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# How To Wiki
An introduction to using a wiki¹
<small>¹ a MediaWiki powered one at least</small>
<small>*Severin (@tiefpunkt), Jan 18th 2018*</small>
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## The Munich Maker Lab Wiki
Check it out at https://wiki.munichmakerlab.de
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## Consuming?
* Search
* Categories
* Special Pages
* History
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### Search
* There's a searchbar in the top right corner
* Searches in Page Titels right away
* Within the pages after pressing *Enter*
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### Categories
* Pages can be sorted into Categories
* Categories are also Pages -> ``Category:<CategoryName>``
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### Special Pages
Special Pages are pages that are generated, <br>not to be editted.
* Recent Changes
* All Pages
* List Of Files
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### History
* The wiki keeps a history of all edits per Page
* No need to copy pages as a backup
* Link on top of the page
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## Creating!
* Create a new page
* The Editor
* Preview
* Categories
* Templates
* Files
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### Create a new page
> "To Search is to Create"
* Search for the name of your new page
* Click on the page name to create it
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### The Editor
* Mediawiki specific Markup Language https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting
* Internal Links <br>``[[<pagename>]]``
* External Links <br> ``[<url> <title>]``
* Headlines <br> ``== h2 ==``, ``=== h3 ===``, ...
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### The Editor (2)
* Unordered Lists <br> ``* <item>``<br>``* <item>``
* Ordered Lists <br> ``# <item>``<br>``# <item>``
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### The Editor (3)
* Tables
<pre>
{| class=wikitable
! Header 1 !! Header 2 !! Header 3
|-
| Test || Test || Test
|-
| Test 2 || Test 2 || Test 2
|}
</pre>
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### Preview
There is a **Preview** button underneath the editor. Please use it!
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### Categories
* Adding a page to a category <br> ``[[Category:<categoryname>]]``
* Creating a link to a category <br> ``[[:Category:<categoryname>]]``
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### Templates
Templates are reusable, parameterized wiki page fragments.
<pre>
{{AttentionBox
| title=Dangerous machine ahead
| msg= Use only at your own risk, and after proper instruction!
}}
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<pre>
{{project
|name = My Little Project
|status = beta
|image =
|description = Something to do
|author =
|username =
|version =
|update =
|platform =
|license =
}}
</pre>
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### Files
* Upload via "Upload File" on the left sidebar
* Include in page (e.g. pictures): <br> ``[[File:Arduino PWM Audio Filter.png|400px|thumb|PWM to Line level audio filter]]``
* Link to Download: <br> ``[[Media:20180112 Intro to LoRaWAN.pdf|Slides]]``
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## Next Steps?
* Get an account: <br> https://wiki.munichmakerlab.de/wiki/Special:RequestAccount <br> (Link in the top right)
* Start wiki'ing
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# Questions?
Hit me up on Slack, or drop me an email at severin@schols.de