SourceWatch:Survey of Help Pages

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This page is designed to survey the help pages available within the SourceWatch domain.

Policy Pages

  1. SourceWatch:About
    1. Bob Burton - 8/21/06
    2. Mission statement and history of SourceWatch services.
  2. SourceWatch:About Congresspedia (CP)
    1. Artificial Intelligence - 4/26/06
    2. Description and history of Congresspedia
  3. SourceWatch:Article guidelines
    1. Conor Kenny - 1/22/07
    2. General guidelines about the purpose, format, and content of articles.
  4. SourceWatch:Congresspedia article guidelines (CP)
    1. Conor Kenny - 11/4/06
    2. Guidelines specific to the purpose, format, and content of Congresspedia articles.
  5. SourceWatch:Copyrights
    1. w:Wikipedia:Copyrights
    2. Conor Kenny - 1/22/07
    3. Outline of copyright policies and responsibilities.
  6. SourceWatch:Editorial Policy
    1. Conor Kenny - 4/27/06
    2. Outline of purpose and rights of editorial staff.
  7. SourceWatch:General disclaimer
    1. w:Wikipedia:General disclaimer
    2. Bob Burton - 1/4/06
    3. Legal disclaimers regarding SW.
  8. SourceWatch:How to delete pages
    1. w:Wikipedia:Deletion policyDeletion policy
    2. Bob Burton - 10/22/03
    3. Description of the process of how to get a page deleted by an administrator.
  9. SourceWatch:Image use policy
    1. w:Wikipedia:Image use policy
    2. Menchi - 7/16/03
    3. Page is empty stating no image policy in place.
  10. SourceWatch:Policy
    1. w:Wikipedia:List of policies
    2. Conor Kenny - 1/22/07
    3. Description of policies to which the users are responsible to adhere.
  11. SourceWatch:Purpose
    1. AaronSw - 9/17/04
    2. Mission statement and purpose of SourceWatch.
  12. SourceWatch:References
    1. w:Wikipedia:Citing sources
    2. Conor Kenny - 1/22/07
    3. Guideline and policies on citations and references.
  13. SourceWatch:Contributing
    1. w:Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia
    2. Conor Kenny - 2/15/07
    3. FAQs about how to contribute to SW as well as policies. (Also listed below in Help Pages)

Meta Pages

  1. Help:Sandbox
    1. Patricia Barden - 9/30/06
    2. A sandbox for various symbols and formats.
  2. SourceWatch:A tour
    1. Neoconned - 2/9/06
    2. A quick page designed to familiarize users with the interface.
  3. SourceWatch:How to edit a page
    1. w:Help:Editing
    2. Conor Kenny - 2/2/07
    3. Cheat sheet on editing formats and guidelines.
  4. SourceWatch:Sandbox
    1. w:Wikipedia:Sandbox
    2. Patricia Barden - 1/30/07
    3. Sandbox page. It does not give a description of what a sandbox page is.
  5. SourceWatch:Templates
    1. w:Help:Template
    2. Maynard - 8/7/05
    3. Short list of templates for article disclaimers. Not exhaustive. A Congresspedia page of similiar purpose may prove useful (templates for vote results, etc...).
  6. SourceWatch:Manual of Style
    1. w:Wikipedia:Manual of Style
    2. Conor Kenny - 2/28/07
    3. Relatively extensive stylistic guide for pages.
  7. SourceWatch:Naming conventions
    1. w:Wikipedia:Naming conventions
    2. Conor Kenny - 2/2/07
    3. Guideline on conventional ways to name a page.

Help Pages

  1. How to research front groups
    1. Artificial Intelligence - 6/8/06
    2. Description and a list of links about researching front groups.
  2. Resources for studying propaganda
    1. Sheldon Rampton - 10/11/05
    2. Useful links for studying media and PR spin.
  3. SourceWatch:Categories
    1. w:Categorization
    2. Bob Burton - 2/6/06
    3. Description of the use categories.
  4. SourceWatch:Contributing
    1. w:Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia
    2. Conor Kenny - 2/15/07
    3. FAQs about how to contribute to SW.
  5. SourceWatch:FAQ
    1. Bob Burton - 2/2/06
    2. FAQs regarding concerns and troubleshooting for SW.
  6. SourceWatch:Congresspedia help (CP)
    1. Conor Kenny - 2/26/07
    2. Portal to other, more specific, help pages.
  7. SourceWatch:Find or fix a stub
    1. w:Wikipedia:Stub
    2. Molly Riordan - 6/15/05
    3. Description of what a stub is as well as a short list of stubs. Outdated and better merged with SourceWatch:Stub page.
  8. SourceWatch:Find Senators and Representatives (CP)
    1. Conor Kenny - 5/15/06
    2. Links to alphabetical lists of Reps. and Sens.
  9. SourceWatch:Help
    1. Conor Kenny - 2/26/07
    2. Portal to other, more specific, help pages.
  10. SourceWatch:How Fix An Error
    1. Bob Burton - 5/3/06
    2. Guideline on how to bring errors to attention.
  11. SourceWatch:How to build a good Congresspedia page (CP)
    1. w:Wikipedia:Guide to layout
    2. Conor Kenny - 2/22/07
    3. General format and layout of CP articles.
  12. SourceWatch:How to explore SourceWatch
    1. Bob Burton - 2/6/06
    2. A list of ways to browse pages
  13. SourceWatch:How to log in
    1. w:Help:Logging in
    2. Bob Burton - 10/22/03
    3. Description of how to log in as well as how to change login settings.
  14. SourceWatch:How to rename (move) a page
    1. w:Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages
    2. Sheldon Rampton - 3/15/03
    3. Description of the process of renaming or moving a page.
  15. SourceWatch:How to rename a page
    1. w:Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages
    2. Sheldon Rampton - 2/4/03
    3. Description of the process of renaming or moving a page. Redundant - See SourceWatch:How to rename (move) a page
  16. SourceWatch:How to Research Members of Congress (CP)
    1. Conor Kenny - 2/21/07
    2. Research guide for Congress using Congresspedia functions.
  17. SourceWatch:How to research U.S. legislation (CP)
    1. Conor Kenny - 2/21/07
    2. Description of and link to THOMAS. A little bare - may be better if merged with SourceWatch:How to Research Members of Congress.
  18. SourceWatch:How to revert a page to an earlier version
    1. w:Help:Reverting
    2. Sheldon Rampton - 2/16/03
    3. Very brief and hard to follow explanation of how to revert a page to an earlier version. May work better if formated like Wikipedia page (see above link).
  19. SourceWatch:How to start a page
    1. w:Wikipedia:Starting a new page
    2. Conor Kenny - 1/8/07
    3. Description on beginning new pages.
  20. SourceWatch:How to use redirect pages
    1. w:Wikipedia:Redirect
    2. Bob Burton - 10/22/03
    3. Description of what a redirect is and how to do it.
  21. SourceWatch:List of common misspellings
    1. Sheldon Rampton - 11/15/05
    2. A list of two commonly misspelled words. May be an irrelevant page.
  22. SourceWatch:Research using the web
    1. w:Wikipedia:Searching
    2. Conor Kenny - 12/12/06
    3. Basic search techniques and a list of links for relevant research.
  23. SourceWatch:Search engine optimization of articles
    1. Neoconned - 11/10/04
    2. Description of how to get a page placed near the top of a search engine's search results page.
  24. SourceWatch:Searching
    1. w:Wikipedia:Searching
    2. AaronSw - 9/17/04
    3. Guideline on search techniques.
  25. SourceWatch:Stub
    1. w:Wikipedia:Stub
    2. Sheldon Rampton - 7/27/05
    3. Description of a stub as well as when and how to write one.
  26. SourceWatch:Talk page
    1. w:Wikipedia:Talk page
    2. Sheldon Rampton - 1/30/03
    3. Overview of talk page communication function
  27. SourceWatch:Uploading Images & PDFs
    1. w:Wikipedia:Uploading images
    2. Conor Kenny - 1/30/07
    3. Outline on how to upload image and PDF files.
  28. SourceWatch:User preferences help
    1. Patrick - 3/19/03
    2. Straightforward description on how to use user preferences page.
  29. SourceWatch:Utilities
    1. Hugh Manatee - 1/31/06
    2. Description of software utilities used by SW.