The Mailer Review/Volunteer/Remediating Articles - Revision history

Jules Carry: /* Body */ Added a bit more clarity.

2025-05-01T10:22:36Z

Body: Added a bit more clarity.

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	Here is where you remediate from PDF (essentially the printed page) to the wiki. Adding the body of the article will take the most effort and attention to detail, as many typos are introduced into the digital text as part of the PDF creation process. I recommend proceeding paragraph by paragraph, as pasting the whole essay into the article and then trying to edit it will just be overwhelming. Take this a step at a time to maximize your attention to perfection.		Here is where you remediate from PDF (essentially the printed page) to the wiki. Adding the body of the article will take the most effort and attention to detail, as many typos are introduced into the digital text as part of the PDF creation process. I recommend proceeding paragraph by paragraph, as pasting the whole essay into the article and then trying to edit it will just be overwhelming. Take this a step at a time to maximize your attention to perfection.

	Open the PDF, highlight and copy a paragraph, paste the paragraph into the editing window, and proofread for errors (see '''Figs. 3–5'''; click the images to enlarge). Common errors include hyphenated words (these will be broken words with a hypen and space), numbers, lack of necessary text decoration like italics, missing spaces, and superfluous print information like page numbers. All of these must be corrected. Use the original PDF as your guide. All text needs to be verbatim and look as much like the original document as possible.		Open the PDF, highlight and copy a paragraph, paste the paragraph into the editing window, and proofread for errors (see '''Figs. 3–5'''; click the images to enlarge). Common errors include hyphenated words (these will be broken words with a hypen and space), numbers, lack of necessary text decoration like italics, missing spaces, and superfluous print information like page numbers. All of these must be corrected. Use the original PDF as your guide. <mark>All text needs to be verbatim and look as much like the original document as possible.</mark> Do not change the wording any of the original text.

	Once the paragraph is finished, hit return twice (skip a line between paragraphs) and start the next one. Repeat this process until the end of the document.		Once the paragraph is finished, hit return twice (skip a line between paragraphs) and start the next one. Repeat this process until the end of the document.

Jules Carry: /* Book Reviews */ Added senetnce.

2025-04-10T15:41:40Z

Book Reviews: Added senetnce.

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	=== Book Reviews ===		=== Book Reviews ===
	Editors ~~writing~~ book reviews should use the {{tl\|BookReview}} template instead of the more general {{tl\|Byline}} template, as it is specifically designed to capture and display essential bibliographic details about the book under review. Unlike {{tl\|Byline}}, which only identifies the author of the review, {{tl\|BookReview}} provides a standardized format for citing the book’s title, author, publisher, publication date, format, and price, along with the reviewer’s name and links to purchase the book or read the full review. This helps ensure consistency across entries and improves usability for readers seeking publication information at a glance. See {{tl\|BookReview}} for instructions on this template’s use.		Editors remediating '''book reviews''' should use the {{tl\|BookReview}} template instead of the more general {{tl\|Byline}} template, as it is specifically designed to capture and display essential bibliographic details about the book under review. Unlike {{tl\|Byline}}, which only identifies the author of the review, {{tl\|BookReview}} provides a standardized format for citing the book’s title, author, publisher, publication date, format, and price, along with the reviewer’s name and links to purchase the book or read the full review. This helps ensure consistency across entries and improves usability for readers seeking publication information at a glance. See {{tl\|BookReview}} for instructions on this template’s use.

	=== Author Bio ===		=== Author Bio ===

Jules Carry: /* Byline */ Added book reviews.

2025-04-10T15:38:23Z

Byline: Added book reviews.

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	Once you’ve entered the code, check it by previewing. The author’s name should be in blue, showing that the link leads to his or her biography. If it’s red, check your spelling. I have entered all authors and editors, so this should be working correctly. Next, scroll to the bottom of the document. You should see the correct category listed (see '''Fig 2'''); we’ll discuss more categories below. This will either be “Written by First Last” or “Edited by First Last.” This link, too, should be blue.		Once you’ve entered the code, check it by previewing. The author’s name should be in blue, showing that the link leads to his or her biography. If it’s red, check your spelling. I have entered all authors and editors, so this should be working correctly. Next, scroll to the bottom of the document. You should see the correct category listed (see '''Fig 2'''); we’ll discuss more categories below. This will either be “Written by First Last” or “Edited by First Last.” This link, too, should be blue.

			=== Book Reviews ===
			Editors writing book reviews should use the {{tl\|BookReview}} template instead of the more general {{tl\|Byline}} template, as it is specifically designed to capture and display essential bibliographic details about the book under review. Unlike {{tl\|Byline}}, which only identifies the author of the review, {{tl\|BookReview}} provides a standardized format for citing the book’s title, author, publisher, publication date, format, and price, along with the reviewer’s name and links to purchase the book or read the full review. This helps ensure consistency across entries and improves usability for readers seeking publication information at a glance. See {{tl\|BookReview}} for instructions on this template’s use.

	=== Author Bio ===		=== Author Bio ===

Jules Carry: /* Categories */ Updated look.

2025-04-10T15:34:08Z

Categories: Updated look.

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	Article categories are classified as follows. Choose the most appropriate for the article you’re remediating:		Article categories are classified as follows. Choose the most appropriate for the article you’re remediating:

	* [[:Category:Articles (MR)]]		* <code><nowiki>[[Category:Articles (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	** [[:Category:Classic Interpretations (MR)]]		** <code><nowiki>[[Category:Classic Interpretations (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	* [[:Category:Biographies (MR)]]		* <code><nowiki>[[Category:Biographies (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	* [[:Category:Interviews (MR)]]		* <code><nowiki>[[Category:Interviews (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	* [[:Category:Miscellany (MR)]]		* <code><nowiki>[[Category:Miscellany (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	* [[:Category:Book Reviews (MR)]]		* <code><nowiki>[[Category:Book Reviews (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	* [[:Category:Bibliographies (MR)]]		* <code><nowiki>[[Category:Bibliographies (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	* [[:Category:Tributes (MR)]]		* <code><nowiki>[[Category:Tributes (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	* [[:Category:Creative Works (MR)]]		* <code><nowiki>[[Category:Creative Works (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	** [[:Category:Short Stories (MR)]]		** <code><nowiki>[[Category:Short Stories (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	** [[:Category:Poetry (MR)]]		** <code><nowiki>[[Category:Poetry (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	** [[:Category:Plays (MR)]]		** <code><nowiki>[[Category:Plays (MR)]]</nowiki></code>
	** [[:Category:Excerpts (MR)]]		** <code><nowiki>[[Category:Excerpts (MR)]]</nowiki></code>

	Most of the time, you will only select '''one''' category for your article. The indented categories are subcategories of the those above them. For more information on categories, see [[w:Help:Category\|Help:Category]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Categorization\|Wikipedia:Categorization]] on Wikipedia.		Most of the time, you will only select '''one''' category for your article. The indented categories are subcategories of the those above them. For more information on categories, see [[w:Help:Category\|Help:Category]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Categorization\|Wikipedia:Categorization]] on Wikipedia.

Grlucas: /* Title */ Tweaked format.

2025-02-27T14:19:33Z

Title: Tweaked format.

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	If you clicked on the red link to begin creating the article, the title has been chosen for you. However, we want to tweak the display title, so we have to use a code called <code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE}}</nowiki></code>. With this element, you can insert necessary text formatting, like [[w:MOS:ITALIC\|italics]]:		If you clicked on the red link to begin creating the article, the title has been chosen for you. However, we want to tweak the display title, so we have to use a code called <code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE}}</nowiki></code>. With this element, you can insert necessary text formatting, like [[w:MOS:ITALIC\|italics]]:

	~~<blockquote>~~		<code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:22px;">{{BASEPAGENAME}}/</span>{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}</nowiki></code>
	<code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:22px;">{{BASEPAGENAME}}/</span>{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}</nowiki></code>
	~~</blockquote~~>

	The <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code> tag shrinks the root page names to highlight the title of the page. The code above will work for most article titles. However, if the title contains italicized elements, like the title of a novel, you must replace <code><nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAME}}</nowiki></code> with the actual title, so you can include the italics. For example:		The <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code> tag shrinks the root page names to highlight the title of the page. The code above will work for most article titles. However, if the title contains italicized elements, like the title of a novel, you must replace <code><nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAME}}</nowiki></code> with the actual title, so you can include the italics. For example:

	~~<blockquote>~~		<code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:22px;">{{BASEPAGENAME}}/</span>''An American Dream'': The Singular Nightmare}}</nowiki></code>
	<code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:22px;">{{BASEPAGENAME}}/</span>''An American Dream'': The Singular Nightmare}}</nowiki></code>
	~~</blockquote~~>

	Putting two apostrophes (<code><nowiki>''</nowiki></code>) on both sides of <code><nowiki>An American Dream</nowiki></code> will italicize the novel’s name in the published document (see [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Formatting\|Help:Formatting]]); check out the [[The Mailer Review/Volume 1, 2007/An American Dream: The Singular Nightmare\|published article]]. Once you’ve entered your title, click the “Show preview” button under the editor window to see the results.{{efn\|Get into the habit of clicking this button with every bit that you add to the article. It allows you to quickly see if you’ve made a mistake, so you can fix it before saving.}} Note that the title must otherwise be exactly the same, or the system will ignore the code and spit out an error. If it does, just review your code carefully and fix what’s needed.		Putting two apostrophes (<code><nowiki>''</nowiki></code>) on both sides of <code><nowiki>An American Dream</nowiki></code> will italicize the novel’s name in the published document (see [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Formatting\|Help:Formatting]]); check out the [[The Mailer Review/Volume 1, 2007/An American Dream: The Singular Nightmare\|published article]]. Once you’ve entered your title, click the “Show preview” button under the editor window to see the results.{{efn\|Get into the habit of clicking this button with every bit that you add to the article. It allows you to quickly see if you’ve made a mistake, so you can fix it before saving.}} Note that the title must otherwise be exactly the same, or the system will ignore the code and spit out an error. If it does, just review your code carefully and fix what’s needed.

Grlucas: /* Byline */ Tweaked format.

2025-02-27T14:19:01Z

Byline: Tweaked format.

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	The byline template <code>{{tl\|byline}}</code> should come next. It will include the writer’s or editor’s name, an abstract (if applicable), a note(s) (if applicable), and a short url. Here’s an example of the <code>byline</code> code:		The byline template <code>{{tl\|byline}}</code> should come next. It will include the writer’s or editor’s name, an abstract (if applicable), a note(s) (if applicable), and a short url. Here’s an example of the <code>byline</code> code:

	~~<blockquote>~~		<code><nowiki>{{Byline\|last=Dickstein\|first=Morris\|url=https://prmlr.us/mr07dick\|abstract=Mailer has been . . . uniform edition.\|note=This paper served . . . me to participate.}}</nowiki></code>
	<code><nowiki>{{Byline\|last=Dickstein\|first=Morris\|url=https://prmlr.us/mr07dick\|abstract=Mailer has been . . . uniform edition.\|note=This paper served . . . me to participate.}}</nowiki></code>
	~~</blockquote~~>

	For an explanation of all the variables, see <code>{{tl\|byline}}</code>. You needn’t worry about the “abstract,” “note,” or “url” variables; I’ll fill those in later, if necessary.		For an explanation of all the variables, see <code>{{tl\|byline}}</code>. You needn’t worry about the “abstract,” “note,” or “url” variables; I’ll fill those in later, if necessary.

Grlucas: /* In-text Citations */ Tweaked format.

2025-02-27T14:18:15Z

In-text Citations: Tweaked format.

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	For in-text citations, what will usually appear as MLA-style parenthetical, we use [[w:Template:Sfn\|shortened footnotes]] <code><nowiki>{{sfn}}</nowiki></code>. First, add a section where your citations will appear, just above your works cited section:		For in-text citations, what will usually appear as MLA-style parenthetical, we use [[w:Template:Sfn\|shortened footnotes]] <code><nowiki>{{sfn}}</nowiki></code>. First, add a section where your citations will appear, just above your works cited section:

	~~<blockquote>~~		<code><nowiki>===Citations===</nowiki></code><br />
	<code><nowiki>===Citations===</nowiki></code><br />		<code><nowiki>{{Reflist}}</nowiki></code>
	<code><nowiki>{{Reflist}}</nowiki></code~~><br />~~
	~~</blockquote~~>

	Here’s an example of the shortened footnote at work in the body of the article:		Here’s an example of the shortened footnote at work in the body of the article:

	~~<blockquote>~~		<code><nowiki>. . . first published in ''New Short Novels 2'', 1956.{{sfn\|Lennon\|2018\|p=25}}</nowiki></code>
	<code><nowiki>. . . first published in ''New Short Novels 2'', 1956.{{sfn\|Lennon\|2018\|p=25}}</nowiki></code>
	~~</blockquote~~>

	This is a Wikipedia template. “Sfn” calls the template in the code; the author’s last name follows the first pipe (this must correspond with the name that follows <code><nowiki>\|last=</nowiki></code> in the detailed citation in your works cited list); the year of the publication follows the next (exactly the same as <code><nowiki>\|date=</nowiki></code> in the citation); and the page number(s) are put last. This will insert a footnote in the text; when a user clicks it, she is taken to the citation and if she clicks the citation, she is taken to the longer works cited entry. Rendered on the page, it will look like:		This is a Wikipedia template. “Sfn” calls the template in the code; the author’s last name follows the first pipe (this must correspond with the name that follows <code><nowiki>\|last=</nowiki></code> in the detailed citation in your works cited list); the year of the publication follows the next (exactly the same as <code><nowiki>\|date=</nowiki></code> in the citation); and the page number(s) are put last. This will insert a footnote in the text; when a user clicks it, she is taken to the citation and if she clicks the citation, she is taken to the longer works cited entry. Rendered on the page, it will look like:

	: . . . first published in ''New Short Novels 2'', 1956.{{sfn\|Lennon\|2018\|p=25}}		. . . first published in ''New Short Novels 2'', 1956.{{sfn\|Lennon\|2018\|p=25}}

	Notice its placement of the footnote code: '''right up against the period with no space in between'''. Footnote indications should always come ''after'' punctuation; never before. Try it on the example article I linked above. Simple and elegant.		Notice its placement of the footnote code: '''right up against the period with no space in between'''. Footnote indications should always come ''after'' punctuation; never before. Try it on the example article I linked above. Simple and elegant.

Grlucas: /* Works Cited */ Updated format.

2025-02-27T14:10:53Z

Works Cited: Updated format.

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	A list of works cited should be the last section in the document. It is sorted alphabetically by author’s last name and uses [[w:Wikipedia:Citation templates\|citation templates]]. This is easier for two reasons: (1) you only need to list the reference '''once''' in the article, and (2) it cleans up your body text of much of the confusing code. This section is created like this:		A list of works cited should be the last section in the document. It is sorted alphabetically by author’s last name and uses [[w:Wikipedia:Citation templates\|citation templates]]. This is easier for two reasons: (1) you only need to list the reference '''once''' in the article, and (2) it cleans up your body text of much of the confusing code. This section is created like this:

	~~<blockquote>~~		<code><nowiki>===Works Cited===</nowiki></code><br />
	<code><nowiki>===Works Cited===</nowiki></code><br />		<code><nowiki>{{Refbegin}}</nowiki></code><br />
	<code><nowiki>{{Refbegin}}</nowiki></code><br />		<code><nowiki>* {{cite book \|last= \|first= \|date= \|title= \|url= \|location= \|publisher= \|pages= \|ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />
	<code><nowiki>* {{cite book \|last= \|first= \|date= \|title= \|url= \|location= \|publisher= \|pages= \|ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />		<code><nowiki>* {{cite journal \|last= \|first= \|title= \|url= \|journal= \|volume= \|issue= \|date= \|pages= \|access-date= \|ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />
	<code><nowiki>* {{cite journal \|last= \|first= \|title= \|url= \|journal= \|volume= \|issue= \|date= \|pages= \|access-date= \|ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />		<code><nowiki>* {{cite magazine \|last= \|first= \|date= \|title= \|url= \|magazine= \|pages= \|access-date= \|ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />
	<code><nowiki>* {{cite magazine \|last= \|first= \|date= \|title= \|url= \|magazine= \|pages= \|access-date= \|ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />		<code><nowiki>* {{cite news \|last= \|first= \|date= \|title= \|url= \|work= \|location= \|access-date= \|ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />
	<code><nowiki>* {{cite news \|last= \|first= \|date= \|title= \|url= \|work= \|location= \|access-date= \|ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />		<code><nowiki>* {{cite web \|url= \|title= \|last= \|first= \|date= \|website= \|publisher= \|access-date= \|quote= \|ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />
	<code><nowiki>* {{cite web \|url= \|title= \|last= \|first= \|date= \|website= \|publisher= \|access-date= \|quote= \|ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />		<code><nowiki>{{Refend}}</nowiki></code><br />
	<code><nowiki>{{Refend}}</nowiki></code><br />
	~~</blockquote~~>

	This might look a bit confusing, but I’ll go through it. The first line adds a new section to the article. All references should appear between <code><nowiki>{{Refbegin}}</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>{{Refend}}</nowiki></code> in a bulleted list (notice each reference is on its own line and begins with <code><nowiki>*</nowiki></code>.		This might look a bit confusing, but I’ll go through it. The first line adds a new section to the article. All references should appear between <code><nowiki>{{Refbegin}}</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>{{Refend}}</nowiki></code> in a bulleted list (notice each reference is on its own line and begins with <code><nowiki>*</nowiki></code>.

Grlucas: /* Endnotes */ Updated format.

2025-02-27T14:09:50Z

Endnotes: Updated format.

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	This section houses an author’s explanatory endnotes or footnotes, like the “Notes” section at the bottom of this page. Notes may be inserted in the body of the text, using <code>{{tl\|efn}}</code>, for example:		This section houses an author’s explanatory endnotes or footnotes, like the “Notes” section at the bottom of this page. Notes may be inserted in the body of the text, using <code>{{tl\|efn}}</code>, for example:

	~~<blockquote>~~		<code><nowiki>. . .opportunity with a "lady's magazine",{{efn\|In ''Double Life'', Lennon explains that Pearl Kazin, an editor at ''Harper's Bazaar'' had invited Mailer to write something for the magazine, to which Mailer replied: "I'm still too young and too arrogant to care to write the kind of high-grade horseshit you print in ''Harper's Bazaar''" (142–43).}} Mailer conceived . . .</nowiki></code>
	<code><nowiki>. . .opportunity with a "lady's magazine",{{efn\|In ''Double Life'', Lennon explains that Pearl Kazin, an editor at ''Harper's Bazaar'' had invited Mailer to write something for the magazine, to which Mailer replied: "I'm still too young and too arrogant to care to write the kind of high-grade horseshit you print in ''Harper's Bazaar''" (142–43).}} Mailer conceived . . .</nowiki></code>
	~~</blockquote~~>

	This note will be indicated by a superscript, small letter, like <sup>[a]</sup> —except it will be a hyperlink. Now, you must have place for these notes to be listed near the end of the document, just above the Citations section:		This note will be indicated by a superscript, small letter, like <sup>[a]</sup> —except it will be a hyperlink. Now, you must have place for these notes to be listed near the end of the document, just above the Citations section:

	~~<blockquote>~~		<code><nowiki>=== Notes ===</nowiki><br />
	<code><nowiki>=== Notes ===</nowiki><br />		<nowiki>{{notelist}}</nowiki></code>
	<nowiki>{{notelist}}</nowiki></code>
	~~</blockquote~~>

	See [[The Mailer Review/Volume 9, 2015/“Up to the Nostrils in Anguish”: Mailer and Bellow on Masculine Anxiety and Violent Catharsis\|this article]] for another, more complex example. For a more thorough discussion of this function, see [[w:Template:Efn\|Template:Efn]] on Wikipedia.		See [[The Mailer Review/Volume 9, 2015/“Up to the Nostrils in Anguish”: Mailer and Bellow on Masculine Anxiety and Violent Catharsis\|this article]] for another, more complex example. For a more thorough discussion of this function, see [[w:Template:Efn\|Template:Efn]] on Wikipedia.

Grlucas: /* Block Quotations */ Tweaked format.

2025-02-20T15:27:09Z

Block Quotations: Tweaked format.

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	Many articles use block quotation when quoting longer passages of primary texts. Just paste in the quotation like you would a paragraph, then surround it with the <code><nowiki><blockqoute> . . . </blockquote></nowiki></code> tags, for example:		Many articles use block quotation when quoting longer passages of primary texts. Just paste in the quotation like you would a paragraph, then surround it with the <code><nowiki><blockqoute> . . . </blockquote></nowiki></code> tags, for example:

	~~<blockquote>~~		<code><nowiki><blockquote>To the savage, dread was the natural result of any invasion of the supernatural: if man wished to steal the secrets of the gods, it was only to be supposed that the gods would defend themselves and destroy whichever man came too close. By this logic, civilization is the successful if imperfect theft of some cluster of these secrets, and the price we have paid is to accelerate our private sense of some enormous if not quite definable disaster which awaits us.{{sfn\|Mailer\|1965\|p=159}}</blockquote></nowiki></code>
	<code><nowiki><blockquote>To the savage, dread was the natural result of any invasion of the supernatural: if man wished to steal the secrets of the gods, it was only to be supposed that the gods would defend themselves and destroy whichever man came too close. By this logic, civilization is the successful if imperfect theft of some cluster of these secrets, and the price we have paid is to accelerate our private sense of some enormous if not quite definable disaster which awaits us.{{sfn\|Mailer\|1965\|p=159}}</blockquote></nowiki></code>
	~~</blockquote~~>

	Note this quotation contains a citation—as all quotations should; see [[#Sourcing\|Sourcing]] below for an explanation.		Note this quotation contains a citation—as all quotations should; see [[#Sourcing\|Sourcing]] below for an explanation.