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==Selected Recent Contributions==
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==Editing==Gobblerpedia differs from Wikipedia in that sources do not necessarily need to be cited. Since we aim to gather original history from students, faculty, alumni, and townies, we realize that printed or online sources may not necessarily be available. Please add (or import from an appropriately licensed source) any information you think might be worth sharing. Be bold; during the initial growth phase, write first and ask questions later. Leaving off "at Virginia Tech" is an easy way to keep article names short(er). See the the list of categories above for an overview of what's currently available. We also have a list of If you don't really know where to start, there are several requested pages on our [[wanted pages|wanted pageslist]] that people would particularly like . Many of them already exist and just need their content to see createdbe expanded. If you are looking for guidelines, Wikipedia's conventions and the [http://www.branding.unirel.vt.edu/style-guides/index.html University Style Guide] are the best starting points.  Work is ongoing on templates that will ease the documentation of common classes of articles, such as courses, textbooks, and departments, but the templates can easily be added to existing material so don't wait on them to add material. If you have experience in creating MediaWiki templates, we invite you to assist in this process. Several [[template:infobox|infobox]] templates have been imported from Wikipedia for general use, until more specialized ones can be created.
Work is ongoing on templates that will ease Among the documentation interesting sources we've found are:* [https://that70sblacksburg.blogspot.com/ That 70s Blacksburg Blog]* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/bev.net Internet Archive of common classes BEV.net]* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170208150838/http://www.phys.vt.edu/about/history.shtml Internet Archive of articles, such as courses, textbooks, Physics department history page]* [http://spec.lib.vt.edu/ Library Special collections]Please keep in mind that these sources and others may have restrictive usage terms for content and departmentsimages. '''If you''''''wish to re-use content or images, but please contact the templates authors, even if it falls under fair-use'''. If you can easily be added to existing material so don't wait on them to add materialprove thatcontent is public domain (e.g. public records), this stipulation is not an expectation.
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