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Melissa Jones at 22:55, 9 November 2010

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Claire Robinson at 09:16, 28 September 2009

2009-09-28T09:16:40Z

Claire Robinson: /* How do I edit a page? */

2009-05-02T22:03:21Z

How do I edit a page?

Claire Robinson: /* What if someone tries to vandalize or insert disinformation into the SpinProfiles itself? */

2009-05-02T22:02:02Z

What if someone tries to vandalize or insert disinformation into the SpinProfiles itself?

Claire Robinson: /* What's the point of registering? */

2009-05-02T20:46:02Z

What's the point of registering?

Claire Robinson: /* What's the point of registering? */

2009-05-02T20:45:39Z

What's the point of registering?

Claire Robinson: /* Do I have to register to edit pages? */

2009-05-02T20:42:00Z

Do I have to register to edit pages?

Claire Robinson: /* What if someone tries to vandalize or insert disinformation into the SpinProfiles itself? */

2009-05-02T20:39:27Z

What if someone tries to vandalize or insert disinformation into the SpinProfiles itself?

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−	{{~~SpinProfiles~~:Help}}	+	{{Powerbase:Help}}[[Powerbase:About\|About Powerbase]]<br>
−	< [[Powerbase:About\|About Powerbase]]<br>

	This site is built by ordinary wise people, like you. You don't need any special credentials to participate -- we shun [[Powerbase:Credentialism\|credentialism]] along with other [[Powerbase:Propaganda Techniques\|propaganda techniques]]. It's the fact that it ''is'' open to everyone that makes these articles ever-improving, as we review and build on each other's work.		This site is built by ordinary wise people, like you. You don't need any special credentials to participate -- we shun [[Powerbase:Credentialism\|credentialism]] along with other [[Powerbase:Propaganda Techniques\|propaganda techniques]]. It's the fact that it ''is'' open to everyone that makes these articles ever-improving, as we review and build on each other's work.

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 {{SpinProfiles:Help}}
-< [[SpinProfiles:About|About SpinProfiles]]<br>
+< [[Powerbase:About|About Powerbase]]<br>
 This site is built by ordinary wise people, like you. You don't need any special credentials to participate -- we shun [[Powerbase:Credentialism|credentialism]] along with other [[Powerbase:Propaganda Techniques|propaganda techniques]]. It's the fact that it ''is'' open to everyone that makes these articles ever-improving, as we review and build on each other's work.

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	[[Category:SpinProfiles Help]]		[[Category:SpinProfiles Help]]
−	~~[[Category:SpinProfiles policy and guideline pages]]~~

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 :It's quite simple. Once you have [[SpinProfiles:Register|registered]], familiarise yourself with SpinProfiles [[SpinProfiles:Editorial Policy|Editorial Policy]], then it's simply a case of clicking on the "Edit this page" at the top of the page you want to contribute to and type away. See [[SpinProfiles:How To Edit A Page|How to edit a page]] to learn about making links, using '''bold''' and ''italics'', linking to images, and many other things...
-[[SpinProfiles:How To Edit A Page|How to edit a page]] gives you step by step guidelines for the technical side of creating a page/article.
+[[SpinProfiles:How To Edit A Page|How to edit a page]] gives you step by step guidelines for creating a page/article.
 If you prefer a quick, rather than detailed guide, then see SpinProfiles [[SpinProfiles:Quick Guide to Editing| Quick Guide to Editing]]

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 #Logged-in Users can create their own individual "watch lists" that let them keep an eye on articles that they feel deserve particular monitoring. They can also call up a list of all [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes to the entire site]].
 #The software keeps an archive of past versions of each article, making it easy to undo malicious or misguided changes by reverting to a previous version.
-#Trusted users can be given "sysop" status, which lets them ban users who engage in vandalism. If a particular page becomes a target for repeat vandalism attempts, sysops can also mark that page as "protected", so that only other sysops can change it. (To request sysop status, send an email, specifying your user ID name, to sysop AT spinprofiles.org.)
+#If a User sees activity on the site that they believe is vandalism, they can email management AT spinprofiles.org and sysop AT spinprofiles.org with as much detail as possible.
 ===Since anyone can contribute information, why should anyone trust the SpinProfiles as authoritative?===

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 * It allows you to set and save SpinProfiles preferences.
-* It credits you in the article history, as well as on the [[special:Recent Changes|Recent Changes]] page, with changes you make.
+* It credits you in the article history, as well as on the Recent Changes page, with changes you make.
 * You get a personal SpinProfiles User page. You can use this to tell people about yourself and list the articles you've worked on.
 * It is much easier for your fellow SpinProfiles to interact with you if you have a name.

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 ===What's the point of registering?===
-Email management AT spinprofiles.org to register for your own user ID. Beyond being able to edit pages, you also get the following features:
+Email management AT spinprofiles.org to [[SpinProfiles:How_to_Register_as_a_User|register]] for your own user ID. This enables you to edit and contribute material and gives the following additional benefits:
-:* It allows you to set and save SpinProfiles preferences.
+* It allows you to set and save SpinProfiles preferences.
-:* It credits you in the article history, as well as on the [[special:Recent Changes|Recent Changes]] page, with changes you make.
+* It credits you in the article history, as well as on the [[special:Recent Changes|Recent Changes]] page, with changes you make.
-:* You get a personal SpinProfiles page in the User: namespace.  You can use this as a spot to tell people about yourself, list the articles you've worked on, or your personal sandbox for SpinProfiles work.
+* You get a personal SpinProfiles User page. You can use this to tell people about yourself and list the articles you've worked on.
-: Finally, it is much easier for your fellow SpinProfiles to interact with you if you have a name.
+* It is much easier for your fellow SpinProfiles to interact with you if you have a name.
-: Once you have an ID, you are invited to add yourself to the email list for editors. Email management AT spinprofiles.org
+* Once you have a User name and password, you are invited to add yourself to the email list for editors. Email management AT spinprofiles.org
 ===Do I have to use my real name?===

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 ==Registration==
 ===Do I have to register to edit pages?===
-Yes. [[SpinProfiles:Register|Registration]] and the use of your real name introduces a small measure of accountability for what users post on SpinProfiles
+Yes. [[SpinProfiles:How_to_Register_as_a_User|Registration]] and the use of your real name introduces a small measure of accountability for material posted on SpinProfiles.
 ===What's the point of registering?===

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 #Visitors to the site need to create [[Special:Userlogin|individual user IDs]]. This makes it easy to track the editing activities of each logged-in user.
-#Logged-in users can create their own individual "watch lists" that let them keep an eye on articles that they feel deserve particular monitoring. They can also call up a list of all [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes to the entire site]].
+#Logged-in Users can create their own individual "watch lists" that let them keep an eye on articles that they feel deserve particular monitoring. They can also call up a list of all [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes to the entire site]].
-#The software keeps an archive of all past versions of each article, making it easy to undo malicious or misguided changes by reverting to a previous version.
+#The software keeps an archive of past versions of each article, making it easy to undo malicious or misguided changes by reverting to a previous version.
-#Trusted users can be given "sysop" status, which lets them ban users who engage in vandalism. If a particular page becomes a target for repeat vandalism attempts, sysops can also mark that page as "protected," so that only other sysops can change it. (To request sysop status, send an email, specifying your user ID name, to sysop AT spinprofiles.org.)
+#Trusted users can be given "sysop" status, which lets them ban users who engage in vandalism. If a particular page becomes a target for repeat vandalism attempts, sysops can also mark that page as "protected", so that only other sysops can change it. (To request sysop status, send an email, specifying your user ID name, to sysop AT spinprofiles.org.)
 #There will be some means of public accountability of the sysops and others with special priveleges, for now by notifying management AT spinprofiles.org and sysop AT spinprofiles.org of activities you consider to be endangering the public policy purpose of the service as it is mandated above.