Composing+the+Wiki

=**The SSC-HEL Wiki **=

 This project is dedicated to making a free resource for research into and the teaching of how the English Language arose and evolved over the years.

 It is viewable by all, but to add to or edit this wikibook, you must be a registered user. To join as a registered user, click on the "Join this Wiki" link in the upper left-hand corner of this page. When you are approved, you will be able to edit pages.

 Please respect copyright holders: i.e., **do not simply copy and paste chunks of text into this**. Especially do not copy materials fromWikipedia into this wiki--stuff on wikipedia is already there and doesn't need to be reproduced. Explain the concepts in your own words. Use links when you need to include material from other websites.

**Contributing to the Wiki **
To get started, here is a brief intro to editing a wikispaces page:

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 The interface of wikispaces has changed slightly since this video was made, but the principles are the same.

 The best way to think about this is that we are collaboratively composing a textbook; millions of other online readers may come to this site looking for information. We are giving it to them.

 You may add information to any page (prose, subject headings, links, multimedia content, etc.). You may revise, edit, or correct what is already there. You may reorganize the materials. You may delete information that seems to be not helpful. You should, in fact, do all of these for each page. One thing you should do is create (or add to) a "For Further Information" subsection at the end of each page, and link to online resources you have found helpful.