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== How to Contribute ==
<strong>This is a wiki, so anyone can contribute</strong>. If programs or faculty have been overlooked&mdash;which No account is assuredly the caseneeded&mdash;though you are encouraged to add them, even if you are not a member of that department. Also, information will date rapidlycreate one&mdash;especiallyand all changes can be rolled back, e.g., links to pdf CVs since their filenames often contain the (approximate) dates of creation, which change&mdash;so by all means help keep things up to dateedit with a free hand.
Wiki [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting/markup] is very straightforward. Just click 'Edit' at the top of the page&mdash;or next to the entry you want to modify&mdash;and mimic the format of existing entries. Not all entries list the specialties of faculty members or whether faculty members are willing to work with new students. If that information is known, please add it, since that is very helpful to prospective students.=== Making Edits ===
<strong>Every program listed also has a separate Wiki Program Page</strong> where additional information can be provided to prospective students. While the style and format of this main page should be kept consistent, individual Wiki Program Pages can take any form whatsoever. To add or edit one of these pages, entries simply follow click 'Edit' in the Wiki Program Page link underneath the department listing of interest and edit that page. To add a Wiki Program Pageappropriate section, follow the directions [[Creating_Program_Pages|here]].<ref>If adding a new Wiki Program Page seems too daunting, that's fine. One is likely to be created for you after a period of timeas seen below.</ref>
Unless otherwise specified, Wiki Program Pages presently contain the same information as the front-page listing, though that should change over time[[File:EditScreenShotCrop.png]]
<strong>Programs with significant participation of affiliated faculty are strongly urged You will then be able to use Wiki Program Pages</strong> for the purpose of listing them modify and explaining their role and involvement with philosophy of biology graduate students. Simply linking on add to the main page to affiliated faculty inwiki markup, eas seen below.g., a history department, law school, medical school, etc., is likely to be confusing to prospective students who do not know how these individuals are connected to (You can ignore the Ph.D. program they are researching.line that starts with <refnowiki>The other downside of listing on the main page affiliated faculty whose connection to a philosophy of biology graduate program is unclear is that other contributors may remove them. This is, after all, a wiki.'<nowiki>'</refnowiki>.)
This site does not pretend [[File:EditScreenMarkupCrop.png]] Wiki [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting/markup] is very straightforward. However, all you have to provide an exhaustive list of philosophy of biology graduate do is mimic the current entries. If programs, though that or faculty have been overlooked&mdash;which is assuredly the goalcase&mdash;you are encouraged to add them, even if you are not a member of that department. Contributing Also, information will date rapidly, so by all means help keep things up to achieve date. === Wiki Program Pages === Every program listed also has a separate Wiki Program Page where additional information can be provided to prospective students. While the style and format of this main page should be kept consistent, individual Wiki Program Pages can take any form whatsoever. To edit one of these pages, simply follow the Wiki Program Page link underneath the department listing of interest and edit that goal sooner rather than laterpageThe following programs have added considerably to their Wiki Program Pages. Feel free to mimic them. * [[University_of_California,_Davis#.VLbPZh-c200|University of California, Davis]]* [[University_of_Cincinnati#.VLbP4x-c200|University of Cincinnati]]* [[University_of_Minnesota,_Twin_Cities#.VLbQHB-c200|University of Minnesota, Twin Cities]]* [[University_of_Pennsylvania#.VLbQNR-c200|University of Pennsylvania]]
Questions, comments, ideas? Let [http://shamiller.net me] know at [mailto:shamiller@ucdavis.edu shamiller@ucdavis.edu].