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<BIG>'''LPedia is a collaborative, running history of the [[Libertarian Party]]. Running on the popular MediaWiki engine, LPedia is open to everyone interested in the Libertarian Party.'''</BIG> | |||
LPedia is a collaborative, running history of the [[Libertarian Party]]. | |||
== What you can do== | == What you can do== | ||
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This is a resource provided by the Libertarian Party to its members and the general public. | This is a resource provided by the Libertarian Party to its members and the general public. | ||
First, create an account by going [[Special:Userlogin|HERE]]. | First, create an account by going [[Special:Userlogin|'''HERE''']]. | ||
To improve, update, or correct an article, sign in and click on the article's '''edit''' tab at the top of the page. You can click on the '''Show preview''' button to test your revision and press '''Save page''' button when you are finished with it. | To improve, update, or correct an article, sign in and click on the article's <FONT style="border: 1px #0F0F00 solid; background: #FFFFEF;">'''edit'''</FONT> tab at the top of the page. You can click on the <FONT style="border: 1px #0F0F00 solid; background: #FFFFEF;">'''Show preview'''</FONT> button to test your revision and press <FONT style="border: 1px #0F0F00 solid; background: #FFFFEF;">'''Save page'''</FONT> button when you are finished with it. | ||
To create a new article, simply add the name of the page that you would like to create to your browser's address bar. If the title contains two or more words, add an underscore instead of a space. For example, to create an article on former national chair and executive director [[Steve Dasbach]]: | To create a new article, simply add the name of the page that you would like to create to your browser's address bar. If the title contains two or more words, add an underscore instead of a space. For example, to create an article on former national chair and executive director [[Steve Dasbach]]: | ||
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http://www.lpedia.org/index.php/Steve_Dasbach | http://www.lpedia.org/index.php/Steve_Dasbach | ||
You will then see a page telling you that the article does not exist (unless it already exists). Simply click on the '''edit''' tab to create and save your entry as described above. | You will then see a page telling you that the article does not exist (unless it already exists). Simply click on the <FONT style="border: 1px #0F0F00 solid; background: #FFFFEF;">'''edit'''</FONT> tab to create and save your entry as described above. | ||
If your editing skills aren't as good as you wish they were, note that you can improve the article later, and so can any other editor. | If your editing skills aren't as good as you wish they were, note that you can improve the article later, and so can any other editor. | ||
You can also create a user page in the form of User:''YourUserName'' to tell other editors about yourself | You can also create a user page in the form of User:''YourUserName'' to tell other editors about yourself and decorate it with Wikipedia-style [[LPedia:Userboxes|'''userboxes''']]. | ||