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The content of OutHistory.org is both user-generated and solicited from independent scholars, institutionally-based  researchers, and anyone with special knowledge.
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=Ways to Participate in OutHistory.org=
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*[[Create Content]]
  
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Users are encouraged to participate in creating the site, following the site’s [[Contributors’ Guidelines]].  Content can be submitted by any user interested in helping OutHistory.org make history, and we welcome that participation.
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*[[Explore Content]]
  
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== Ways to Participate ==
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* All users can freely [[Talk:Main Page|discuss the site]] or discuss a particular article or timeline entry, including stub articles (see below).  Suggestions for additions to or changes in entries will be seriously considered by all of us who work to improve the content to the site.
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*[[Use Content]]
  
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* Users can [[search the site’s stub categories]], articles for which content is desired, but for which there is no or little content, and begin to fill in a stub.
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*[[Solve Mysteries, Fill in Stubs, Research Requests]]
  
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* Users can also [[create new stub categories]], suggestions for entries for which there is no or little content. And, if users desire, they can begin to fill in the new stub article.
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* Users can [[suggest or add a timeline stub]].
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=Create an Open Entry=
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OutHistory.org includes articles marked “Open Entry”. These are collaboratively and anonymously created by logged-on users with evidence, citations, and analysis to share.  
  
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* Users can [[offer documents]]: audio recordings, court records, diaries, letters, photographs, publications, movies, video, or other evidence relevant to LGBTQ history.
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To create an Open Entry click [[Create a New Entry]]
  
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* Users can [[offer skills]]: administrative, editing, copy-editing, fundraising, graphic design, proof-reading, research, technical, writing, etc.  
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=Create a Protected Entry with a Named Author or Authors=
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OutHistory.org also includes articles marked “Protected Entry”. These are by named, logged-on creators and can be edited only by that creator or site administrators. So the named author is responsible for the entry’s accuracy, clarity, and source citations. Upon request, the Coordinator of OutHistory.org will protect an entry by a named author from changes. To create a Protected Entry click [[Create a New Entry]] and follow the instructions at the bottom of the page.
  
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* [[Teachers]] can work with students to submit content to the site.
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Before participating, please do study the [[Contributors’ Guidelines]].
 
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* And, of course, you can always contribute to the site by [[OutHistory:Donate|donating]] financially to it, and helping insure its continued existence.
 
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If you want to participate in some way, but your questions are not answered here or elsewhere on the site, please [[contact the Project Coordinator]].
 

Latest revision as of 08:58, 4 June 2011

Ways to Participate in OutHistory.org

Create an Open Entry

OutHistory.org includes articles marked “Open Entry”. These are collaboratively and anonymously created by logged-on users with evidence, citations, and analysis to share.

To create an Open Entry click Create a New Entry

Create a Protected Entry with a Named Author or Authors

OutHistory.org also includes articles marked “Protected Entry”. These are by named, logged-on creators and can be edited only by that creator or site administrators. So the named author is responsible for the entry’s accuracy, clarity, and source citations. Upon request, the Coordinator of OutHistory.org will protect an entry by a named author from changes. To create a Protected Entry click Create a New Entry and follow the instructions at the bottom of the page.

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