encyclopedia
** [[Help:Linking to people|Linking to people]] - Adding links to people who may or may not be in the encyclopedia
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* [[Help:People]]: General guidelines and information about pages referring to people.
* [[Help:People]]: General guidelines and information about pages referring to people.
** [[Help:Structure of person articles]]: Explains what you see when you edit an article whose subject is a person, and where to put information
** [[Help:Structure of person articles]]: Explains what you see when you edit an article whose subject is a person, and where to put information
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** [[Help:Brief biographical outlines]]: Recommendations for structuring the content of articles on people, when all you have is miscellaneous information from individual newspaper articles or media guides.
 
** [[Help:Editing People Pages]]: Some how-tos for common situations that arise when doing biographical research.
** [[Help:Editing People Pages]]: Some how-tos for common situations that arise when doing biographical research.
** [[Help:Naming conventions (people)]]: Naming conventions for pages referring to people.
** [[Help:Naming conventions (people)]]: Naming conventions for pages referring to people.

Revision as of 01:30, 9 January 2010

This page will link to all help pages, as they are created. If there is a topic that you think should be covered, please add a note to the discussion page (see tab at top).

Basic editing

These topics are directed at anyone who wishes to edit the Encyclopedia - they contain basic information on how to make edits and understand the Encyclopedia.

Projects

These topics describe specific projects in the Encyclopedia. They are good reading for anyone interested in these projects.

Advanced Topics

These topics are primarily of interest to people who are interested in the Encyclopedia as a project. These articles all go beyond the process of doing research into topics like moderating submissions, standards, and policies.

  • Help:Cleanup resources: Using the templates and categories provided to organize pages requiring cleanup and improvement.
  • Help:Disagreement: How to deal with unresolved disagreements when sources provide conflicting information.
  • Help:Reviewing revisions: Guidelines for reviewers evaluating contributed edits.
  • Help:People: General guidelines and information about pages referring to people.
  • Help:Ballparks: General guidelines and information about pages referring to ballparks.
  • Help:External links: The Encyclopedia aims to organize existing information as well as provide an authoritative resource. Here are some guidelines for external linking.
  • Help:Naming conventions - Very technical guidelines on names of pages, templates, variables, etc.
  • SABR Encyclopedia:Job Jar: Looking for ways to help move the project forward in your spare time, without a long-term commitment? The Job Jar lists helpful tasks which can be accomplished in seconds or minutes.
  • SABR Encyclopedia:Projects: Larger projects in progress, or in need of someone to launch or take over.
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