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Hello, comrades! This is a page reserved for updates on how you can contribute to the development of our encyclopedia. Readers are also encouraged to contribute in any way possible, as they'll be not only helping the project but also helping spread Marxism-Leninism and make our science more accessible to all.
Hello, comrades! This is a page reserved for updates on how you can contribute to the development of our encyclopedia. Readers are also encouraged to contribute in any way possible, as they'll be not only helping the project but also helping spread Marxism-Leninism and make our science more accessible to all.


== Editing ==
== Editing ==
=== Article contributions ===
There is currently no academic criteria for citation of sources. You should visit these two pages once in a while:
*[[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]]
*[[Special:WantedPages|Wanted pages]]


=== Article Contributions ===
Wanted pages can be created with a small stub articles. Articles that are already big enough should have their information corrected by references to Marxist literature.
There is currently no academic criteria for citation of sources, and you don’t need an account to edit articles, feel free to do it right away ''(although your IP will be publicly seen unless you [https://en.prolewiki.org/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=ProleWiki%3AHow+to+contribute create an account])''. Our encyclopedia is in need of quantity of articles, not quality at the moment. You can write a stub, you can contribute with just a sentence in an existing article, and it will be a valuable contribution. You can also collectivize parts of articles from other projects such as [[Leftypedia]] and [[Wikipedia]]. Just try to clean any traces of bourgeois ideology in it. Collectivizing articles from our comrades over at [https://www.ecured.cu/EcuRed:Enciclopedia_cubana EcuRed] (translations: [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ecured.cu%2FEcuRed%3AEnciclopedia_cubana en]) is not only allowed, but also encouraged. Please do it.
 
For reference on how wiki articles are written, check [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples this link from Wikimedia].
 
Take a look at our [[ProleWiki:Editorial conventions|editorial conventions]] once in a while, too.


=== Translation ===
=== Translation ===
It would be ideal if we had the same article written for different languages, but this is very utopic. Right now, it's actually possible to do so, considering we have few articles. But when our project reach more people, there will be a lot of movement between different languages, and we'll have trouble tracking those changes through all languages. If you see an article in another language that is not available in your language, feel free to translate it to your language. Also if we don't have a language available that you can contribute to, please [https://lemmygrad.ml/u/felipeforte leave Felipe Forte a message] in Lemmygrad and we'll create one for your language.
To have ProleWiki translated to your language, you should have 3 to 5 other comrades with you to do work translating interface. We will offer support when translating interface messages to your language. To help with that, we will use the Weblate tool: https://weblate.yerbamate.ml/projects/prolewiki/interface/


=== Web and wiki development ===
=== Development ===
We are currently in need for comrades who can work with PHP to add more languages to our language list in [https://prolewiki.org our home website]. We also need a version of this front page a bit more accessible to smartphone users, since the majority of people only use smartphones to access the internet. In the far future, comrades can also fork Wikipedia's Android app to make it functional for ProleWiki, but that may also take a while to organize. Wiki development means using MediaWiki's engine formatting to make editing articles easier. It's not that hard, anyone can learn MediaWiki's engine formatting by looking at the article sources in Leftypedia, Wikipedia, etc. This work makes editing articles a lot easier for everybody and it's very valuable to all comrades.
<blockquote>''See: [[ProleWiki:Development]]''</blockquote>
We need comrades who are familiar with MediaWiki software and website administration. Any comrade who is able to fork [https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia Wikipedia's app] to work with ProleWiki should let us know in our [https://t.me/joinchat/GTCZSBQzgjGTrg2TQhOE5w Telegram commune].


=== Work on our [[Main Page|main page]]===
== Donate ==
As a reference, you can look at [https://leftypedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Leftypedia's homepage] or [https://www.ecured.cu/EcuRed:Enciclopedia_cubana EcuRed's homepage].
<blockquote>''See: [[ProleWiki:Donate|ProleWiki:Donate]]''</blockquote>
Not only we live in a class society and are part of the lower class, but we also live in a market economy. Hosting websites has its expenses, and to keep ProleWiki, we have to pay an yearly fee. Every donation (and expenses) are transparently shown [[ProleWiki:Donate|here]] and if our project ends up with a surplus amount of money, we can discuss collectively how this money can be used to develop our work. Any donation is based on class solidarity, we reject any funding from enemies of our people.


=== WikiMedia Templates ===
== Share our work ==
When editing articles, a most valuable tool is having ready-to-go templates for styles that handle certain necessities. For example, we can create a template for quotations, like it was used [https://pt.prolewiki.org/index.php?title=Marxismo-leninismo&oldid=110 here]. The best way to know what features are needed for editing articles is to edit yourself the articles and understand how any work could be made easier through templates. Another thing is figuring out if templates can be used across different languages, since MediaWiki templates are local by default, and having to write them in different languages is also labor.
ProleWiki's sole purpose of existence is to provide a resourceful tool to workers from all nations, so they can have the theoretical knowledge to understanding their own realities. We are Marxists-Leninists, however, which means we are not satisfied with understanding our reality, we also want to provide practical knowledge to assist in changing the current state of things.


== Share your experiences with your comrades ==
For that, ProleWiki intends to be an international organization in the future, keeping the same purpose of assisting revolutionaries all over the world. Changing the world is no small task, and it won't be done by a sect or small conspiracy group, this will be done by the mass of people through revolution. This is the reason we should make our project as known as possible. Not only to have more contributors available to enhance the quality of our collective work, but to make the revolutionary ideas more known.
It's important that everyone look at our project and point exactly what is missing in our style of work. Everything can be improved, and having a community organized on a common goal is very rewarding. We can request articles, discuss issues that may arise during our project, or suggest a feature that you think would improve our work. You can do this by creating a post on our [https://lemmygrad.ml/c/prolewiki community on Lemmygrad]


== Donate ==
<blockquote>
Not only we live in a class society and are part of the lower class, but we also live in a market economy. Hosting websites has its expenses, and to keep ProleWiki, we have to pay an yearly fee. Currently we have no donation platform, so it's not yet available. Every donation (and expenses) are transparently shown [[ProleWiki:How to contribute/Monetary|here]] and if our project ends up with a surplus amount of money, we can discuss collectively through Lemmygrad how this money can be used to improve our work, or also to begin new projects, or even help existing ones. Any donation is based on class solidarity, we reject any funding from enemies of our people.
By sharing our work, you're helping revolutionary ideas spread. </br>
By contributing, your effort becomes part of the collective effort.


== Spread the word ==
Long live marxism-leninism!
Share with your comrades about our project. Who knows, maybe they can also help improve it? If you're going to use bourgeois internet media (like Twitter, Reddit or Facebook) to share ProleWiki around, make sure you're sharing with people you trust. We are not ready to avoid organized attacks yet.
</blockquote>
[[pt:ProleWiki:Como contribuir]]

Revision as of 18:08, 8 December 2020

Hello, comrades! This is a page reserved for updates on how you can contribute to the development of our encyclopedia. Readers are also encouraged to contribute in any way possible, as they'll be not only helping the project but also helping spread Marxism-Leninism and make our science more accessible to all.

Editing

Article contributions

There is currently no academic criteria for citation of sources. You should visit these two pages once in a while:

Wanted pages can be created with a small stub articles. Articles that are already big enough should have their information corrected by references to Marxist literature.

For reference on how wiki articles are written, check this link from Wikimedia.

Take a look at our editorial conventions once in a while, too.

Translation

To have ProleWiki translated to your language, you should have 3 to 5 other comrades with you to do work translating interface. We will offer support when translating interface messages to your language. To help with that, we will use the Weblate tool: https://weblate.yerbamate.ml/projects/prolewiki/interface/

Development

See: ProleWiki:Development

We need comrades who are familiar with MediaWiki software and website administration. Any comrade who is able to fork Wikipedia's app to work with ProleWiki should let us know in our Telegram commune.

See: ProleWiki:Donate

Not only we live in a class society and are part of the lower class, but we also live in a market economy. Hosting websites has its expenses, and to keep ProleWiki, we have to pay an yearly fee. Every donation (and expenses) are transparently shown here and if our project ends up with a surplus amount of money, we can discuss collectively how this money can be used to develop our work. Any donation is based on class solidarity, we reject any funding from enemies of our people.

Share our work

ProleWiki's sole purpose of existence is to provide a resourceful tool to workers from all nations, so they can have the theoretical knowledge to understanding their own realities. We are Marxists-Leninists, however, which means we are not satisfied with understanding our reality, we also want to provide practical knowledge to assist in changing the current state of things.

For that, ProleWiki intends to be an international organization in the future, keeping the same purpose of assisting revolutionaries all over the world. Changing the world is no small task, and it won't be done by a sect or small conspiracy group, this will be done by the mass of people through revolution. This is the reason we should make our project as known as possible. Not only to have more contributors available to enhance the quality of our collective work, but to make the revolutionary ideas more known.

By sharing our work, you're helping revolutionary ideas spread.
By contributing, your effort becomes part of the collective effort.

Long live marxism-leninism!