Help:Listing
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| Even if you've never edited a wiki before, you can create a listing in Centiare. |
Overview
To become a contributing member of Centiare, you ought to add some content to our directory. And here's the good news: adding a listing is easy.
First, you need to register for an account (see Centiare:Registration for more details). Only registered users may create or edit content on Centiare.
Second, make sure you have thoroughly searched Centiare to confirm that an article about your topic isn't already established.
Then, if you're certain your topic has not yet been addressed, you must next decide if your listing really belongs in the Directory Space, or whether it is more suitable for the Main Space pages (or even User Space).
Directory Space topics should include anything that has standing in a court of law:
- Commercial businesses
- Non-profit organizations and foundations
- Formally organized or registered private clubs
- Governmental bodies
- Living persons (including yourself)
- Deceased persons who still have an active legal estate
- Property or products (such as Mickey Mouse or Microsoft Word), which should be created as a sub-page of the company listing
- --For example, [[Directory:The Walt Disney Company/Mickey Mouse]] or [[Directory:Microsoft/Microsoft Office/Microsoft Word]]
Note: during this important time of building up our new directory, users are allowed to create Directory Space articles about entities which they do not own or have a legal interest in. Of course, you may not use Centiare to libel others. Also, if and when the rightful owner of an article topic appears, they can and will "claim" the space, which will be transferred immediately by a Centiare sysop.
Main Space pages should include everything else that doesn't have standing in a court of law. This would include things and processes like:
- Fiber optic cable
- Glue
- Heating oil
- International Society of Hot Sauce Aficionados
- Sir Isaac Newton
- Rainfall
- Rocky Mountains
- Surfing
Add a Directory Listing
Personal
If you wish to create a personal Directory listing (e.g., curriculum vitae, headshot, etc.) using your true name, simply click your cursor so that it follows the "Directory:" text below, then type your name as you want it to appear in Centiare, then click Go! The screen will be pre-populated with text, Infobox and graphic (image) information derived from a fictitious user, Directory:Sanford Milson. All you need to do is save the form (feel free to preview first), then go back and replace and edit the respective information so that it describes you (don't forget your own image), and not Sanford's:
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Note: If you would like to create an anonymous listing (e.g., resume), but still enjoy all of Centiare's display/semantic features, including Infoboxes, images and search capabilities (so that others can find you), simply copy the relevant page information to your own User page by clicking on the login name at the top of the screen.
Business
If you wish to create a business Directory listing for a commercial enterprise or one of its products (see above for formatting guide), simply click your cursor so that it follows the "Directory:" text below, then type the most commonly used form of the business name (not industry or service), then click Go! The screen will be pre-populated with text, Infobox and graphic (image) information derived from a fictional entity, Directory:Milson Printing. All you need to do is save the form (feel free to preview first), then go back and replace and edit the respective information so that it describes your business (don't forget an image), and not that of Milson Printing:
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Non-Profit
If you wish to create a non-profit Directory listing for a non-profit organization (NPO), simply click your cursor so that it follows the "Directory:" text below, then type the NPO name, then click Go! The screen will be pre-populated with text, Infobox and graphic (image) information derived from Directory:Church of the Loving Shepherd. All you need to do is save the form (feel free to preview first), then go back and replace and edit the respective information so that it describes your non-profit organization (don't forget an image), and not the Church of the Loving Shepherd:
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Add a Main Space Article
If you wish to create a Main Space article (remember, it must conform to NPOV), simply click your cursor so that it appears after the : in the text box below, then type the name of the article as you want it to appear in Centiare, then click Go! The screen will be pre-populated with text, Infobox and graphic (image) information derived from Heating_oil. All you need to do is save the form (feel free to preview first), then go back and replace and edit the respective information so that it describes the new article information (don't forget an image), and not Heating oil:
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