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).
Feel free to contribute! We want this site to become a definitive source of information about Williams, Willipedia is governed by the [[Willipedia board]] and an expression of the hosted by [[Williams consciousnessStudents Online|WSO]]. Articles, stories, and how-It is not officially related to's are welcome, and on nearly the college. Anyone can read any subject: buildingsarticle, peoplebut only students, organizationsfaculty, classes, computing, hiking, anything of, about, or near the college and alumni may edit (though consider skimming the site after [[ProjectSpecial:PoliciesUserlogin|policieslogging 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 [[: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:* '''To edit an article[[Help:Getting started|Getting started]]'''* [[Help:Editing|Basic editing help]]* [[Project:Extensions|Advanced features]]* [[Project:Policies|Willipedia policies]]* [[Help: click "Edit this page" at the bottom of any Restricting an article's readership|Restricting an article. Or, click "edit" on the right-hand side of a section header.'s readership]]
'''To create a new article''': there first needs to be a link to the article you want to create. You can edit an existing, related article to create that link -- just enclose the word(s) you want to be the title in double brackets '''<nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>'''. You will probably want to consult [[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page|Wikipedia's editing guide]] to learn other useful syntax. Feel free to experiment in the [[Sandbox]].== Willipedia In The News ==
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. * [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Formula Math]: allows for equations like this:<math>e^{\pi i} + 1 = 0</math>* [http://metawww.wikimedianewswise.orgcom/wikiarticles/User:Emillerview/GoogleMapsExtension Google Maps]: enables Google Maps with little markers:<googlemap lat="42.716644" lon="-73.2029" zoom="0" controls="small" width="300" height="200" type="satellite">42.716644,-73.2029,Mission Park<519172/googlemap>* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dscho:LilyPond LilyPondWhat's on College Students' Minds? A Good Humored Guide]: lets you make musical mark-up like this (I'm not sure why there's so much white space):<lilypond>c4 e g</lilypond>* [http://metaNewswise.wikimedia.org/wiki/Easytimeline Easytimeline]: actually not all that easy and not all that pretty, but itcom's there if you want it.* [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:** <email>wiki@wso.williams.edu</email>28 Mar 2006)
