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Willipedia is a resource for information and history pertaining to [[Williams College]] in [[Williamstown]], Massachusetts. Anyone can edit its contents. Willipedia is run by [[Williams Students Online]], and has no official relation to the [[President]] and [[Board of Trustees]] of Williams College.  
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WSO/wiki is a resource for information and history pertaining to [[Williams College]] in [[Williamstown]], Massachusetts. Anyone can edit its contents. WSO/wiki is run by [[Williams Students Online]], and has no official relation to the [[President]] and [[Board of Trustees]] of Williams College.  
  
Willipedia uses [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/ MediaWiki], the same software that powers the free and famous [[Wikipedia:Main page|Wikipedia]]. A Wiki is a site with many informative articles that anyone can edit. Feel free to contribute! We want this site to become a definitive source of information about Williams. Articles, biographies, stories, and how-to's are welcome, and on nearly any subject: buildings, people, organizations, classes, computing, hiking, anything of, about, or near the college. To edit an article, click "Edit this page" at the bottom of the article. To create a new article, there first needs to be a link to it; you can edit an existing, related article to create that link. You will probably want to consult [[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page|Wikipedia's editing guide]] to learn the proper syntax.  Feel free to experiment in the [[Sandbox]].
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WSO/wiki uses [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/ MediaWiki], the same software that powers the free and famous [[Wikipedia:Main page|Wikipedia]]. A Wiki is a site with many informative articles that anyone can edit. Feel free to contribute! We want this site to become a definitive source of information about Williams. Articles, biographies, stories, and how-to's are welcome, and on nearly any subject: buildings, people, organizations, classes, computing, hiking, anything of, about, or near the college. To edit an article, click "Edit this page" at the bottom of the article. To create a new article, there first needs to be a link to it; you can edit an existing, related article to create that link. You will probably want to consult [[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page|Wikipedia's editing guide]] to learn the proper syntax.  Feel free to experiment in the [[Sandbox]].
  
 
Some pages of interest:
 
Some pages of interest:

Revision as of 13:38, September 2, 2005

WSO/wiki is a resource for information and history pertaining to Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Anyone can edit its contents. WSO/wiki is run by Williams Students Online, and has no official relation to the President and Board of Trustees of Williams College.

WSO/wiki uses MediaWiki, the same software that powers the free and famous Wikipedia. A Wiki is a site with many informative articles that anyone can edit. Feel free to contribute! We want this site to become a definitive source of information about Williams. Articles, biographies, stories, and how-to's are welcome, and on nearly any subject: buildings, people, organizations, classes, computing, hiking, anything of, about, or near the college. To edit an article, click "Edit this page" at the bottom of the article. To create a new article, there first needs to be a link to it; you can edit an existing, related article to create that link. You will probably want to consult Wikipedia's editing guide to learn the proper syntax. Feel free to experiment in the Sandbox.

Some pages of interest:

You may also be interested in Wikipedia's entry on Williams College, which has some good information.