Difference between revisions of "Contributing to the Library"

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The easiest way to create a new wiki page is to navigate to the URL of the page you want to create. Go to:
The easiest way to create a new wiki page is to navigate to the URL of the page you want to create. Go to:
  <nowiki>https://ld.circuitdebater.org/w/index.php/</nowiki>[PAGE_NAME_HERE]
  <nowiki>https://ld.circuitdebater.org/w/index.php/</nowiki>[PAGE_NAME_HERE]
Replace [PAGE_NAME_HERE] with the name of the page you want to create. Once there, you will have the ability to edit the empty page and add the content you desire. '''Make sure that you provide appropriate links to your new wiki page on other pages''', that way users can actually find it!
Replace <code>[PAGE_NAME_HERE]</code> with the name of the page you want to create. Once there, you will have the ability to edit the empty page and add the content you desire. '''Make sure that you provide appropriate links to your new wiki page on other pages''', that way users can actually find it!
=== What should my wiki page look like? ===
=== What should my wiki page look like? ===
The target audience for the Circuitdebater Library are students who are learning debate. You should aim to minimize any debate-specific jargon that isn't well-known and avoid making assumptions about what the reader of your pages may already know. Any debater can download arguments off the HSLD wiki, but the reason why they come to the Circuitdebater Library is to benefit from it's explanatory resources. Therefore, write the pages like you are teaching somebody in a classroom-setting, not like you are reading the argument in a debate round.
The target audience for the Circuitdebater Library are students who are learning debate. You should aim to minimize any debate-specific jargon that isn't well-known and avoid making assumptions about what the reader of your pages may already know. Any debater can download arguments off the HSLD wiki, but the reason why they come to the Circuitdebater Library is to benefit from it's explanatory resources. Therefore, write the pages like you are teaching somebody in a classroom-setting, not like you are reading the argument in a debate round.