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__NOTOC____NOEDITSECTION__<div style="float: left; clear: both; width: 600px;">==Willipedia News=='''3/15/2006''': Check out the new layout! We're trying to categorize the major articles to make Willipedia easier to browse. To add an article to a category, just add '''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category: ''category-name'']]''' to the top of the article, and it will show up in the appropriate index.
'''AlumniWriters:''': As of 2/28, Willipedia now has a few pages that may help you start or edit articles. You can use your now learn basic stuff [[Project:About|about Willipedia]] and browse its current [[httpProject://alumniPolicies|standards and policies]].ephnet.org Alumni Web CommunityStill have a question? Add it to our [[Project:FAQ|FAQ]] account to log in. Set one up if you haven't already; you can no longer log in with your WSO account.
'''Faculty and staff''' can now log in to edit pages using their Unix IDs.
If either of these aren't working properly for you, please email <email/div>wiki@wso.williams.edu</emaildiv style="float: left; width: 300px;">.==Featured Articles==
=Featured Articles=If you're a student still not sure what to do this summer, think about spending your [[summer in Williamstown]].
Do you have a home page or keep a blog? Add it to '''* [[Students with Web Presences]]''', '''* [[Alumni with Web Presences]]''', or '''* [[Professors with Web Presences]]'''<div style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">[[Project:Previously featured articles|previously featured]]</div></div><div style="float: left; width: 300px;">==Recently Updated==<rss>http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=rss|date|short|max=8</rss><div style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">[[Special:Recentchanges|more changes]]</div></div>
Keep track of all those buildings with '''[[Mnemonics for Buildings]]'''.<div style="float: left; clear: both; width: 600px;">==Major Categories==
=Significant (but not all) articles=Willipedia is an unofficial source of information and diversion written by Williams students, faculty, and alumni. Here are some categories of interest:
Below are non-trivial pages of interest. You can add to this list, or in fact edit any page on the wiki, by clicking "Edit this page" (at the bottom). If you're looking for something in particular, try out the Search box to the left.
</div><div style="float: left; clear: both;"><div class=People==* "willipedia_category">[[Students with Language Skills]]* [[Students who want to meet random people]]* [[Students with Body Skills]]* [[Students with Automotive Skills]]* [[Students with Computer Skills]]* [[Students with Skills:Category:Biography|Students with Other SkillsBiography]]<br />* [[Wilbur]]* [[Your Mom]]* [[My Dad]]* [[Relationships]]* <span class="willipedia_examples">[[Ephs at WarMark Hopkins]]* [[Graduate Students]]* , [[Campus DJ'sAlbert Hopkins]], more...</span></div>
<div class==Academics==* "willipedia_category">[[Winter Study:Category:Student Housing|Housing]]<br />* [[Easy classes]]* [[Hard Classes]]* [[Interesting Classes]]* [[Boring Classes]]* [[Study abroad]]* <span class="willipedia_examples">[[Williams-Mystic ProgramCurrier Hall]]* [[Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford]]* , [[Fellowships and other cool opportunitiesThompson Hall]], more...</span></div><br />
<div class==Places==* "willipedia_category">[[:Category:Building|Buildings]]<br />* [[Dining hall]]* <span class="willipedia_examples">[[Taconic Golf Club]]* [[Dodd House]]* , [[Thompson Baxter Hall]]* [[Mills]]* [[Prospect House|Prospect]]* [[Summer in Williamstown]], more...</span></div>
<div class==The Outdoors==* "willipedia_category">[[Guide to Tree:Category:How-To|How-ClimbingTo]]<br />* <span class="willipedia_examples">[[Guide How to Hikingmake a web page on WSO|Make a web page]]* , [[Guide Getting to Waterways]]* [[Skiing]]* [[Williams Outing ClubBoston|get to Boston]], more..</span></div><br />
<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Games|Games]]<br /><span class=Writings==* "willipedia_examples">[[Tray carvingsMattress Dominoes]]* , [[Ode to HarvardCribbage]], more...</span></div>
<div class==Food and Drink==* "willipedia_category">[[Dining:Category:Students|Students]]<br />* [[Great sandwiches]]* [[Organic Food]]* <span class="willipedia_examples">[[Guide to Off-Campus DiningStudents with Automotive Skills|with car skills]]* [[Coffee]]* [[Campus Vending Machines]]* [[Good Beer]]* , [[Bad beerPoker players|who play poker]], more...</span></div><br />
<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Guides|Guides]]<br /><span class=Petitions==* "willipedia_examples">[[Guide to Hiking|Hiking]], [[Climate InitiativeHow to procrastinate|Procrastinating]]* , [[Anchors AwayGuide to Off-Campus Dining|Dining]], more...</span></div>
<div class==Things Students Own==* "willipedia_category">[[Books You're Welcome to Borrow:Category:To-Dos|To-Do]]<br />* <span class="willipedia_examples">[[DVDs You're Welcome to BorrowStuff WSO Definitely Should Do|for WSO]]* , [[Stuff to buy, sell, loan and borrowMorty Should Definitely Do|for Morty]]* , [[Books Students Are ReadingStuff that You Should Do|for you]], more...</span></div><br />
<div class==Games Students Play==* "willipedia_category">[[Halo:Category:History|History]]<br />* <span class="willipedia_examples">[[BeirutCampus controversies]]* , [[CapballPranks]], more...</span></div>* [[Cribbage]]* <div class="willipedia_category">[[The Greatest Game in the World:Category:Tradition|Tradition]] <br / Telepictionary>* <span class="willipedia_examples">[[Game With FourTray carvings]]* , [[Mattress Dominoes]]* [[My DadPolar bear swim]], apparentlymore...</span></div><br />* [[Telephone Oracle]]* [[Poker]]* [[Orgo Drinking Game]]</div>
<div style==Stuff that should be done==* [[Pranks]]* [[Stuff OIT Definitely Should Do]]* [[Stuff WSO Definitely Should Do]]* [[Stuff Morty Should Definitely Do]]* [[Stuff College Council Should Definitely Do]]* [[Stuff All Campus Entertainment (ACE) Should Definitely Do]]* [[Stuff The Student Body Should Definitely Do]]* [[Stuff Buildings and Grounds Should Definitely Do]]* [[Stuff the CUL Should Do]]* [[Stuff that You Should Do]]"float: left; clear: both; width: 600px;">
==Getting/Being ElsewhereMinor Categories (as yet)==* [[Things to do in the Albany Area]]* [[Things to do in Pittsfield]]* [[Things to do in North Adams]]* [[Driving Directions]]* [[Getting to Boston]]* [[How to switch from North Station to South Station]]
==Student Groups with Articles Longer Than 5 Complete Sentences==* '''See also[[: Category:Advice|Advice]], [[List of student groups:Category:Alumni|Alumni]], [[:Category:Academic programs|Academic programs]], [[Dining]], [[:Category:Athletics|Athletics]], [[:Category:Resources|Full list of student groupsResources]]'''
* [[(Moocho Macho Moocow Military) Marching Band]]
* [[Anchors Away]]
* [[College Bowl]]
* [[Crew]]
* [[Debate Team]]
* [[Deviants]]
* [[Elizabethans]]
* [[Good Question]]
* [[The Gulielmensian]]
* [[Lehman Community Service Council]]
* [[Mad Cow]]
* [[Peer Health]]
* [[Rugby Football Club]]
* [[Springstreakers]]
* [[WARP]] or [[Williams Association of Role Players]]
* [[WCFM Williamstown 91.9 FM]]
* [[Williams Students Online]]
* [[Williams Trivia]]
 
==History and Controversy==
* [[Guide to Williams History]]
* [[Anchor housing]]
* [[Campus controversies]]
* [[Noteworthy E-mails]]
* [[QBE]] (Queer Bash E-mails)
 
==Miscellaneous How-To's==
* [[How to register to vote]]
* [[How to get a van license]]
 
===Door Modification===
* [[How to prevent doors from rattling]]
* [[How to remove automatic door-closing hinges]]
* [[Door buzzer]]
 
===PeopleSoft/Listserv Hell===
* [[How to unsubscribe from a list that seems impossible to get off]]
* [[Navigating PeopleSoft]]
 
===The Williams Network===
* [[How to Use Microsoft Outlook or Similar Clients for your Email]]
* [[Getting the most out of iTunes]]
* [[How to get along with Novell]]
* [[How to print to network printers]]
* [[How to install the keyserver (and what is it?)]]
 
===Mac OS X===
* [[How to trick out your Mac]]
* [[How to configure Apple iCal to send email reminders of events to anyone]]
* [[How to connect to a network PC from an Apple]]
* [[How to wiki-fy a Delicious Library]]
 
===Slacking===
* [[How to procrastinate]]
* [[How to search the network for media using Windows]]
* [[Trivia]]: [[Trivia On-Air Guide|On-Air Writing]]
 
===Using WSO===
*[[How to get a WSO account]]
*[[How to log into WSO]]
*[[How to move files off of WSO]]
*[[How to transfer files to WSO]]
*[[How to put bookmarks on WSO using the Scuttle Extension for Firefox]]
 
===Making something on WSO===
*[[How to make a web page on WSO]]
*[[How to deploy a web service on WSO]]
*[[How to hack on the WSO site]]
*[[How to write a web service on WSO]]
 
==Other==
* [[Free Stuff]]
* [[How to migrate to Linux]]
* [[Weekly Happenings]]
* [[How to trick out Firefox]]
* [[How to donate your organs]]
* [[Guide to Fist Pounds]]
* [[Common Courtesy]]
==Wiki-ness==
* [[Project:About|About WSO/wikiWillipedia]] (or, how to contribute)* [[Project:Policies|Willipedia Policies]]
* [[Wikipedia:Williams College|Wikipedia's entry on Williams College]]
* [[Wiki Willipedia board]]</div>
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