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'''Willipedia''' is an unofficial, collaborative source of information and diversion written by Williams people. If there's something related to Williams that you know a lot about, or that people at Williams might find helpful, please [[Help:Getting_started|contribute]]!
  
'''Alumni''': As of 2/28, you can use your [http://alumni.ephnet.org Alumni Web Community] account to log in. Set one up if you haven't already; you can no longer log in with your WSO account.
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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.
  
'''Faculty and staff''' can now log in to edit pages using their Unix IDs.
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'''Writers:''' Willipedia now has a few pages that may help you start or edit articles.  You can now learn basic stuff [[Project:About|about Willipedia]] and browse its current [[Project:Policies|standards and policies]]. Still have a question? Add it to our [[Project:FAQ|FAQ]].
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If either of these aren't working properly for you, please email <email>wiki@wso.williams.edu</email>.
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==Article Directory==
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Building|Buildings]]<br />'''
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Paresky Center]], [[Mission Park]]...</span></div>
  
=Featured Articles=
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Computers|Computers]]<br />'''
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Firefox]], [[PINE]], [[Unix ID]]...</span></div>
  
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]]'''.
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Dining|Dining]]<br />'''
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Coffee]], [[Restaurants]], [[Kitchens]]...</span></div>
  
Keep track of all those buildings with '''[[Mnemonics for Buildings]]'''.
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Games|Games]]<br />'''
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Williams Trivia]], [[Killing As Organized Sport|KAOS]]...</span></div>
  
=Significant (but not all) articles=
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Groups|Groups]]<br />'''
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Moocho Macho Moocow Military Marching Band|Marching Band]], [[Dancing Folk|Contradance]]...</span></div>
  
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.
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Guides|Guides]]<br />'''
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Skiing]], [[Hikes|Hiking]], [[Fist pounds]]...</span></div>
  
==People==
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:History|History]]<br />'''
* [[Students with Language Skills]]
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Anchor Housing|Neighborhoods]], [[Pranks]]...</span></div>
* [[Students who want to meet random people]]
 
* [[Students with Body Skills]]
 
* [[Students with Automotive Skills]]
 
* [[Students with Computer Skills]]
 
* [[Students with Skills|Students with Other Skills]]
 
* [[Wilbur]]
 
* [[Your Mom]]
 
* [[My Dad]]
 
* [[Relationships]]
 
* [[Ephs at War]]
 
* [[Graduate Students]]
 
* [[Campus DJ's]]
 
  
==Academics==
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* [[Winter Study]]
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* [[Easy classes]]
 
* [[Hard Classes]]
 
* [[Interesting Classes]]
 
* [[Boring Classes]]
 
* [[Study abroad]]
 
* [[Williams-Mystic Program]]
 
* [[Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford]]
 
* [[Fellowships and other cool opportunities]]
 
  
==Places==
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Student Housing 2.0|Housing]]<br />'''
* [[Buildings]]
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Morgan]], [[West College]], [[Chadbourne House|Chadbourne]]...</span></div>
* [[Dining hall]]
 
* [[Taconic Golf Club]]
 
* [[Dodd House]]
 
* [[Thompson Hall]]
 
* [[Mills]]
 
* [[Prospect House|Prospect]]
 
* [[Summer in Williamstown]]
 
  
==The Outdoors==
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:How-To|How-To]]<br />'''
* [[Guide to Tree-Climbing]]
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Van license|get a van license]], [[Boston|get to Boston]]...</span></div>
* [[Guide to Hiking]]
 
* [[Guide to Waterways]]
 
* [[Skiing]]
 
* [[Williams Outing Club]]
 
  
==Writings==
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Students|Students]]<br />'''
* [[Tray carvings]]
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Dating]], [[Travels]]...</span></div>
* [[Ode to Harvard]]
 
  
==Food and Drink==
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:To-Dos|To-Do]]<br />'''
* [[Dining]]
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Common courtesy]], [[Stuff WSO Definitely Should Do|WSO]], [[Stuff that You Should Do|for you]]...</span></div>
* [[Great sandwiches]]
 
* [[Organic Food]]
 
* [[Guide to Off-Campus Dining]]
 
* [[Coffee]]
 
* [[Campus Vending Machines]]
 
* [[Good Beer]]
 
* [[Bad beer]]
 
  
==Petitions==
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Tradition|Tradition]]<br />'''
* [[Climate Initiative]]
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Quote board]], [[Mountains]]...</span></div>
* [[Anchors Away]]
 
  
==Things Students Own==
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'''<div class="willipedia_category">[[:Category:Williamspeak|Williamspeak]]<br />'''
* [[Books You're Welcome to Borrow]]
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<span class="willipedia_examples">[[Sexile]], [[Junior Advisor|JA]], [[Freshmonic]]...</span></div>
* [[DVDs You're Welcome to Borrow]]
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* [[Stuff to buy, sell, loan and borrow]]
 
* [[Books Students Are Reading]]
 
  
==Games Students Play==
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* [[Halo]]
 
* [[Beirut]]
 
* [[Capball]]
 
* [[Cribbage]]
 
* [[The Greatest Game in the World]] / Telepictionary
 
* [[Game With Four]]
 
* [[Mattress Dominoes]]
 
* [[My Dad]], apparently
 
* [[Telephone Oracle]]
 
* [[Poker]]
 
* [[Orgo Drinking Game]]
 
  
==Stuff that should be done==
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==Minor Categories (as yet)==
* [[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]]
 
  
==Getting/Being Elsewhere==
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[[:Category:Activity|Activity]], [[:Category:Advice|Advice]], [[:Category:Alumni|Alumni]], [[:Category:Academics|Academics]], [[:Category:Athletics|Athletics]], [[:Category:Biography|Biography]], [[:Category:Faculty|Faculty]], [[:Category:Resources|Resources]]
* [[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==
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* '''See also: [[List of student groups|Full list of student groups]]'''
 
  
* [[(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==
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* [[Guide to Williams History]]
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==Wiki-ness==
* [[Anchor housing]]
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* [[Project:About|About Willipedia]]
* [[Campus controversies]]
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* [[Help:Getting started|Getting started]]
* [[Noteworthy E-mails]]
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* [[Help:Editing|Basic editing help]]
* [[QBE]] (Queer Bash E-mails)
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* [[Project:Extensions|Advanced features]]
 
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* [[Project:Policies|Willipedia policies]]
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* [[Project:Naming conventions|Naming conventions]]
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<div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;">[[Special:Recentchanges|More recent changes...]]</div>
* [[How to prevent doors from rattling]]
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* [[How to remove automatic door-closing hinges]]
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* [[Door buzzer]]
 
 
 
===PeopleSoft/Listserv Hell===
 
* [[How to unsubscribe from a list that seems impossible to get off]]
 
* [[Navigating PeopleSoft]]
 
  
===The Williams Network===
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* [[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/wiki]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Williams College|Wikipedia's entry on Williams College]]
 
* [[Wiki board]]
 

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