How To Wiki

An introduction to using a wiki¹

¹ a MediaWiki powered one at least

Severin (@tiefpunkt), Jan 18th 2018

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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,
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
  [[<pagename>]]

• External Links
  [<url> <title>]

• Headlines
  == h2 ==, === h3 ===, …

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The Editor (2)

• Unordered Lists
  * <item>
* <item>
• Ordered Lists
  # <item>
# <item>

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The Editor (3)

• Tables

{| class=wikitable
! Header 1 !! Header 2 !! Header 3
|-
| Test || Test || Test
|-
| Test 2 || Test 2 || Test 2
|}

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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
  [[Category:<categoryname>]]
• Creating a link to a category
  [[:Category:<categoryname>]]

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Templates

Templates are reusable, parameterized wiki page fragments.

{{AttentionBox
| title=Dangerous machine ahead
| msg= Use only at your own risk, and after proper instruction!
}}

{{project
|name        = My Little Project
|status      = beta
|image       = 
|description = Something to do
|author      = 
|username    = 
|version     = 
|update      = 
|platform    = 
|license     = 
}}

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Files

• Upload via "Upload File" on the left sidebar
• Include in page (e.g. pictures):
  [[File:Arduino PWM Audio Filter.png|400px|thumb|PWM to Line level audio filter]]
• Link to Download:
  [[Media:20180112 Intro to LoRaWAN.pdf|Slides]]

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Next Steps?

• Get an account:
  https://wiki.munichmakerlab.de/wiki/Special:RequestAccount
  (Link in the top right)
• Start wiki'ing

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Questions?

Hit me up on Slack, or drop me an email at [e-mail]