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For example, when you look at the page for Murray N. Rothbard, it is categorized (at this writing) as "Anarcho-capitalists," "Economists," "Historians," and "Political theorists." Not sure which categories exist to assign to an article? The list of categories is here. Get to know these categories and you can add them to pages as you go along. Categories are customarily added at the very bottom of the page's text, inside square brackets, as in [[Category:Political theorists]].
By the way, if you forget which categories exist, you don't have to come back here for the list: Click the word "Category" at the bottom of any page's category indications, and you'll have the entire list available to you.

Most wanted pages

Most wanted pages: When a Mises Wiki editor creates a link to a Mises Wiki page that has not yet been created (those "red links" you see all over that seem to go nowhere), that is effectively a statement that, said page is considered desirable by that editor. Here at the Mises Wiki, the system counts these "red link" pages that need to be created, and this list shows which yet-to-be-created-pages are linked to the most – even though they don't yet exist!
Look at these pages, and perhaps you can create a small page, even a "stub" (see above), that is really sought after. [N.B. As of late 2010 while the Mises Wiki is getting going, the "most wanted" list might seem a bit unexpected with all those "Anniversaries" entries (see below), but stay tuned!]

Projects

The Economic History Project

Economic history: An overview of the economic history project here on the Mises Wiki plus some identified economic history items that could use your assistance

The Anniversaries “project”

The Anniversaries are not really an official “project”, a project being a special designation. Nevertheless, during the startup mode of the Mises Wiki, we need to add events of interest to each day of the year for automatic subsequent inclusion on the Main Page in the This Week in History section. When enough days have events stored in them, the Main Page section will become the Today in History section. Take a look at your calendars of history to see if there is anything you can add. You’ll find more instructions on the Anniversaries page.

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The Sandbox: A practice area and workspace where you can try out your wiki editing skills (newbies welcome) and not worry (much) about breaking anything. Have at it! Try using the Show preview button to test your edits first, and notice also there is a Cancel option.
Did your attempt still end up looking like a disaster? No idea how to fix it? Heart beating? No worries. Folks aren't too far away if you have questions. And, the Sandbox slate is wiped clean regularly, so any less-than-perfect results won’t be there long. That why the Sandbox is there!

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Meetups: A developing list of worldwide meetup groups of followers and friends of the Austrian School, most of whom have probably not yet tested their skills in the Sandbox either

The Mises Wiki mailing list

Join the Mises Wiki mailing list here to discuss new features and projects, troubleshooting, and to discuss the future development of the Mises Wiki.

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 ==Most recent changes==
 * [[Special:RecentChanges|Most recent changes]]: Watching changes that have just been made also helps us avoid any spam or mischief.  The Mises Wiki is already popular enough to have been discovered by statist ne'er-do-wells!
-==The Economic History Project==
+==Uncategorized pages==
+* [[Special:UncategorizedPages|Uncategorized pages]]: Each article (or sometimes "page") here on the Mises Wiki becomes more useful overall when it has been assigned one or more "categories".  You can see each page's categorization by looking at the very bottom of the page.  These categories are "clickable" and by clicking the category you can quickly find all other articles in that same category.
+* For example, when you look at the page for [[Murray N. Rothbard]], it is categorized (at this writing) as "Anarcho-capitalists," "Economists," "Historians," and "Political theorists."  Not sure which categories exist to assign to an article?  The list of categories is [[Special:Categories|here]].  Get to know these categories and you can add them to pages as you go along.  Categories are customarily added at the very bottom of the page's text, inside square brackets, as in <code><nowiki>[[Category:Political theorists]]</nowiki></code>.
+* By the way, if you forget which categories exist, you don't have to come back here for the list:  Click the word "Category" at the bottom of any page's category indications, and you'll have the entire list available to you.
+==Most wanted pages==
+* [[Special:WantedPages|Most wanted pages]]: When a Mises Wiki editor creates a link to a Mises Wiki page that has not yet been created (those "red links" you see all over that seem to go nowhere), that is effectively a statement that, said page is considered desirable by that editor.  Here at the Mises Wiki, the system counts these "red link" pages that need to be created, and this list shows which yet-to-be-created-pages are linked to the most – even though they don't yet exist!
+* Look at these pages, and perhaps you can create a small page, even a "stub" (see above), that is really sought after.  [N.B.  As of late 2010 while the Mises Wiki is getting going, the "most wanted" list might seem a bit unexpected with all those "Anniversaries" entries (see below), but stay tuned!]
+==Projects==
+===The Economic History Project===
 * [[MisesWiki:WikiProject Economic History|Economic history]]: An overview of the economic history project here on the Mises Wiki plus some identified economic history items that could use your assistance
+===The Anniversaries “project”===
+* The [[MisesWiki:Anniversaries|Anniversaries]] are not really an official “project”, a project being a special designation. Nevertheless, during the startup mode of the Mises Wiki, we need to add events of interest to each day of the year for automatic subsequent inclusion on the Main Page in the '''This Week in History''' section.  When enough days have events stored in them, the Main Page section will become the '''Today in History''' section.  Take a look at your calendars of history to see if there is anything you can add.  You’ll find more instructions on the [[MisesWiki:Anniversaries|Anniversaries]] page.
 ==The sandbox==
-* [[MisesWiki:Sandbox|The Sandbox]]: A practice area and workspace where you can try out your wiki editing skills (newbies welcome) and not worry (much) about breaking anything.  Have at it!  Try using the Show preview button to test your edits first, and notice also there is a Cancel option.  Did your attempt still end up looking like a disaster?   No idea how to fix it?  Heart beating?   No worries.  Folks aren't too far away if you have questions.  And, the Sandbox slate is wiped clean regularly, so any less-than-perfect results won’t be there long.  That why the Sandbox is there!
+* [[MisesWiki:Sandbox|The Sandbox]]: A practice area and workspace where you can try out your wiki editing skills (newbies welcome) and not worry (much) about breaking anything.  Have at it!  Try using the Show preview button to test your edits first, and notice also there is a Cancel option.
+* Did your attempt still end up looking like a disaster?   No idea how to fix it?  Heart beating?   No worries.  Folks aren't too far away if you have questions.  And, the Sandbox slate is wiped clean regularly, so any less-than-perfect results won’t be there long.  That why the Sandbox is there!
 ==Meetups==
 * [[MisesWiki:Meetups|Meetups]]: A developing list of worldwide meetup groups of followers and friends of the [[Austrian School]], most of whom have probably not yet tested their skills in the Sandbox either
-==Uncategorized pages==
-* [[Special:UncategorizedPages|Uncategorized pages]]: Each article (or sometimes "page") here on the Mises Wiki becomes more useful overall when it has been assigned one or more "categories".  You can see each page's categorization by looking at the very bottom of the page.  These categories are "clickable" and by clicking the category you can quickly find all other articles in that same category.  For example, when you look at the page for [[Murray N. Rothbard]], it is categorized (at this writing) as "Anarcho-capitalists," "Economists," "Historians," and "Political theorists."  Not sure which categories exist to assign to an article?  The list of categories is [[Special:Categories|here]].  Get to know these categories and you can add them to pages as you go along.  Categories are customarily added at the very bottom of the page's text, inside square brackets, as in <code><nowiki>[[Category:Political theorists]]</nowiki></code>.
-==Most wanted pages==
-* [[Special:WantedPages|Most wanted pages]]: When a Mises Wiki editor creates a link to a Mises Wiki page that has not yet been created (those "red links" you see all over that seem to go nowhere), that is effectively a statement that, said page is considered desirable by that editor.  Here at the Mises Wiki, the system counts these "red link" pages that need to be created, and this list shows which yet-to-be-created-pages are linked to the most – even though they don't yet exist!  Look at these pages, and perhaps you can create a small page, even a "stub" (see above), that is really sought after.  [N.B.  As of late 2010 while the Mises Wiki is getting going, the "most wanted" list might seem a bit unexpected, but stay tuned!]
 ==The Mises Wiki mailing list==
 * Join the Mises Wiki mailing list [http://groups.google.com/a/mises.com/group/wiki here] to discuss new features and projects, troubleshooting, and to discuss the future development of the Mises Wiki.