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* To learn more aboutof the facts behind the manifesto

** The manifesto will change when approaching an election is approaching. At that point it will be archived and the new manifesto added. Data such as the 2017 manifesto shouldn't be changed except to correct typo errors. It is a direct copy of the manifesto as found on labour.org.uk.

* '''''[[Articles and Analysis]]''''' provides articles that give further insight into Labour policies, global politics and background data thethat underlineunderlines the need for progressive politics.

** It is not intended for this area to become a dumping ground for every article that is providedproduced by the media whether that be the old media or the new independent media. Although there will be an expectation for media providers to update these pages, they will be monitored and if the facility is being abused then the right to edit will be revoked.

** International articles must support the aimsaim to be useful campaigning tools; for example an article on Portugal's socialism would be acceptable. An article on how wonderful it is that Portugal has a socialist government, if it lacks detail on the mechanics of that socialist offering, will not be acceptable.

** Broken down into sections that cover Education, Housing, the NHS, Public services etc. ThisThe main page for this area provides quick viewsoverviews of the latest activity that is impacting the welfare of the country. This is not the main drive of this area.

*** Headlines that create an impact, but are not based inon facts will be removed. For example a recent meme that did the circuit stated that the Tories have closed 1250 Jobcentres. This has a impact as a headline, but it is blatantly untrue, as a figure of 1250 closed Jobcentres will mean that the UK now has -400.

*** Headlines that could well be true, but have no source evidence will be removed.

Contributions to the wiki are, as a whole, gratefully accepted. The more contributors the wiki has, the more information is available to aid in campaigning. However, unlike other wikis such as wikipedia, this wiki has restricted access to editing. The reason for this is that being a political campaigningcampaign wiki, it is more likely to come under attack. AlsoIt itis isalso important that the content is managed so that the amount of information in the group doesn't mean that it becomes impossible to navigate through.

The wiki will include links to media, but these will be monitored to ensure it doesn't become a newsfeed service. Articles need to be very specific to UK campaigning. This doesn't exclude articles about political activity abroad, but an article highlighting a new policy introduced in the US to, for example, restrict immigration, would not qualify as an article that supported UK campaigning.

* '''''Proof readingProofreading is helpful.''''' Due to the amount of material that is added daily to the wiki, it is very easy for mistakes to be made or for content to be unclear. If you are an editor in the group, please make changes to obvious errors in the text.

* '''''Research for new pages'''''. This can be sections on a page or whole pages. Sometimes admins will know a subject needs covering, but will not have the bandwidth to carry out the work. In those cases a page will be added with no content, with the intention of re-visitingrevisiting at some point. Providing articles for such pages is very helpful. Exactly the same for sections on pages where the page may partially cover the subject partially, but has not been fully completed.

* '''''Inclusion in Blogs, Webpages and specific articles'''''. The more web sites that link to the wiki is linked from, the more likely it is to rise in search engines. Part of the algorithms of search engines is to look at what links to the wiki and if it is linked to from many sources, this will push it up the search priority of the engine.

* '''''Share from the wiki.''''' If somebody asks a question in a social group, don't necessarily collect the information from the wiki and then share the source. It will promote the wiki if you share the link to the Campaign-Labour wiki where the source material is referenced. This spreads the wiki to a larger audience and helps it to be more successful

* '''''We love Wiki gurus'''''. Campaign-Labour has been created by volunteers who are intent on spreading the message - we need a Labour government. That means that we have learnt how to use wiki on the fly. This will become obvious to a wiki guru with just a quick glimpse at the code. If you are that guru, then volunteer your serviceservices please.

* Write an article in a application you are comfortable with and submit it by email. To provide content tofor the wiki, you must make an initial contact using the [[Special:EmailUser/Michaeldakin|Email Admin]] option. Once an admin has checked your email, you will receive a reply with an email address to send your submission(s). Please provide onthese details in your initial contact email:

** If you wish to add it yourself, then provide evidence of your support for the Labour party as in pointoutlined below.

** Evidence of your support for the Party. For example of, Facebook groups you are a member of that support the Party.

As can be appreciated we have to be very careful who edits pages on Campaign-Labour. If you are not accepted to add content, please understand that it is due to us not beingour certainuncertainty based on the evidence available to us. Though it may appear that the rules are strict, we actually don't need too much evidence. We will tend to lean towards giving the benefit of the doubt asbecause if we do get a rogue editor, we can easily remove them and roll back to the original state.