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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 | 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 < | 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=== | ===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]]. | ||