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[[TS Wiki:About|About TS Wiki]]
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== Contacting administrators ==
 
Please contact our [[Help:Administrators|administrators]] if you want to become a TS Wiki editor or to make suggestions.
 
== Help topics ==
 
These are short articles providing information that should help users, particularly editors, in using the wiki.
 
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[[Help:Administrators|Administrators]]
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[[Help:Discussions|Discussion pages]]
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[[Help:Editing|Editing TS Wiki articles]]
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[[Help:Footnotes and references|Footnotes and references]]
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[[Help:New articles|New articles]]
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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 [[Help:Discussions|Discussion pages]]
), or contact the [[Help:Administrators|administrators]]. As of July, 2012, our immediate goals are:
 
* To replace the '''search engine''' with a more robust one.
* 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:
 
* '''Exisiting TSWiki articles''':
** Add information on the topic of any given article (make sure to use quotes and references when necessary).
** 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 [http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Main_Page online edition] of the ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' so that more readers will find these scholarly entries. [[Adepts#Further reading|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]]. [[Ankh|See example]]
** 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|Henry Steel Olcott's]] [[Old Diary Leaves (book)|''Old Diary Leaves'']]
*** [[Josephine Ransom|Josephine Ransom's]] [[A Short History of the Theosophical Society (book)|''A Short History of the Theosophical Society'']]
*** [[Joy Mills|Joy Mills']] ''100 Years of Theosophy: A History of The Theosophical Society in America''
*** [[Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa|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). [[February 17|See example]]
 
* '''[[:Category:Periodicals|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.
 
* '''[[ML Portal|''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.[[ML16#Page 2|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.[[ML16|See example]]
** Create new TSWiki articles for technical terms, places, or personalities mentioned in a particular letters, 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.

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