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Wikis should be easy to edit, so most text you add or change will appear as you expect it. But you can do more if you want.
Wikis should be easy to edit, so most text you add or change will appear as you expect it. But you can do more if you want.


This wiki is in [http://wikiindex.org/Category:OpenEdit open-edit mode] (except during phases of spam or vandalism). If you want your name (or nick) to appear in the histories, you should create a Wikispaces account and join this wiki. (see [[How_to_Get_Your_Xenwiki_Account|How to Get Your Xenwiki Account]])
This wiki is in [http://wikiindex.org/Category:OpenEdit open-edit mode] (except during phases of spam or vandalism). If you want your name (or nick) to appear in the histories, you should create a Xenwiki account and join this wiki. (see [[How_to_Get_Your_Xenwiki_Account|How to Get Your Xenwiki Account]])


==Using links==
==Using links==
What you always have dreamed of (for your paper notes) - in a wiki it becomes true: fast links!
What you always have dreamed of (for your paper notes) - in a wiki it becomes true: fast links!


If you enclose a word in double brackets (like <tt>[[word]]</tt>), you get a link, hopefully to an already existing page - if not, you just created the opportunity for your co-authors to add the details. If you want a text differing from the link target, you can place it after a pipe symbol <tt>[[word|different text]]</tt>. The same syntax can be used for external links like <tt>[http://en.wikipedia.org|English Wikipedia]</tt> for a link to the [http://en.wikipedia.org English Wikipedia].
If you enclose a word in double brackets (like <code><nowiki>[[word]]</nowiki></code>), you get a link, hopefully to an already existing page - if not, it appears red, and you just created the opportunity for your co-authors to add the details. If you want a text differing from the link target, you can place it after a pipe symbol <tt>[[word|different text]]</tt>. The same syntax can be used for external links like <tt>[http://en.wikipedia.org|English Wikipedia]</tt> for a link to the [http://en.wikipedia.org English Wikipedia].


===Link text===
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==Social aspects==
==Social aspects==
In Wikispaces wikis, you can use tags and discussions.
In Wikispaces wikis, you can use tags and discussions. In MediaWiki we instead have categories and talk pages.


If you want to discuss the wiki itself, do it on the page [[wikifuture|wikifuture]].
If you want to discuss the wiki itself, do it on the page [[wikifuture|wikifuture]].