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Willipedia is governed by the [[Willipedia board]] and hosted by [[Williams Students Online|WSO]]. It is not officially related to the college. Anyone can read any article, but only students, faculty, and alumni may edit (after [[Special:Userlogin|logging into Willipedia]] with a Unix or [http://alumni.ephnet.org AWC] account).
 
  
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Feel free to contribute! We want this site to become a definitive source of information about Williams, and an expression of the Williams consciousness. Articles, stories, and [[:Category:How-To|how-to's]] are welcome, and on nearly any subject: [[:Category:Building|buildings]], [[:Category:Biography|people]], [[:Category:Groups|organizations]], [[classes]], [[:Category:History|history]], [[hiking]] -- anything of, about, or near the college (though consider skimming the site [[Project:Policies|policies]]).
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Willipedia is governed by the [[Willipedia board]] and hosted by [[Williams Students Online|WSO]]. It is not officially related to the college. Anyone can read any article, but only students, faculty, and alumni may edit (after [[Special:Userlogin|logging into Willipedia]] with a [[Unix ID]] or [[AWC]] account).
  
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== Getting Started ==
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Feel free to contribute! We want this site to become a definitive source of information about Williams, and an expression of the Williams consciousness. Articles, stories, and [[:Category:How-To|how-to's]] are welcome, and on nearly any subject: [[:Category:Building|buildings]], [[:Category:Biography|people]], [[:Category:Groups|organizations]], [[classes]], [[:Category:History|history]], [[hiking]] -- anything of, about, or near the college. You might want to consult:
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* '''[[Help:Getting started|Getting started]]'''
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'''To edit an article''': click "Edit this page" at the bottom of any article. Or, click "edit" on the right-hand side of a section header. When you are done editing, add a note about what you did in the "Summary" box, and click "Save page". These summaries help other editors keep track of an article's history.
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* [[Help:Editing|Basic editing help]]
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* [[Project:Extensions|Advanced features]]
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'''To create a new article''': Creating an article is a four step process.
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* [[Project:Policies|Willipedia policies]]
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# Make sure you're [[Special:Userlogin|logged into Willipedia]]
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* [[Help:Restricting an article's readership|Restricting an article's readership]]
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# Make a link to the article you want to create. You need to edit an existing article to do so. You can either edit a related article, or, if there's not one, add your link to [[Miscellaneous articles]]. Just enclose the word(s) you want to be the title in double brackets '''<nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>'''. Save the page.
 
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# Click on the link you created.
 
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# You'll see a big white box. Type the article into there, and when you're done, click "Save page".
 
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You will probably want to consult [[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page|Wikipedia's editing guide]] to learn useful syntax. Feel free to experiment in the [[Sandbox]].
 
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== Advanced Features ==
 
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Willipedia uses [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/ MediaWiki], the same software that powers the free and famous [[Wikipedia:Main page|Wikipedia]]. In addition, Willipedia uses the following MediaWiki Extensions, which let you insert cool components into an article page using only the textbox. Click the links to learn more about the specific syntax for each extension.
 
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* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Formula Math]: allows for equations like this:
 
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<math>
 
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e^{\pi i} + 1 = 0
 
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</math>
 
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* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Emiller/GoogleMapsExtension Google Maps]: enables Google Maps with little markers:
 
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<googlemap lat="42.716644" lon="-73.2029" zoom="0" controls="small" width="300" height="200" type="satellite">
 
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42.716644,-73.2029,Mission Park
 
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</googlemap>
 
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* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dscho:LilyPond LilyPond]: lets you make musical mark-up like this (I'm not sure why there's so much white space):
 
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<lilypond>c4 e g</lilypond>
 
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* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Easytimeline Easytimeline]: actually not all that easy and not all that pretty, but it's there if you want it.
 
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* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tdittmar/MailObfuscator MailObfuscator]: if you put an email address in between <nowiki><email></nowiki> tags, then spam robots won't be able to see it. But people will. See, it looks normal:
 
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** <email>wiki@wso.williams.edu</email>
 
  
 
== Willipedia In The News ==
 
== Willipedia In The News ==
  
 
* [http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/519172/ What's on College Students' Minds? A Good Humored Guide] (''Newswise.com'', 28 Mar 2006)
 
* [http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/519172/ What's on College Students' Minds? A Good Humored Guide] (''Newswise.com'', 28 Mar 2006)

Latest revision as of 15:49, June 16, 2019

Willipedia is governed by the Willipedia board and hosted by WSO. It is not officially related to the college. Anyone can read any article, but only students, faculty, and alumni may edit (after logging into Willipedia with a Unix ID or AWC account).

Feel free to contribute! We want this site to become a definitive source of information about Williams, and an expression of the Williams consciousness. Articles, stories, and how-to's are welcome, and on nearly any subject: buildings, people, organizations, classes, history, hiking -- anything of, about, or near the college. You might want to consult:

Willipedia In The News

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