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Lxpk at 22:11, 3 March 2022

2022-03-03T22:11:16Z

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	= WWWW! =		= WWWW! =
	Welcome to the Wiki Wednesday Workshop!		Welcome to the Wiki Wednesday Workshop!

Lxpk at 22:10, 3 March 2022

2022-03-03T22:10:36Z

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	Welcome to the Wiki Wednesday Workshop!		Welcome to the Wiki Wednesday Workshop!

Lizzard at 02:19, 23 November 2021

2021-11-23T02:19:44Z

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	= Wiki history =		= Wiki history =
	Wikis were invented around 1994 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham Ward Cunningham]. You can read a bunch of really neat early ideas about wikis on the [https://wiki.c2.com/ c2 wiki] and there's even more on [http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/MeatballWiki MeatballWiki].		Wikis were invented around 1994 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham Ward Cunningham]. You can read a bunch of really neat early ideas about wikis on the [https://wiki.c2.com/ c2 wiki] and there's even more on [http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/MeatballWiki MeatballWiki]. And here's some further interesting thoughts on wiki as [https://subconscious.substack.com/p/wiki-as-a-commons Ostrom Commons].

	What if the entire web were world-editable and had version control built in?		What if the entire web were world-editable and had version control built in?

Lizzard: /* Your user page */

2021-08-13T01:07:31Z

Your user page

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	==Your user page==		==Your user page==
	* ~~Edit~~ your user page and add some text. Save!		* Now that you made an account and logged in you should see your username in the navigation bar at the top of every page. Click on your username! It takes you to your blank userpage.
			* Every page in the wiki by default is editable!
			* OK, so, edit your user page and add some text. Save!
	* This is a useful home base.		* This is a useful home base.
			* Click edit again!
	* Add some info or be weird and cryptic, I don't mind.		* Add some info or be weird and cryptic, I don't mind.
	* Try out your wiki signature by typing four tildes like this: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>		* Try out your wiki signature by typing four tildes like this: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>

Lizzard: /* Templates */

2021-08-13T01:03:22Z

Templates

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	Or look at the [[Noisebridge]] page and see what it uses.		Or look at the [[Noisebridge]] page and see what it uses.

			For example, at the time I'm writing this, it's using <nowiki>{{FrontPageHeader}}</nowiki>. To edit that header, You will need to go to the url for the template. You can make that easy by making a link to <nowiki>[[Template:FrontPageHeader]]</nowiki>, which will look like this: [[Template:FrontPageHeader]].

			Confused? It is a little confusing.
			* Curly braces make the template print in the page.
			* Square brackets make a link to the template itself, and you can then click on "edit" at the top of the page to edit it.

	==Events, Classes, and Transclusion==		==Events, Classes, and Transclusion==

Lizzard: /* Events, Classes, and Transclusion */

2021-08-13T01:00:21Z

Events, Classes, and Transclusion

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	Back to Category:Events. This page has some more useful stuff in it. Click its edit button to view the source.		Back to Category:Events. This page has some more useful stuff in it. Click its edit button to view the source.

	Scroll down a bit to find the <nowiki><onlyinclude></nowiki> tag and its closing tag. The stuff between those tags is [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Transclusion transcluded] into the main page!		Scroll down a bit to find the <nowiki><onlyinclude></nowiki> tag and its closing tag. The stuff between those tags is [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Transclusion transcluded] into the main page, using partial transclusion. You can include entire pages, part of a page, or exclude only certain parts of a page depending on which tag you use.

	Now let's go look at the main page and edit it to see how the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Transclusion transclusion] is set up.		Now let's go look at the main page and edit it to see how the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Transclusion transclusion] is set up.

			Somewhere in that source, there's a template link, in curly braces, like so: <nowiki>{{:Category:Events}}</nowiki>. That's it! That pulls in the stuff between the onlyinclude tags on the Category:Events page.

			* If the source is in the Template namespace (e.g. "Template:Welcome"), just use the name itself, alone: {{Welcome}}
			* If the source is in the Main article namespace (e.g. "VisualEditor"), a colon (:) must be added in front of the name: {{:VisualEditor}}
			* If the source is in any other namespace (e.g. "User:Example"), you must use the full name, including the namespace: {{User:Example}}

			(Personally, I never remember this markup, so I just fuck around and use "preview" till it looks right. [[User:Lizzard\|Lizzard]] ([[User talk:Lizzard\|talk]]) 01:00, 13 August 2021 (UTC))

	==Meeting notes==		==Meeting notes==

Lizzard: /* Some basic tools */

2021-08-13T00:54:06Z

Some basic tools

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	* Recent changes (sidebar)		* Recent changes (sidebar)
	* * Shows all edits by everyone, most recent to oldest. You can see this without being logged in!		* * Shows all edits by everyone, most recent to oldest. You can see this without being logged in!
	* Random Page (sidebar) Just for fun.		* Random Page (sidebar) Just for fun.

			Now pick a page you are interested in. Click "view history" at the top. You can see everyone who has edited the page and some other info, like when a page was protected by an admin. You can use this log to detect vandalism or simply to revert changes, or, if you have admin powers, to block a user. On many wikis you can block by IP address but we are set up not to record IP addresses.

	==More amazing tools==		==More amazing tools==

Lizzard: /* Templates */

2021-08-13T00:50:35Z

Templates

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	==Templates==		==Templates==
			This wiki has a few templates which might come in handy. Or you can look at them as models to create new useful templates.

			Try [[Special:UncategorizedTemplates]]

			Or look at the [[Noisebridge]] page and see what it uses.

	==Events, Classes, and Transclusion==		==Events, Classes, and Transclusion==

Lizzard: /* The WikiWay */

2021-08-13T00:47:19Z

The WikiWay

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	= The WikiWay =		= The WikiWay =
	"A wiki, at its most efficient and most stunning, is not a category. It is not a technology. It is not a notebook. It is not a website. It is not a medium. It is not a community. It is not a place. Rather, it is the sum totality of everything, including all those things; and all those things centre around the dynamic of its essential parts and dimensions: community, content, code, network, atemporal, place." -- http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/WikiWay		You know how I mentioned the weird history of wikis? Deep philosophy! Idealism! Read on!

			"A wiki, at its most efficient and most stunning, is not a category. It is not a technology. It is not a notebook. It is not a website. It is not a medium. It is not a community. It is not a place. Rather, it is the sum totality of everything, including all those things; and all those things centre around the dynamic of its essential parts and dimensions: community, content, code, network, atemporal, place."

			From http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/WikiWay

Lizzard: /* Basic markup */

2021-08-13T00:45:22Z

Basic markup

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	You can create a new page this way, by putting double square brackets around a word or phrase for a page that doesn't exist. Try doing that now, on your user page, and save. The link will be red. Click it to make your new page! Once a page exists, the link should be blue or purple.		You can create a new page this way, by putting double square brackets around a word or phrase for a page that doesn't exist. Try doing that now, on your user page, and save. The link will be red. Click it to make your new page! Once a page exists, the link should be blue or purple.

			You may notice I had to escape some wiki markup on this page in order to explain how to do wiki markup! to do that, I used <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></nowiki> tags.

	Try the formatting buttons at the top of the edit window on your user page.		Try the formatting buttons at the top of the edit window on your user page.