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==StatusSelected Recent Contributions==[[Gobblerpedia]] has been online since Friday, February 11th. Please add (Here's a list of recently-created articles that people may find useful or import from an appropriately licensed source) any information you think might be worth sharing. The contents of this wiki are slowly being populated with interesting:<categorytree | mode=pages>Featured content from the [[LUUG Wiki]] and [[Wikipedia]]. Work is also ongoing on templates that will ease the documentation of common classes of articles, such as courses, textbooks, and departments.</categorytree>

==Logo ContestCategories==We are desperately in need See this list of top-level categories for a prettier logolist of what's currently available. Requirements for the contest If you are that creating a page, we would prefer if you stick to these pre-existing categories or their subcategories to keep things well-organized. If an appropriate category doesn't yet exist, please contact a moderator before creating it prominently display ".<categorytree | mode=pages>Root</categorytree> ==Editing==Gobblerpediadiffers 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 " and incorporate some symbol of at Virginia Tech " is an easy way to keep article names short(i.eer). Should this ever be a problem (for example in documenting[[Newman LibraryRadford University]]), we may re-evaluate this precedent. 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 [[Burruss Hallwanted 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://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 not one trademarked by the university (itemplates can easily be added to existing material so don't wait on them to add material.eIf you have experience in creating MediaWiki templates, we invite you to assist in this process. Several [[Pylonstemplate:infobox|infobox]]templates have been imported from Wikipedia for general use, stylized VT, or shield)until more specialized ones can be created. Among the interesting sources we've found are:* [https://that70sblacksburg.blogspot.com/ That 70s Blacksburg Blog]* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/bev.net Internet Archive of BEV.net]* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170208150838/http://www.phys.vt.edu/about/history. The winner shtml Internet Archive of 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 images. '''If you''''''wish to re-use content or images, please contact the logo contest will receive comestibles to be negotiated authors, even if it falls under fair-use'''. If you can prove thatcontent is public domain (ie.eg. beer or pizzapublic records) and attribution in the Gobblerpedia article, this stipulation is not an expectation.