User:Wilbur

Welcome Wilbur!

Summary
This is the Trauma and Dissociation wiki where writers can focus on expert consensus, backed up by citations. Your help is greatly appreciated in editing here.

Editing Policy
 * This is not Wikipedia, and although some guidelines are identical, others are not.
 * No links to personal blogs or forums (including links to blogs by experts on Dissociative Disorders or Trauma Disorders).
 * No links solely for the purpose of buying something.
 * All information has to be referenced by authoritative sources.

Authoritative Sources
This wiki will only contain validated information, and will maintain a professional level. Use only the sources listed here for references.


 * Journal articles in peer reviewed academic journals, especially those focused on dissociation, like the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.
 * Websites of leading mental health associations (the ISSTD, the APA etc.)
 * Recently published books by experts on Dissociative Disorders and trauma and stressor-disorders.
 * Use the most recent reference that can be found, so this site is up to date.
 * When referencing use the best references available. For instance, when writing about SRA then reference experts in SRA. When writing about neurology and the way the brain functions and how DID works, then reference experts in this area.

These are not authoritative or professional sources and therefore cannot not be used on this wiki as a reference:


 * Any wiki.
 * Popular or (auto)biographic books, intended 'for the public'.
 * Blogs and forums.
 * Websites, unless they fall into a category listed under authoritative sources.

Article Structure
1. Link all key words that have existing pages.

2. The lead is a summary of the information below this top section of text. Don't come to a page and just edit the summary, it messes everything up. The proper way is to add content to the body, then make sure any added information is included in the lead.

Inserting Video, Images, References

 * How to imbed videos on this wiki.
 * How to upload an image on this wiki.
 * How to insert an image on a page.
 * How to use the cite template to insert a reference.
 * If a reference already exists on another page, use the same tag. This makes for easier editing throughout this wiki.

Example: For the book Rebuilding shattered lives treating complex PTSD dissociative disorders, always use this: < ref name=Chu2011 > (without the spaces before and after < >.

You will get an error unless you use the reference you have listed. This is done by adding a slash. Example:

To add specific pages, which we highly recommend, then write this: { { Rp|776-778 } } (without the spaces).

The template will not insert the reference, but the preview works. Just hit preview and then copy and past the reference between the reference tags at the bottom of the page. Put the reference in alphabetical order, so it reduces the chance of duplication.

Menu
More
 * Page List
 * Image List

In addition: To edit create an account.
 * Many of the pages need cleanup. You don't have to be an expert to help.
 * Be bold when you think you can do better.
 * Even if you are correcting one (spelling) mistake, it helps.
 * Special:WantedPages is a list of pages that are linked, but do not exist yet. If you are knowledgeable in an area then you can help by working on or creating a page on the subject.
 * Special:ShortPages lists all short (and not-so-short) pages, ordered by length. They may need to be expanded further, clarified or have citations added.
 * Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Stub is a list of pages that are marked as incomplete - 'stubs'. You can help expanding them.
 * Help:Contents is a short guide on how editing works.

In summary, there is much to do here. Create articles, add information, clean up existing articles, proofread, create art for this wiki, and add relevant books.

See also DID:TODO.

Q (talk) 21:31, 5 July 2013 (UTC)