10,963
edits
Gynopedia needs your support! Please consider contributing content, translating a page, or making a donation today. With your support, we can sustain and expand the website. Gynopedia has no corporate sponsors or advertisers. Your support is crucial and deeply appreciated.
Contribute: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
1. '''Choose Editing Type''' - Do you want to edit completely anonymously? If you want to be 100% anonymous, you should first [https://gynopedia.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Welcome+to+Gynopedia&type=signup create a Gynopedia account] -- it's super easy, and all of your edits will anonymous, since they'll be under your username. If you don't care about anonymity, you can edit immediately without creating an account. Your edits will be under your IP address. | 1. '''Choose Editing Type''' - Do you want to edit completely anonymously? If you want to be 100% anonymous, you should first [https://gynopedia.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Welcome+to+Gynopedia&type=signup create a Gynopedia account] -- it's super easy, and all of your edits will anonymous, since they'll be under your username. If you don't care about anonymity, you can edit immediately without creating an account. Your edits will be under your IP address. | ||
[[File:Gynopedia_Create_Account_Example.png|300px | thumb| | [[File:Gynopedia_Create_Account_Example.png|300px | thumb|right|'''Example of Gynopedia Login Page''']] | ||
2. '''Search for a Location''' -- After you've either created an account or decided to not create an account, you're ready to begin editing. As a first step, you should search for the city or country page you want to edit. To do this, go to the Search bar (in the top right corner), and type in the name of the location (for example, "Paris"). If the page has been translated into multiple languages, you may see multiple entries for the page. To edit the original English page, select the first search result that you see (e.g. "Paris"). | 2. '''Search for a Location''' -- After you've either created an account or decided to not create an account, you're ready to begin editing. As a first step, you should search for the city or country page you want to edit. To do this, go to the Search bar (in the top right corner), and type in the name of the location (for example, "Paris"). If the page has been translated into multiple languages, you may see multiple entries for the page. To edit the original English page, select the first search result that you see (e.g. "Paris"). | ||
[[File:Look up city gynopedia WITH MARKS.png| | [[File:Look up city gynopedia WITH MARKS.png|700px | thumb|center|'''Looking up Paris in Gynopedia Search Bar''']] | ||
2. '''Begin Editing''' -- Once you're on a page, you can begin editing the page. You can either choose to edit the whole page (click the "Edit" link at top of page) or a section of the page (click the "Edit" link for a particular section). | 2. '''Begin Editing''' -- Once you're on a page, you can begin editing the page. You can either choose to edit the whole page (click the "Edit" link at top of page) or a section of the page (click the "Edit" link for a particular section). | ||
[[File:France edit page.png| | [[File:France edit page.png|700px | thumb|center|'''How to Edit Paris Page (whole page)'']] | ||
[[File:France contraception edit points.png| | [[File:France contraception edit points.png|700px | thumb|center|'''How to Edit Section of Paris Page'']] | ||
3. '''Add Information''' -- Once you have clicked "Edit," you'll see that the page changes to the edit view. You can now type in the information that you want to add. If you don't know what to add, think about this way: What would you want a friend to know? What's crucial, reliable, and real information that can help people in a time of need? | 3. '''Add Information''' -- Once you have clicked "Edit," you'll see that the page changes to the edit view. You can now type in the information that you want to add. If you don't know what to add, think about this way: What would you want a friend to know? What's crucial, reliable, and real information that can help people in a time of need? | ||
[[File:Editing paris page.png| | [[File:Editing paris page.png|700px | thumb|center|'''Looking up Paris in Gynopedia Search Bar''']] | ||
4. '''Add Citations''' -- Once you have added information, you should make sure you have cited your sources. Generally, if you have added any official information about history, policies, or statistics, you should cite your sources from veritable and trustworthy sources (likes newspaper publications, academic journals, and reports from the UN, WHO, nonprofits, and NGOs, etc). Here's the format for adding citations: | 4. '''Add Citations''' -- Once you have added information, you should make sure you have cited your sources. Generally, if you have added any official information about history, policies, or statistics, you should cite your sources from veritable and trustworthy sources (likes newspaper publications, academic journals, and reports from the UN, WHO, nonprofits, and NGOs, etc). Here's the format for adding citations: | ||