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How to write on the wiki?
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
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.
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
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 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"):
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)
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
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
(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>
