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Plans and announcements

In this section, we will announce changes to the TS Wiki and plans for the future. If you have suggestions, please add them to the Discussion associated with this page (see Discussion pages ), or contact the administrators. As of July, 2012, our immediate goals are:

• To replace the search engine with a more robust one (we are aware the current one is not very good. We are working on it).
• To finish filling in basic information and images for all the Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett.
• To seek a few Mahatma Letters images that fill gaps in the collection.
• To expand the stubs and minimal articles that are listed at Category:Articles need expansion.
• To develop plans for adding images of letters from the Mahatmas to people other than A. P. Sinnett.
• To begin adding audio and video materials.

How you can participate

Here are some areas where you could contribute:

• New TSWiki articles:
  • To create a new article read:
    • Policies
    • New articles
    • Editing articles.

• Existing TSWiki articles:
  • Add information on the topic of any given article (make sure to use quotes and references when necessary). Read Help:Editing.
  • Add photographs and scans of documents that would add interest to articles.
  • Add links to websites and related online resources in the sections "Further Reading" or "Additional Resources" you will find at the end of the articles. We especially want to include links to the appropriate entry of the online edition of the Theosophical Encyclopedia so that more readers will find these scholarly entries. See example.
  • Add links to websites and related online resources to the article Blavatsky resources.
  • Start to build content for articles that are now just stubs. You will find a list of these in Category:Articles need expansion.
  • Take a book on Theosophical history and use its content to add to wiki articles. Some examples (from the Adyar tradition) are:
    • Henry Steel Olcott's Old Diary Leaves
    • Josephine Ransom's A Short History of the Theosophical Society
    • Joy Mills' 100 Years of Theosophy: A History of The Theosophical Society in America
    • Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa's The Golden Book of the Theosophical Society: A Brief History of the Society's Growth from 1875-1925

(Note: Let us start by working on non-controversial facts. We want this site to be a constructive influence where members from any organization of the Theosophical movement can work together in harmony for the spreading of Theosophy. The controversial facts will be handled with special care and respect, and the participation of the different parts involved, when possible.)

• Calendar:
  • Add dates to help us build the feature "This Day in History," which will show what happened today - births, deaths, holidays, and significant events. (You can skim through Theosophical histories and periodicals for dates of interest). See example.

• Periodicals:
  • Skim through a Theosophical periodical for information to add to the wiki.
  • Use the Union Index to Theosophical Periodicals to improve the lists of additional resources for topical wiki articles and bibliographies in biographical articles.

• The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett:
  • Add "Notes" (on the right-hand column) to the individual letters that will help understand the event, place, or person the correspondant is referring to. See example.
  • Add content to sections such as "Context and Backgroud", "Commentary about this letter", etc. Make sure to document your contribution with the necessary references.
  • Create internal links to existing TSWiki articles for technical terms, places, or personalities mentioned in the letters. See example.
  • Create new TSWiki articles for technical terms, places, or personalities mentioned in a letter and link them to it.

• The Secret Doctrine:
  • Create internal links to existing TSWiki articles in the Stanzas of Dzyan or the Three Fundamental Propositions.
  • Create new TSWiki articles to concepts mentioned in the above.