Welcome new user

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Welcome to the Clavis Wiki!

If you are new here and uncertain how to contribute, here are some suggestions:

  • Do you have a favourite canon law collection? Find it here https://beta.mgh.de/databases/clavis/wiki/index.php/Description_of_the_collections and start improving the text.
    • Choose "edit" (upper right hand corner of any entry) and start writing.
    • If you want to add secondary literature, please choose "edit source" rather than "edit" and use this bibliography (simply copy&paste the suggested citation in brackets and ignore it looks ugly; "{{Author|Ann Other}}, Publication" will become "Ann Other, Publication". If the title you want to add is not found here, please provide full bibliographical detail (but don't worry too much about the style).
    • Categories can be used to mark all copies of a given collection. Find the relevants manuscript(s) in this list; use [[Category:Manuscripts of XY]] where 'XY' is the Clavis key for the collection in question. See here for the list of keys.
    • Improve the entry! Don't be too shy. Linda wanted Clavis to go on.
  • Do you have a favourite manuscript? Find it here https://beta.mgh.de/databases/clavis/wiki/index.php/List_of_manuscripts
    • blue entries already exist - just click on any and start improving the entries
    • red entries have no page yet. Click on the red link nonetheless, this will create a new page once you enter something and don't forget to click "Save page".
    • If you are missing a manuscript completely, the best way to add it is first to add it to the list of MSS, then add a link, and click the link to create the relevant MS page.
    • All information is welcome, esp. dates, provenance, and links to digital images. This article is already nice: Admont,_Stiftsbibliothek,_43
    • Adding categories to the entries is very useful. Simply copy&paste from the Categories page.
  • Descriptions with known issues are found in Category:Articles with known issues. The subcategories contain hints how to improve the relevant pages.
    • Some issues can be resolved simply be reading the article and adding the appropriate categories. This is often the case with missing categories for date and place of origin.
    • Sometimes, the relevant information is not found in the article, so one has to do some research, improve the article, and then add the missing category
    • You can improve descriptions of individual collections and manuscripts by standardising the page titles. This requires some experience with Wiki functions, but if you are familiar with the MOVE function, the REDIRECT, and how wiki links work, you can easily do this using a list of standardised page titles ready for copy&paste; see here. Move the page, leave a redirect, done. (If you are sure nothing links to the redirect page, you can delete it too.)
  • Not quite sure about your changes and/or keen to discuss difficult issues with other contributors to this wiki? Use the discussion page; to start a discussion, click "+new topic". Please do sign your contributions by clicking on the signature icon or typing "--~~~~". Please do not use "edit source" on discussion pages.
  • Found a typo in the Clavis database? Please let us know: Typos
  • Unhappy with Clavis, or any ideas what new features we should introduce? Write it down: Wishlist
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