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The Wiki Classical Dictionary (WCD) is a new wiki devoted to the history, literature, mythology, art and archaeology of the ancient world. The WCD opened on April 4, 2005 and currently has 742 articles. The WCD is a project of the site ancientlibrary.com (http://www.ancientlibrary.com).
What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a kind of encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Contributors are asked to follow the WCD Guidelines, "writing to their level" and attending to the other norms of good scholarship. In general, the WCD is slightly more edited than the best-known wiki, Wikipedia, but still very free. The project is overseen by a community of WCD Editors.
Topics
The WCD is expanding rapidly, but a certain topics have received most of the attention:
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- View the recent changes. What can you improve?
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- View wanted pages. These pages are referenced at least twice but haven't been written. Go ahead and give it a shot!
- Check out Current events for heads up on new pages and things that need work.
- Read the WCD Guidelines and understand the WCD:Copyrights before you post. As for copyright, the WCD is a "free, closed system." Material submitted retains your copyright, and cannot be used elsewhere by anyone except you. By submitting, you grant WCD the right to display your material, and allow others to edit it, but this grant is confined to the WCD itself.
- To make a new page, just click on a red link. If you don't see a red link, enter the term into the search box click and then click "create an article with this title."
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