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{{Large|A Guide for Volunteer Digital Editors}} | {{Large|A Guide for Volunteer Digital Editors}} | ||
{{Byline|last=Lucas|first=Gerald R.|abstract=A digital editor’s guide for | {{Byline|last=Lucas|first=Gerald R.|abstract=A digital editor’s guide for remediating print articles to digital for ''{{MR}}''.}} | ||
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Welcome, volunteer, or Assistant Digital Editor. We’re glad you decided to lend your expertise and time in helping to grow our Digital Humanities project. This guide is written specifically for volunteer digital editors who want to help in moving, or | Welcome, volunteer, or Assistant Digital Editor. We’re glad you decided to lend your expertise and time in helping to grow our Digital Humanities project. This guide is written specifically for volunteer digital editors who want to help in moving, or “remediating,” our print version of ''{{MR}}'' to the digital version here on Project Mailer. Please read this document in for specific directions on remediating your article to be used on the screen. | ||
We use the word “[[w:Mediation (Marxist theory and media studies)#Remediation|remediating]]” here to emphasize that reading on paper is a different activity than reading on the screen. In fact, we might say that we don’t really ''read'' articles on the screen at all: we ''use'' them. So, how do we ''remediate'' a document from a medium that emphasizes a sit-back, passive activity to one that promotes a lean-forward, active one? Documents meant to be used on the screen should have different qualities than paper documents. This guide breaks down the qualities we should consider when creating a digital document on this site. We try to cover most items, but being a digital editor often requires us to make it up as we go along. | We use the word “[[w:Mediation (Marxist theory and media studies)#Remediation|remediating]]” here to emphasize that reading on paper is a different activity than reading on the screen. In fact, we might say that we don’t really ''read'' articles on the screen at all: we ''use'' them. So, how do we ''remediate'' a document from a medium that emphasizes a sit-back, passive activity to one that promotes a lean-forward, active one? Documents meant to be used on the screen should have different qualities than paper documents. This guide breaks down the qualities we should consider when creating a digital document on this site. We try to cover most items, but being a digital editor often requires us to make it up as we go along. | ||
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I will try to include everything you need on this document, but I will often link to Wikipedia for more detailed explanations of certain concepts and procedures. I hope that you will not need these additional resources, but they are there for further clarification if necessary. I recommend opening links in tabs, so you don’t get lost, and you can keep certain tabs open for reference. | I will try to include everything you need on this document, but I will often link to Wikipedia for more detailed explanations of certain concepts and procedures. I hope that you will not need these additional resources, but they are there for further clarification if necessary. I recommend opening links in tabs, so you don’t get lost, and you can keep certain tabs open for reference. | ||
{{notice|All questions and discussion of this article should be posted on the [[Talk:The Mailer Review/Volunteer/ | {{notice|All questions and discussion of this article should be posted on the [[Talk:The Mailer Review/Volunteer/Remediating Articles|talk page]]. I am always here to help, too. You can get my attention when posting to any talk page by using <code><nowiki>{{reply to|Grlucas}}</nowiki></code> at the beginning of your question. You may also ask me questions on [[User talk:Grlucas|my talk page]].}} | ||
== Get Started == | == Get Started == | ||
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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. | ||
{{notice|Most articles that cite sources will do so using MLA style, so parenthetical citations will appear in the text. See [[#Sourcing|Sourcing]] below for instructions on | {{notice|Most articles that cite sources will do so using MLA style, so parenthetical citations will appear in the text. See [[#Sourcing|Sourcing]] below for instructions on using shortened footnotes. For instructions on inserting explanatory endnotes, see [[#End Notes|Endnotes]].}} | ||
=== Block Quotations === | === Block Quotations === | ||
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Finally, you need to add the appropriate categories to the article: the volume/year and type. The former is presented like <code><nowiki>[[Category:V.# 20xx]]</nowiki></code>, where <code><nowiki>#</nowiki></code> is the volume number and <code><nowiki>xx</nowiki></code> is the year that volume was published; for example <code><nowiki>[[Category:V.10 2016]]</nowiki></code>. | Finally, you need to add the appropriate categories to the article: the volume/year and type. The former is presented like <code><nowiki>[[Category:V.# 20xx]]</nowiki></code>, where <code><nowiki>#</nowiki></code> is the volume number and <code><nowiki>xx</nowiki></code> is the year that volume was published; for example <code><nowiki>[[Category:V.10 2016]]</nowiki></code>. | ||
Article categories are classified as follows. Choose the most appropriate for the article you’re | Article categories are classified as follows. Choose the most appropriate for the article you’re remediating: | ||
* [[:Category:Articles (MR)]] | * [[:Category:Articles (MR)]] | ||
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{{notelist}} | {{notelist}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT: | {{DEFAULTSORT:Remediating Articles}} | ||
[[Category:For Editors]] | [[Category:For Editors]] | ||