Documents

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Document pages describe published reports and articles. Pages either link to files uploaded on the wiki, to a off-site location, or to a Google Scholar search. Provided here are directions of creating a document page, and a list of all document pages.

Documents and the Social Contract

Uploading and providing analysis of documents should be consistent with our social contract. Don't violate copyright. Provide impersonal, evidence-driven analysis. Use concise language.

Standard Names for Document Pages

Please use the following syntax for document page names

Simenstad & Cordell 2000 salmonid habitat assessment pacific northwest
Odum 1988 tidal fresh vs salt marsh ecology
Gray et al 2002 salmon river habitat restoration performance

note that we start with an in-line citation format, and include just enough keywords in the title to guess at content and improve search functionality.

Creating a Document Page for an Off-wiki Document

To create a document page, just type in a standard document name in the search window, and press [Go]. This will give you the option of creating the page. Please include the following elements in a document page:

  1. Standard name - Use a standard document page name.
  2. Document Template Code - Don't forget to put the template code {{document}} at the top of text.
  3. Categories - Pick some appropriate categories and add them to the top of text (examples are given on the edit page).
  4. Standard Bibliographic Citation - Please provide a text string that will lets a user cut and paste a standard bibliographic citation.
  5. Link to Document - If the document has a stable link location, than please provide it. Consider a google scholar search if you have any doubts about the stability of the document link.

Creating a Google Scholar Search

If the document is under copyright, and cannot be uploaded, you can insert a google scholar link, like so:

[http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Simenstad+Cordell+2000+salmonid+habitat+assessment&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C48 Google Scholar Search for Simenstad & Cordell 2000]

Just go to google scholar, type in a competant search including authors date and keywords, and then paste search query from the address window and add the wiki markup and some link text. The example above produces the following results:

Google Scholar Search for Simenstad & Cordell 2000

Finally, why not tell us why you think the document is important, strong or weak. Add an analysis section, and sign your remarks with three tildas, '''~~~'''. This will create an author stamp with a link back to your user page. Anyone can add to document analysis.

If you don't have time, at least do the first three steps and then flag it with the raw template--like so: {{raw}}--indicating some sloppy work that needs fixing.

Uploading a Document

The second way to create a document page is to actually upload a file to the wiki. This is a good choice if there is not currently a stable web location for the document, or it otherwise may become difficult to find.

The content should be the same as for an off-wiki page. Follow the Upload a Document link found on any document page and follow instructions.

Creating a redirect page for easy citation

Documents have complicated page names like File:Simenstad & Cordell 2000 criteria for restoring salmonid habitat. To make it easy to cite, create a redirect page. Create a page called Simenstad & Cordell 2000, and on that page write a redirect that jumps the browser to the full document page. In this way you can cite a document page by just typing the file name into your text like this:

Salmon like to eat invertebrates ([[Simenstad & Cordell 2000]])

Which will produce the following text:

Salmon like to eat invertebrates (Simenstad & Cordell 2000).

Creating a redirect page is very easy.

Documents loaded on the wiki

Documents cited in the wiki