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<nowiki>==Sub Title==</nowiki> | <nowiki>==Sub Title==</nowiki> | ||
<nowiki>===Sub-sub Title===</nowiki> | <nowiki>===Sub-sub Title===</nowiki> | ||
<nowiki>===Sub-sub-sub Title===</nowiki> | <nowiki>===Sub-sub-sub Title===</nowiki> | ||
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Revision as of 14:52, 12 September 2022
Wiki Intro
For a more detailed page on Wikis, its historical historical perspective and some of its many possibilities see the Wiki page.
This page is more how-to guide.
As it is a wiki, feel free to edit it.
Wiki editing
cheatsheet
''italics''
'''bold'''
'''''bold and italics'''''
==standard header==
===next-level header=== (...and so on)
[[Internal link]]
[[Internal link|alternate text]]
[http://example.com text of external link]
[[Category:Example]] (category tag)
[[:Category:Example]] (link to category)
---- (horizontal line)
* bulleted item
# numbered item
:indentation
::double indentation (...and so on)
;term : definition
[[File:Image-name.jpg|thumb|frame|Caption text]]
{{:Transcluded page name}}
{{Template name}} (call to template)
#REDIRECT [[Page name]]
editing
How to write on the wiki?
Writing on a wiki is not not very different from writing a blog.
You have a Read and Edit mode.
Edit lets you enter content and make changes to existing content.
While you are editing, you can preview your changes in the Preview window.
Once done editing save the page, otherwise your contribution will be lost.
Title Headings
You can make titles with different hierarchic levels by using "=" as follows:
=Main Title=
==Sub Title==
===Sub-sub Title===
===Sub-sub-sub Title===
You can place content under each of these section
page creation
How to create a page?
In a wiki the information is organized into pages or articles ( no great distinction between the two). If you want to say something about something for which there isn't a page, you create that page and start writing its content.
To create a page create internal links [[name of new page]] for that page
The other easy way to create is to use the search function with the name of the page you want to create. When searching, you are given the possibility to create that page.
Note: For your work you should use sub pages under your user namespace. [[User:yourusername/mypage]]
- Red link = previously non-existing page.
- Blue link = existing page.
Wiki - an existing page
oooooooo - an non-existing page
external links
[https://xpub.nl/ XPUB's website]
Audio-visuals
uploading images
You probably want not only to write, but also to use images, audio and video on the pages you'll be developing.
Wiki allows the following formats:
| Medium | Formats |
|---|---|
| image | png, gif, jpg, jpeg, svg |
| audio | ogg, mp3 |
| video | ogv, webm, mp4 |
To upload you can use the picture icon on the menu. It asks you for the file name of the file you are going to upload (they must match) and a caption, if you to say something about that image, video, or audio.
The syntax to insert an image:
[[File:myimage.png|My caption]]
Captions can be added to images by using a vertical bar (the "pipe"):
[[File:myimage.jpg|Caption under the image]]
Youtube/Vimeo videos
To include, you need:
- the ID of the video you want to include in you page
- to write {{youtube|id}} for Youtube or {{vimeo|id}} for vimeo. Where the id is the sequence of numbers and letters that follow ?v= in Youtube videos url, and vimeo.com/ in Vimeo videos)
Example: {{youtube|A1YYv_J2csk}} {{vimeo|68841788}}
will results in:
Wiki calendar care
Here's a link to how to add information to the calendar and what do you if it disappears. It's a pad so it may change, and it acts as a tool should people want to write other questions or comments. https://pad.xpub.nl/p/wiki_calendar_howto
Changing pages' titles
Pages' titles can be changed by using the function Move in the top right corner in a dropdown menu next to the star.
The Move page permits you to attribute a new name to the current page
Communication
How do collaborators, editors, proofreaders, coordinators and designers communicate withing this ecosystem ?
Say one totally disagrees with what is said in page where she is collaborating.
There are several ways to go about it.
One of the places that could be used is the talk page.
By the book
A good free online resource is Yaron Koren's Working with MediaWiki. Yaron Koren is a contributor to the MediaWiki software community, particularly around integrating data and journalism (he's the primary author of the Cargo extension).
Some Key Topics
- Navigating: Special:RecentChanges, Special:NewFiles, Special:AllPages, Special:RandomPage
- Wikitext : a "lightweight markup", Headers, etc. (there are also some useful Behaviour Switches like __NOTOC__)
- Section editing (good way to avoid edit conflicts)
- Namespaces: Main, Category, User, Talk
- Redirects & Renaming
- Linking: Name normalization, Subpages
- Media: Images & Files, Audio/Video
- Advanced: Transclusion & Templates, Widgets
- Extensions and Special pages like Special:Version
- Come on get API!
Further reading
Interview series on wiki publishing by Publishing Lab team Cristina Cochior, Juan Gomez, Lucia Dossin and Sandra Fauconnier
- Wiki-as-documentation with Anja Groten (Hackers & Designers)
- Wiki-as-wet-classification with Renee Turner, Andre Castro & Manufactura Independente
- Wiki-as-Thinking-Machine with Mondoteque (Femke Snelting, Alexia de Visscher, Natacha Roussel, Martino Morandi)