The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project: Editor training

Welcome to the project! As an editor, you will need to know the basics of encyclopedic editing and the basic foundations of Chicago hip-hop history (as well as hip-hop in general). This page is designed to give you the resources to get started quickly.

Create an Account

1. Go to the homepage of this site.
2. Click “Create account” (top right corner).
3. Fill in the form with your desired username, password, and email address (if required).
4. Complete the CAPTCHA or any anti-spam verification.
5. Click “Create your account” or “Submit” to finish registration.
6. Check your email (if email confirmation is required) and click the activation link.
7. Log in with your new username and password.

Get Ready to WikiEdit

Start by watching this video about basic editing, which will show you how simple it can be to edit a wiki.

Next, try the random page technique described in this wiki and see how it goes. Then, complete the folloing readings related to wiki editing...

• Read the Wikipedia guide for writing better articles. Please pay special attention to the section on style and tone.

• Read "Ten simple rules for editing Wikipedia";

• Please follow these wiki conventions for writing biographical information about a living person and this list of do's and don'ts.

• Get familiar with MediaWiki Markup and the Wikitext markup language. Look at the mark-up (source code) of a couple of Wikipedipa pages.

• Keep in mind that the project supports basic HTML, such as

  Green text

  or embeds, etc.

Learn about the history of hip-hop generally

• Of course we will start with reading the wiki article for hip-hop; try exploring the mark-up language in 'edit mode'.

Learn about the history of hip-hop in Chicago

• Naturally, we will begin by reading the wiki article for Chicago hip-hop

• Read the article The Evolution of Chicago Hip-Hop, Told by One of Its Founding Fathers

Lets get started

• Once you are ready, use this list of uncategorized pages to begin your work.

• Before you begin writing any content please read about the appropriate entity in terms of wiki norms and templates, examples:
  • Biography
    • Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
    • Template:Biography
  • Song
    • Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs
    • Template:Infobox song
  • Etc... (ask me if you have questions)

• For ref: here is the original list of artists

Unknown Entities

• When you inevitably come across a record that you cannot identify, please categorize the record as 'Unknown Entity" and add copy according to the origin of the name per this doc, find the copy here.

Example Scripts

A picture from Wikimedia Commons embedded in this Wiki

Jeremy Tynes Irving (born June 7, 1989), known professionally as Jeremiah Jae, is an American rapper and record producer from Chicago.

There is a Wikipedia article for this subject.

There is no Wikipedia article for this subject.

Featured Article Standards

• A Featured Article represents the highest standard of writing, research, and representation on our website. Our featured article goals are based on Wikipedia's official Featured Article Criteria.

Semantic Editing (Advanced)

• Inline queries
• Semantic search