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Introduction
This Wikipedia article provides background on the Wiki concept.
Comprehensive help regarding the MediaWiki software is available on the Help:Editor page from the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki Project. Users may also post questions on the Bogleheads Reference Library and Wiki subforum.
Guidelines for writing appropriate articles are still in their formative stages. As a starting point, here are Wikipedia's three core content policies:
The Bogleheads Wiki will need to modify these policies somewhat. For example, neutrality must be measured with respect to the beliefs of the Bogleheads community, not the population as a whole.
Quick Guide for Creating a New Page
Creating a new page is simple. Type the title of the new page in the Search box and Press Go. This will allow you to create a new page.
Template Messages
Use messages to apprise readers of page status or find a page displaying a message and help edit it.
Additional Template Pages:
- Category:Templates for Navigation Templates
- Templates
Wiki Fund Pages
Many wiki pages include links to Vanguard funds, and the link is sometimes to the fund's wiki page and sometimes to Vanguard's official page. The ideal situation would be for the link to always go to the fund's wiki page if there is one (since that page can link to Vanguard's official page), and to Vanguard's page if there is no wiki page. However, since this will not always be possible in practice, use the following procedures:
- If you create a link to a fund which already has a wiki page, or which is likely to have one soon (for example, there is currently no page for Small-Cap Value Index but the fund is important enough that someone will probably add it), link to the wiki page. If the page does not already exist, name it with the full fund name as Vanguard publishes it, such as Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund; this will make it easier for someone creating the page later to find all the links.
- If you create a link to a fund which does not yet have a wiki page and is not likely to have one soon, link to Vanguard's official page.
Once you have finished a wiki page for a new fund, search for other wiki pages which link to Vanguard's official page, and change the links to point to the wiki page instead. Also check to make sure you've placed the new article in the appropriate category or categories.
Here is the category page which lists the tabulations of all wiki fund pages. Use it as a handy reference.
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