Contribution tool

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Summary

Purpose

Contribution tool enables the users to provide contributions that maintain their content unchanged in time. The contributions are linked to relevant pages in the contents of the guidance system. In addition, the content pages show links to all contributions that link to the page. In this way, the readers of the final product can see, evaluate, and give credit to the contributions of all contributors.

Structure of the process

Procedure

Contributions have a separate namespace Nugget (one meaning being "a grain of gold"). A page is created by pressing the Contribute button beside any title of any wiki page. Then,

• a new page is created on the nugget namespace
• the page appears in edit mode in a new window
• when the page is saved, it is automatically write-protected so that only the creator of the page (and a moderator) can edit the page. The moderator only edits the page if it has offensive or otherwise unacceptable material.
• The following text is automatically added below the title on the page that is commented:

{{nuggetlink|<title of the nugget page>}} 

• A similar link can manually be added to any page where the nugget is a relevant contribution.
• A saved nugget page automatically shows the pages that link to it.
• The sentences are automatically numbered on the right marginal of the nugget page to facilitate citations (is this necessary or useful?).

There is also a namespace called Nugget Talk. The discussions in this namespace are rarely important for clarifying the topic of the contribution. The main thing is that someone did bring up the contribution and the information became available. However, sometimes it is also important to give credit to the original inventor or finder of a particular idea or information. Thus, the allowed topics for this namespace are

• discussing on the origins of the contribution
• supplementing the references of the contribution
• presenting evidence about the original (or older) sources of the idea presented in the contribution.

The following topics are NOT allowed:

• Argumentum ad hominem: attacking a statement by discrediting the person who presented the statement
• Discussion about the topic of the contribution; that discussion belongs to the page to which the contribution refers.