<div style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 5px;">Unfortunately, gobblerpedia has not seen serious updates since 2017 (six years ago, at the time of writing). While it will be hosted indefinitely by the [https://vtluug.org Linux & Unix Users Group] the information may not be accurate. If you are interested in maintaining the wiki, or just making updates, feel free to =).</div>
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==Selected Recent Contributions==
Here's a list of recently-created articles that people may find useful or interesting:
* [[Blacksburg Transit]]* [[OpenFire]]* [[Places to study]]* [[:Category:Computer labs<categorytree |Computer labs]]* [[Surveillance]]* [[Blacksburg Hackerspace]] planning* [[Ideas for Registered Student Organizations]]* [[:Category:Blacksburg ISPs|Blacksburg ISPs]]** [[Blacksburg Electronic Village]]mode=pages>Featured content</categorytree>
==Categories==
See this list of top-level categories for a list of what's currently available. If you are creating a page, we would prefer if you stick to these pre-existing categories or their subcategories to keep things meticulously well-organized. If an appropriate category doesn't yet exist, please contact a moderator before creating it.* [[:Category:Administration<categorytree |Administration]]mode=pages>Root</categorytree>* [[:Category:Apartment complexes|Apartment complexes]]* [[:Category:Arts & Entertainment|Arts & Entertainment]]==Editing==* [[:Category:Buildings|Buildings]]* [[:Category:Blacksburg ISPs|Blacksburg ISPs]]* [[:Category:Campus computing resources|Campus computing resources]]* [[:Category:Colleges|Colleges]]* [[:Category:Community organizations|Community organizations]]* [[:Category:Courses|Courses]]* [[:Category:Departments|Departments]]* [[:Category:Events|Events]]* [[:Category:Food|Food]]* [[:Category:History|History]]* [[:Category:Honors 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 Awards|Honors 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 Awards]]ask questions later. Leaving off "at Virginia Tech" is an easy way to keep article names short(er). Should this ever be a problem (for example in documenting* [[:Category:Jobs|Jobs]]* [[:Category:Libre projects|Libre projects]]* [[:Category:Miscellenary|Miscellenary]]* [[:Category:People|People]]* [[:Category:Physical campus resources|Physical campus resources]]* [[:Category:Projects|Projects]]* [[:Category:Registered student organizations|Registered student organizations]]* [[:Category:Retailers|Retailers]]* [[:Category:Security|Security]]* [[:Category:Student life | Student life]]* [[:Category:Transportation|TransportationRadford University]]), we may re-evaluate this precedent.
<categorytree>Root<See the the list of categories above for an overview of what's currently available. If you don't really know where to start, there are several requested pages on our [[wanted pages|wanted pages list]]. Many of them already exist and just need their content to be expanded. If you are looking for guidelines, Wikipedia's conventions and the [http:/categorytree>/www.branding.unirel.vt.edu/style-guides/index.html University Style Guide] are the best starting points.
==Editing==Gobblerpedia differs from Wikipedia in Work is ongoing on templates that sources do not necessarily need to be cited. Since we aim to gather original history from studentswill ease the documentation of common classes of articles, facultysuch as courses, alumnitextbooks, and towniesdepartments, we realize that printed or online sources may not necessarily but the templates can easily be availableadded to existing material so don't wait on them to add material. Please add (or import from an appropriately licensed source) any information If you think might be worth sharing. Be bold; during the initial growth phasehave experience in creating MediaWiki templates, write first and ask questions later. Leaving off "at Virginia Tech" is an easy way we invite you to keep article names short(er)assist in this process. See the the list of categories above for an overview of what's currently available. We also have a list of Several [[wanted pagestemplate:infobox|pagesinfobox]] that people would particularly like to see created. If you are looking templates have been imported from Wikipedia for guidelinesgeneral use, Wikipedia's conventions and the [http://www.branding.unirel.vt.edu/style-guides/index.html University Style Guide] are the best starting pointsuntil 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. categoe