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'''This page is a how-to guide.'''
'''This page is a playground full of resources for Media Wiki writing'''


'''As it is a wiki, feel free to edit it.'''
'''As it is a wiki, feel free to edit it and play with it.'''
 
MEDIA WIKI link: [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki link]
 
[[Experiment]]


[[File:Map-sketch.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Map-sketch.jpg|thumb]]
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__TOC__
__TOC__


==Wiki editing==
=NEXT CHOICE SYNTAX=  
 
Wrap the "where next?" text inside a span:
 
  <nowiki><div class="next_choice">  text    </div></nowiki>
 
  <nowiki>  <small><references /></small>  </nowiki>
 
=CONNECTIONS SYNTAX=
 
Wrap the link inside a span and add the following attributes:
 
* class="pop-up link"
* data-page-title="Title of the page"
* data-section-id="#number_of_the_section"
 
if it is pop-up:
* data-encounter-type="The_Great_White_Beast"
 
Example
    <nowiki><span class="pop-up link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="1" data-encounter-type="The_Great_White_Beast">[[Politics of recognition|Pop-up: Stay with the trouble and engage with the "politics of recognition"]]</span></nowiki>
 
 
'''Template redirective link "invitation"'''
 
  <nowiki><span class="redirective invitation link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="invitation">[[Politics of recognition|Invitation:]]</span></nowiki>
 
'''Template redirective link "Ice-pressure ridge"'''
 
  <nowiki><span class="redirective ice-pressure_ridge link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="ice-pressure_ridge">[[Politics of recognition|Ice pressure ridge:]]</span></nowiki>
 
'''Template pop-up "Stay with the trouble"'''


Below you can find a '''cheatsheet''' with commonly used wikitext mark up.
  <nowiki><span class="pop-up link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Stay_with_the_trouble">[[Politics of recognition|Stay with the trouble:]]</span></nowiki>


But first of all, it's good to know is that there are two editors that you can use to edit your text:
'''Template pop-up "Wrecksite"'''


===Visual editor===
<nowiki><span class="pop-up link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="wrecksite">[[Politics of recognition|Wrecksite:]]</span></nowiki>


* to use it, click <code>Edit</code>
'''Template pop-up "Vista"'''
* uses a WYSIWYG editor
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:VisualEditor/User_guide Visual editor user guide]


===Wikitext editor===
  <nowiki><span class="pop-up link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Vista">[[Politics of recognition|Vista:]]</span></nowiki>


* to use it, click <code>Edit source</code>
'''Template pop-up "Landmark"'''
* uses a specific mark up language: wikitext
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Wiki syntax user guide]


==cheatsheet==
  <nowiki><span class="pop-up link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Landmark">[[Politics of recognition|Landmark: Stay with the trouble and engage with the "politics of recognition"]]</span></nowiki>


'''Template return link'''
  <nowiki><span class="return link" data-page-title="Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops" data-section-id="5" data-encounter-type="return">[[Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops|Return to Cut 2 "Aesthetic Action"]]</span></span></nowiki>
'''Template detour link'''
  <nowiki><span class="detour link" data-page-title="Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="detour">[[Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops|Detour to Cut 1:]]</span></nowiki>
'''Template ongoing link'''
  <nowiki><span class="ongoing link" data-page-title="Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="ongoing">[[Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops|Ongoing track:]]</span></nowiki>
=Wiki editing=
Below you can find a '''cheatsheet''' with commonly used wikitext markup.
===Cheatsheet===
==== Text ====


  <nowiki>''italics''  
  <nowiki>''italics''  
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  ===next-level header=== (...and so on)  
  ===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)  
  ---- (horizontal line)  
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  [[File:Image-name.jpg|thumb|frame|Caption text]]
  [[File:Image-name.jpg|thumb|frame|Caption text]]
   
   
  {{:Transcluded page name}}
  #REDIRECT [[Page name]]</nowiki>
 
====Links====
 
<nowiki>
[[Internal link]]
[[Internal link|alternate text]]
   
   
  {{Template name}} (call to template)
  [http://example.com text of external link]
   
   
  #REDIRECT [[Page name]]</nowiki>
  [[Category:Example]] (category tag)
[[:Category:Example]] (link to category)
</nowiki>


==editing==
=='''How to write on the wiki?'''==
'''How to write on the wiki?'''


Writing on a wiki is not not very different from writing a blog.  
Writing on a wiki is not very different from writing a blog.  


You have a '''Read''' and '''Edit''' mode.
You have a '''Read''' and '''Edit''' mode.


'''Edit''' lets you enter content and make changes to existing content.  
'''Edit''' lets you enter content and change existing content.  


While you are editing, you can preview your changes in the '''Preview''' window.
While editing, you can preview your changes in the '''Preview''' window.


Once done editing <span style="background:yellow">'''save the page'''</span>, otherwise your contribution will be lost.  
Once done editing <span style="background:yellow">'''save the page'''</span>, otherwise your contribution will be lost.  
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'''How to create a page?'''
'''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.  
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''' <nowiki>[[name of new page]]</nowiki> for that page
To create a page  create '''internal links''' <nowiki>[[name of new page]]</nowiki> for that page
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The other easy way to create is to use the search function with the name of the page you want to create.  
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.
When searching, you are given the possibility to create that page.
<span style="background:yellow">
Note: For your work you should use sub pages under your user namespace.
<nowiki>[[User:yourusername/mypage]]</nowiki>
</span>


* <span style="color:red">Red</span> link = previously non-existing page.  
* <span style="color:red">Red</span> link = previously non-existing page.  
* <span style="color:blue">Blue</span> link = existing page.
* <span style="color:blue">Blue</span> link = existing page.


[[Wiki]] - an existing page
[[Experiment]] - an existing page


[[oooooooo]] - an non-existing page
[[oooooooo]] - a non-existing page


===Links===
===Links===
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====internal links====
====internal links====


So, when you want to make a link to a page on this wiki:
So, when you want to make a [[link]] to a page on this wiki:


  <nowiki>[[name of page]]</nowiki>
  <nowiki>[[name of page]]</nowiki>
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Just by pasting a URL:
Just by pasting a URL:


<nowiki>https://xpub.nl/</nowiki>: https://xpub.nl/
<nowiki>https://knowledgelandscape.org/</nowiki>: https://knowledgelandscape.org/


Using link text:
Using link text:


<nowiki>[https://xpub.nl/ XPUB's website]</nowiki>: [https://xpub.nl/ XPUB's website]
<nowiki>[https://knowledgelandscape.org/ NEWWW Project's website]</nowiki>: [https://knowledgelandscape.org/ NEWWW Project's website]


Or as a "footnote"
Or as a "footnote"


<nowiki>[https://xpub.nl/]</nowiki>: [https://xpub.nl/]
<nowiki>[https://knowledgelandscape.org/]</nowiki>: [https://knowledgelandscape.org/]


==== red links ====
==== red links ====
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|}
|}


'''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.  
'''To upload''' you can use the picture icon on the editing 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:
The syntax to insert an image:
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====Audio====
====Audio====
Download the Widgets extension: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Widgets
And copy the full content of this page to your wiki, in a page called "Widget:Audio": https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Widget:Audio
====Video files====
Using <code><nowiki>{{#Widget:Video}}</nowiki></code>
This widget is configured on this page: [[Widget:Video]]
You can use it in this way:
  <nowiki>
  <nowiki>
{{#Widget:Video|webm=http://url.to/your.webm|mp4=http://url.to/your.mp4|style=}}
  [[File:mysound.mp3]]
</nowiki>
</nowiki>


For example:
====Video====
If it is in the server:  


<nowiki>
<nowiki>
{{#Widget:Video|mp4=https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/images/a/af/Traffic_lights.mp4|style=height:200px;float:right;}}
      [[File:Myvideo.mp3]]
</nowiki>
</nowiki>
 
====Youtube/Vimeo videos====
 
To include, you need:
* the ID of the video you want to include in you page
* to write '''<nowiki>{{youtube|id}}</nowiki>''' for Youtube or '''<nowiki>{{vimeo|id}}</nowiki>''' 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: '''<nowiki>{{youtube|A1YYv_J2csk}} {{vimeo|68841788}}</nowiki>'''
 
will results in:
 
{{youtube|UyCIB_ChlV0}}
 
{{youtube|A1YYv_J2csk}}


{{vimeo|68841788}}
On youtube:


===Wiki calendar care===
      Use an <iframe> wrapped by <HTML> EMBEDED LINK HERE </html>
Here's a link to how to add information to the calendar and what do you if it disappears.


[[Help the calendar disappeared]]
<HTML>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/$$$$$$$$$$$$" title="YouTube video player"
    frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-
    picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</html>


===Changing page titles===
===Changing page titles===
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Pages' titles can be changed by using the function '''Move''' in the top right corner in a dropdown menu next to the star.
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. Move lets you effectively rename a page. By default, a move shifts content to the new title, and creates a redirect from the old title to the new one; in this way links to the old page will not break and will simply redirect to the correct page. In this way, a move is consistent with the wiki attitude of keeping history visible.
The Move page permits you to attribute a new name to the current page. The move lets you effectively rename a page. By default, a move shifts content to the new title, and creates a redirect from the old title to the new one; in this way links to the old page will not break and will simply redirect to the correct page. In this way, a move is consistent with the wiki attitude of keeping history visible.


  Move = (Copy and Paste) + (Redirect or Delete)
  Move = (Copy and Paste) + (Redirect or Delete)
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=== Citations ===
=== Citations ===


(to check) Using the extension Cite, the wiki supports making proper academic style footnotes. It works by putting your reference directly into your text surrounded by the "ref" tag, e.g. <nowiki><ref>Yaron Koren, p. 3</ref></nowiki>
(to check) Using the extension Cite, the wiki supports making proper academic-style footnotes. It works by putting your reference directly into your text surrounded by the "ref" tag, e.g. <nowiki><ref>Yaron Koren, p. 3</ref></nowiki>


=== Page History / version tracking ===
[[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Cite]]


(to write)
==Special Pages==


=== Special:RecentChanges ===
=== Special:RecentChanges ===
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[[Special:AllPages]]
[[Special:AllPages]]
=== Redirect ===
Redirects add a bit of the thesaurus to the wiki. Redirects can be used to establish synonyms, and to specify a preferred title or term (the page that actually holds the content). Special pages (like the "index" Special:All pages) and functions like "Backlinks" respect redirects and generally show the preferred title.
<nowiki>
#REDIRECT [[Better title]]
</nowiki>


=== HTML + CSS===
=== HTML + CSS===
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  <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki>
  <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki>
=== Fonts ===
Usage of the font "Nunacomu":
# Wrap the text using any HTML tag: <nowiki><span> Like this if it's a paragraph</span></nowiki>
# Add the class name of "nunacomu": class="nunacomu"
Example:
  <pre> This is Inuktitut: <span class="nunacomu">ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᕕᒻᒨᕆᐊᖃᓛᖅᑐᖓ </span> </pre>
Rendered:
This is Inuktitut: <span class="nunacomu">ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᕕᒻᒨᕆᐊᖃᓛᖅᑐᖓ </span>


=== Categories ===
=== Categories ===
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* See <nowiki>[[:Category:Fish]]</nowiki> produces [[:Category:Fish]].
* See <nowiki>[[:Category:Fish]]</nowiki> produces [[:Category:Fish]].


=== Transclusion ===
<nowiki>
{{:Name of page}}
</nowiki>
=== Templates ===
Template = Transclusion + Substitution
* Parameters, Named and positional (demo)
* Parser Functions?
* includeonly, ...
To dive into templates, see: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates


=== Variables ===
=== Variables ===
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http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#Variables
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#Variables


=== Behavior switches ===
== Some Key Topics ==
 
* Navigating: [[Special:RecentChanges]], [[Special:NewFiles]], [[Special:AllPages]], [[Special:RandomPage]]
"Switches"
* [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter5.html#toc-Section-33 Namespaces]: Main, Category, User, [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter6.html#toc-Section-37 Talk]
* <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>
* [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter5.html#toc-Section-34 Redirects] & Renaming
* <nowiki>__NOINDEX__</nowiki>
* Linking: Name normalization, [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter5.html#toc-Section-35 Subpages]
* <nowiki>__HIDDENCAT__</nowiki> : don't show this category
* Media: [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter7.html Images & Files], Audio/Video
* Extensions and [[Special:SpecialPages|Special pages]] like [[Special:Version]]
* Come on get [[Special:APISandbox|API!]]


Switches with parameters:
== References ==


* DISPLAYTITLE: Set the proper title
List of relevant wiki references:  
* DEFAULTSORT: Tell the wiki how to order the page title


<nowiki>
I made this list of wikis that I find interesting and relevant to what we want to do. Sometimes as a back-end tool but also understanding that it could be sometimes an interface in itself.
{{DISPLAYTITLE:cat}}
</nowiki>


<nowiki>
* [https://hub.xpub.nl/systers/mediawiki/index.php?title=Systers_Wiki Systers Wiki]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wales, Jimmy}}
</nowiki>


==Communication==
* [https://lehmannmax.de/wiki/index.php?title=User Make Inclusive Websites Wiki]
** This is one is using the wiki as a back-end to produce all these others: [https://lehmannmax.de/home/index.html Make Inclusive Websites]


How do collaborators, editors, proofreaders, coordinators and designers communicate withing this ecosystem ?
* [https://habitattt.it/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Habitattt]


''Say one totally disagrees with what is said in page where she is collaborating.'' 
* [https://hub.xpub.nl/networksofcare/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Networksofcare]
** This one has as a main page a map :O


There are several ways to go about it.
* [https://titipi.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Titipi]


Talk pages are sometimes used for this.
General List:  
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Sites_using_MediaWiki/en Media wiki in use]
== Some Key Topics ==
* Navigating: [[Special:RecentChanges]], [[Special:NewFiles]], [[Special:AllPages]], [[Special:RandomPage]]
* [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter4.html Wikitext] : a "lightweight markup", Headers, etc. (there are also some useful [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter4.html#toc-Section-31 Behaviour Switches] like <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>)
* Section editing (good way to avoid edit conflicts)
* [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter5.html#toc-Section-33 Namespaces]: Main, Category, User, [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter6.html#toc-Section-37 Talk]
* [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter5.html#toc-Section-34 Redirects] & Renaming
* Linking: Name normalization, [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter5.html#toc-Section-35 Subpages]
* Media: [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter7.html Images & Files], Audio/Video
* Advanced: [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter4.html#toc-Section-28 Transclusion & Templates], [https://www.workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter12.html#toc-Section-71 Widgets]
* Extensions and [[Special:SpecialPages|Special pages]] like [[Special:Version]]
* Come on get [[Special:APISandbox|API!]]


== Resources ==
== Resources ==
* https://workingwithmediawiki.com/book/ Yaron Koren's book is a good tutorial that explains in a gentrle narrative way topics like [https://workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter4.html syntax] you need to edit wiki pages.
* https://workingwithmediawiki.com/book/ Yaron Koren's book is a good tutorial that explains in a gentle narrative way topics like [https://workingwithmediawiki.com/book/chapter4.html syntax] you need to edit wiki pages.

Latest revision as of 17:36, 24 January 2025

This page is a playground full of resources for Media Wiki writing

As it is a wiki, feel free to edit it and play with it.

MEDIA WIKI link: link

Experiment

NEXT CHOICE SYNTAX[edit]

Wrap the "where next?" text inside a span: 

 <div class="next_choice">   text    </div>

   <small><references /></small>

CONNECTIONS SYNTAX[edit]

Wrap the link inside a span and add the following attributes:

  • class="pop-up link"
  • data-page-title="Title of the page"
  • data-section-id="#number_of_the_section"

if it is pop-up:

  • data-encounter-type="The_Great_White_Beast"

Example 

    <span class="pop-up link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="1" data-encounter-type="The_Great_White_Beast">[[Politics of recognition|Pop-up: Stay with the trouble and engage with the "politics of recognition"]]</span>


Template redirective link "invitation" 

 <span class="redirective invitation link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="invitation">[[Politics of recognition|Invitation:]]</span>

Template redirective link "Ice-pressure ridge" 

 <span class="redirective ice-pressure_ridge link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="ice-pressure_ridge">[[Politics of recognition|Ice pressure ridge:]]</span>

Template pop-up "Stay with the trouble" 

 <span class="pop-up link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Stay_with_the_trouble">[[Politics of recognition|Stay with the trouble:]]</span>

Template pop-up "Wrecksite" 

<span class="pop-up link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="wrecksite">[[Politics of recognition|Wrecksite:]]</span>

Template pop-up "Vista" 

 <span class="pop-up link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Vista">[[Politics of recognition|Vista:]]</span>

Template pop-up "Landmark" 

  <span class="pop-up link" data-page-title="Politics_of_recognition" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Landmark">[[Politics of recognition|Landmark: Stay with the trouble and engage with the "politics of recognition"]]</span>

Template return link 

 <span class="return link" data-page-title="Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops" data-section-id="5" data-encounter-type="return">[[Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops|Return to Cut 2 "Aesthetic Action"]]</span></span>

Template detour link 

 <span class="detour link" data-page-title="Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="detour">[[Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops|Detour to Cut 1:]]</span>

Template ongoing link 

 <span class="ongoing link" data-page-title="Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="ongoing">[[Point of Beginning (Pre-)workshops|Ongoing track:]]</span>

Wiki editing[edit]

Below you can find a cheatsheet with commonly used wikitext markup.

Cheatsheet[edit]

Text[edit]

''italics'' 
 
 '''bold''' 
 
 '''''bold and italics''''' 
 
 ==standard header== 
 
 ===next-level header=== (...and so on) 
 
 ---- (horizontal line) 
 
 * bulleted item 
 
 # numbered item 
 
 :indentation 
 
 ::double indentation (...and so on) 
 
 ;term : definition 
 
 [[File:Image-name.jpg|thumb|frame|Caption text]]
 
 #REDIRECT [[Page name]]

Links[edit]

 [[Internal link]] 
 
 [[Internal link|alternate text]] 
 
 [http://example.com text of external link] 
 
 [[Category:Example]] (category tag) 
 
 [[:Category:Example]] (link to category)

How to write on the wiki?[edit]

Writing on a wiki is not very different from writing a blog.

You have a Read and Edit mode.

Edit lets you enter content and change existing content.

While editing, you can preview your changes in the Preview window.

Once done editing save the page, otherwise your contribution will be lost.

Title Headings[edit]

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[edit]

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.

  • Red link = previously non-existing page.
  • Blue link = existing page.

Experiment - an existing page

oooooooo - a non-existing page

Links[edit]

There are two kinds of links:

  • internal (to another wiki page)
  • external (to anything outside this wiki)

internal links[edit]

So, when you want to make a link to a page on this wiki: 

[[name of page]]

For example a link to the Main Page looks like: 

 [[Main Page]]

will result in: Main Page

Note: these links are case sensitive.

external links[edit]

You can write external links in different ways:

Just by pasting a URL:

https://knowledgelandscape.org/: https://knowledgelandscape.org/

Using link text:

[https://knowledgelandscape.org/ NEWWW Project's website]: NEWWW Project's website

Or as a "footnote"

[https://knowledgelandscape.org/]: [1]

red links[edit]

Significantly, wikis allow links to pages that do not (yet) exist. These are called "redlinks" (typically they appear in red to differentiate from "blue" normal links). In this was editors can write with links without knowing (or caring) if a given page exists. Redlinks can form a "potential page" or "todo" articles that when created in the future, will already be linked. Non-existent (redlink) Pages do display backlinks even before they are given any content (though they will not appear in Special:AllPages, they can be seen via Special:WantedPages)

Audio-visuals[edit]

uploading images[edit]

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 editing 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]]

Audio[edit]

  [[File:mysound.mp3]]

Video[edit]

If it is in the server:

[[File:Myvideo.mp3]]

On youtube: 

     Use an <iframe> wrapped by  EMBEDED LINK HERE

Changing page titles[edit]

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. The move lets you effectively rename a page. By default, a move shifts content to the new title, and creates a redirect from the old title to the new one; in this way links to the old page will not break and will simply redirect to the correct page. In this way, a move is consistent with the wiki attitude of keeping history visible. 

Move = (Copy and Paste) + (Redirect or Delete)

Deleting pages[edit]

Deleting a page is also possible. Note however that a delete is simply a way of marking that page as deleted. While the title will no longer appear in search results or in Special:All pages, the page history can still be viewed.

Citations[edit]

(to check) Using the extension Cite, the wiki supports making proper academic-style footnotes. It works by putting your reference directly into your text surrounded by the "ref" tag, e.g. <ref>Yaron Koren, p. 3</ref>

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Special Pages[edit]

Special:RecentChanges[edit]

Special:RecentChanges

Special:AllPages[edit]

Special:AllPages gives an alphabetical listing of all pages. It's a kind of index.

Special:AllPages

HTML + CSS[edit]

  • Simple HTML tags and CSS rules can be used and are allowed by default
  • HTML comments work too! <!-- this is a comment -->
  • if you want to publish code on a wiki page with syntax highlighting, you can use a <syntaxhighlight> element:

<syntaxhighlight lang="html"> <h1>Hello wiki!</h1> </syntaxhighlight>

Which will look like this:

<syntaxhighlight lang="html">

Hello wiki!

</syntaxhighlight>

nowiki[edit]

HTML like tag that allows to include stuff that the wiki won't touch 

<nowiki>

Fonts[edit]

Usage of the font "Nunacomu":

  1. Wrap the text using any HTML tag: <span> Like this if it's a paragraph</span>
  2. Add the class name of "nunacomu": class="nunacomu"

Example: 

 This is Inuktitut: <span class="nunacomu">ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᕕᒻᒨᕆᐊᖃᓛᖅᑐᖓ </span>

Rendered:

This is Inuktitut: ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᕕᒻᒨᕆᐊᖃᓛᖅᑐᖓ

Categories[edit]

  • [[Category: People]]
  • Categories can themselves be tagged with categories to create hierarchies
  • Extensions exist to make working with (hierarchical) categories easier

To link to a category page without tagging the current page with that category, add a colon at the start.


Variables[edit]

  • {{CURRENTPAGE}}
  • {{CURRENTTIME}}
  • {{CURRENTUSER}}
  • {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} ?

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#Variables

Some Key Topics[edit]

References[edit]

List of relevant wiki references:

I made this list of wikis that I find interesting and relevant to what we want to do. Sometimes as a back-end tool but also understanding that it could be sometimes an interface in itself.

General List:

Resources[edit]

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