WikiShepp:About

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About WikiShepp: Documenting the History of the Goulburn Valley

WikShepp has been set up with funding from the Australian Research Council and the City of Greater Shepparton for the "Science & Citizenship" project from History & Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne. Our team has provided some key, starter essays on communities and historical figures in the Goulburn Valley, and links to resources such as the Australian Dictionary of Biography. We also publish some of our research results in various essays. However, one day we hope that our contribution will be a very small part of a great, community history of the people, places and events that have made the Goulburn Valley of Victoria.

Getting started

You are probably aware of Wikipedia, a freely accessible, collaborative encyclopedia. Wikipedia is the most successful example of a wiki, which is essentially a piece of software that makes it easy for anyone to create and edit content on the web. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with a broad range of topics, but numerous wikis exist on various topics for general or specialised audiences.

WikiShepp is a resource for the history of the people and places of the Goulburn Valley. It was inspired by other wikis with a local focus, such as WikiNorthia, and is supported by the Goulburn Valley Regional Library and the History and Philosophy of Science program at the University of Melbourne. It uses the same MediaWiki software that was developed for Wikipedia, so if you have browsed or edited articles on Wikipedia you will have had some exposure to the software. However, some of WikiShepp’s policies and setup are different from Wikipedia’s.

Anyone can view articles on WikiShepp without needing to register. To create or edit articles, you need to register a user account, which is free and open to everyone. Create a new account specifying your preferred username and password. You also need to provide an email address and will need to confirm the address by following the instructions which will be sent to that address.

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