GENUKI: Advice on improving content, [Non-geographic]

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Introduction

What's here

This gives general advice for all maintainers. It focuses on the content of GENUKI, including where it might be sourced and tips on how it can be best used. It covers :

core GENUKI
Churches Database; and
the Gazetteer.

and three aspects that are common to all those

maps
images
tools

It also gives some background on the way in which information may have been structured in the past versions of GENUKI where this is relevant t o potential changes and improvements

Other related sections

There is more technical guidance here. The technical material concentrates on the structure of each page/node in the various elements and how entries are best made to give a consistent approach to handling the information and content.

The How To pages give the simple step by step information for the most common tasks maintainers need to do.

Core GENUKI

Maintainers will generally be engaged with:

Place nodes for counties and parishes
Plain/topic nodes linked to those place nodes

You can find advice on Developing Place Pages including what areas are most useful to include and the sources of information for them. Some suggestions on Using Topic Pages include creating the page and using tables ...

There are some quick tips on ways to check and add common features to pages [LINK

There are some key points to take particular care about in Maintainers' Dos and Don'ts)