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If you have an article in mind which you want to improve, leave your name and that of the collection; if you have no specific collection in mind, just write your name and we will find you a collection:
If you have an article in mind which you want to improve, leave your name and that of the collection; if you have no specific collection in mind, just write your name and we will find you a collection:


* X will improve the article [[Collectio quaedam]]
* ''X will improve the article [[Collectio quaedam]]''
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Same as with collections - you can either sign up for manuscript(s) you want to describe, or volunteer to improve mss articles we will assign.
Same as with collections - you can either sign up for manuscript(s) you want to describe, or volunteer to improve mss articles we will assign.


* Y will improve the article [[Someplace, Bischoff Memorial Library, Cod. 1234]].
* ''Y will improve the article [[Someplace, Bischoff Memorial Library, Cod. 1234]].''
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=== Add New Stubs (articles) on Manuscripts ===
There are a number of manuscripts which have no entry yet. Even a very short article with very basic information (a "stub") would improve the wiki; all you have to do is to copy some basic information. Sign up for one of the lists and we will provide all the necessary help.
* [[Missing Mss List 1]]: ''Z will do it!''
* [[Missing Mss List 2]]:
* [[Missing Mss List 3]]:
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* Make a New List of Missing MSS:


=== Help with Technical Issues (Categories) ===
=== Help with Technical Issues (Categories) ===

Revision as of 14:27, 27 May 2024

In preparation of our editathon, please enter your name in one (or more) of the following sections simply by clicking the edit icon above (and confirm save changes when prompted to so). The Welcome new user page contains some suggestions how to improve articles, have a look if you like.

Improve the Description of a Collection

If you have an article in mind which you want to improve, leave your name and that of the collection; if you have no specific collection in mind, just write your name and we will find you a collection:

Improve as you see fit; Linda's version can always be restored and your version can always be improved. The Welcome new user page addresses some practical questions. For questions, comments etc in context of these tasks, please use the discussion page of the editathon page!

Improve the Description of a Manuscript

Same as with collections - you can either sign up for manuscript(s) you want to describe, or volunteer to improve mss articles we will assign.

Add New Stubs (articles) on Manuscripts

There are a number of manuscripts which have no entry yet. Even a very short article with very basic information (a "stub") would improve the wiki; all you have to do is to copy some basic information. Sign up for one of the lists and we will provide all the necessary help.

Help with Technical Issues (Categories)

The bigger the wiki gets, the more important become categories and other more technical issues. If you want to learn about them, sign up here and we will find you more technical tasks (putting articles into categories, but also more advanced tasks involving WikiMedia functions like the statistic tools used for example here).

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General Clean-Up Tasks

There are always tasks like formatting articles, proof-reading, checking bibliographical details, and so on; if you want to contribute to the wiki by doing this kind of work, please leave your name here:

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