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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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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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[[Editors' Page|Editors' Page]]
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[[Colin's Page|Colin's Page]]
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==About MarineLives==
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[[About MarineLives|About MarineLives]]
  
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= Quick Start Guide! =
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  1. First read the rest of this page!
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==Training==
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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===
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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]]
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  * [[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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  * [[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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  * [[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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  * [[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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  * [[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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  * [[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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  * [[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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  * [[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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      *  [[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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      *  [[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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= Making new pages! =
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===Bath Spa Student program===
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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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[[Bath Spa Student program|Bath Spa Student program]]
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===Introduction to the High Court of Admiralty===
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[[Introduction to the High Court of Admiralty|Introduction to the High Court of Admiralty]]
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===Transcription & Editorial Policy===
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[[Transcription & Editorial Policy|Transcription & Editorial Policy]]
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===Learning research skills===
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[[Research for Team 2#preview|Possible Research activities]]
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===Useful Maps===
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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'''
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[[Stats]]

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

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