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| − | Before creating a new entry, | + | Before creating a new entry, first create a specific, descriptive title. |
| − | Titles should be clear | + | Titles should be clear, brief and, as this is a history site, titles should include a date, if at all possible. |
| − | Titles should ''not'' usually be generic (like: Chicago LGBTQ History). But the [[Historiography]] | + | Titles should ''not'' usually be generic (like: Chicago LGBTQ History). But numbers of entries in the [[Historiography]] section have generic titles. |
Revision as of 22:03, 6 June 2008
Before creating a new entry, first create a specific, descriptive title.
Titles should be clear, brief and, as this is a history site, titles should include a date, if at all possible.
Titles should not usually be generic (like: Chicago LGBTQ History). But numbers of entries in the Historiography section have generic titles.
Title formats
- Title: Subtitle; Place, Month day, year
Example: Buggery case: Mathew Giles; New Hampshire, July 4, 1663
- Author: Subtitle, Place, year
Example: John D'Emilio: "Gay Power," Chicago, 1966
- Title, year-year
Example 1: John W. Sterling and James O. Bloss, 1870-1918; Example 2: The Lesbian In Literature, 1967-1981)
- Title, year
Example: Ma Rainey's "Prove It On Me Blues," 1928
Note: Do not use special characters such as & and % in entry titles, they will cut off the title in the middle. You can use quotations marks in entry titles, but you cannot begin a title with quotations.
Once you have your title, enter it into the Search box to see if there is a entry that already has the same title or that has similar content.
If there is an entry with similar content that is not protected, add your content to the existing entry.
If there is not an entry with the same name or content there are several ways to create your new entry. (See Creating a new entry.)
