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, and an expression of Willipedia is governed by the Williams consciousness. Articles, stories, and [[:Category:How-To|how-to'sWillipedia board]] are welcome, and on nearly any subject: hosted by [[:Category:BuildingWilliams Students Online|buildingsWSO]]. It is not officially related to the college. Anyone can read any article, [[:Category:Biography|people]]but only students, [[:Category:Groups|organizations]], [[classes]]faculty, and alumni may edit (after [[Special:Category:HistoryUserlogin|historylogging into Willipedia]], with a [[hikingUnix ID]] -- anything of, about, or near the college (though consider skimming the site [[Project:Policies|policiesAWC]]account).
== Getting Started == '''To edit an article''': click "Edit Feel free to contribute! We want this page" at the bottom site to become a definitive source of any article. Orinformation about Williams, click "edit" on and an expression of the right-hand side of a section headerWilliams consciousness. When you are done editingArticles, add a note about what you did in the "Summary" boxstories, and click "Save page". These summaries help other editors keep track of an article's history. '''To create a new article''': Creating an article is a four step process.# Make sure you're [[Special:UserloginCategory:How-To|logged into Willipedia]]# Make a link to the article you want to create. You need how-to edit an existing article to do so. You can either edit a related article, or, if there's not one]] are welcome, add your link to and on nearly any subject: [[Miscellaneous articles:Category:Building|buildings]]. Just enclose the word(s) you want to be the title in double brackets '''<nowiki>, [[like this:Category:Biography|people]]</nowiki>'''. Save the page.# Click on the link you created.# You'll see a big white box. Type the article into there, and when you're done, click "Save page".You will probably want to consult [[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_pageCategory:Groups|Wikipedia's editing guideorganizations]] to learn useful syntax. Feel free to experiment in the , [[Sandboxclasses]]. == Advanced Features ==Willipedia uses , [[http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/ MediaWikiCategory:History|history]], the same software that powers the free and famous [[Wikipedia:Main page|Wikipediahiking]]. In addition-- anything of, Willipedia uses the following MediaWiki Extensionsabout, which let you insert cool components into an article page using only or near the textboxcollege. Click the links You might want to learn more about the specific syntax for each extension.consult:* '''[[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Formula MathGetting started|Getting started]: allows for equations like this:<math>e^{\pi i} + 1 = 0</math>]'''* [http[Help://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Emiller/GoogleMapsExtension Google MapsEditing|Basic editing help]]: 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</googlemap>* [http[Project://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dscho:LilyPond LilyPondExtensions|Advanced features]]: 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[Project://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Easytimeline EasytimelinePolicies|Willipedia policies]]: actually not all that easy and not all that pretty, but it's there if you want it.* [http[Help://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tdittmar/MailObfuscator MailObfuscator]: if you put Restricting an article's readership|Restricting an email address in between <nowiki><email></nowiki> tags, then spam robots wonarticle't be able to see it. But people will. See, it looks normal:** <email>wiki@wso.williams.edu</email>s readership]]
== Willipedia In The News ==
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