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A wiki is a web page that can be edited by any visitorJust click the "edit" link at the top of this page.
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A wiki is a web page that can be edited by its visitorsIn order to edit, you will need an account, which can (due to spam) only be created by a sysop; consult the [[Special:Listusers|user list]] to contact one.
  
This wiki uses the MediaWiki software; to learn to use MediaWiki markup, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#The_wiki_markup Wikipedia's "How to edit a page", "Wiki markup" section].  (Wikipedia, which is the world's largest wiki, also runs MediaWiki.)
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Once you have an account, login, click the "edit" link at the top of any page, and a text box for editing will appear.
  
For more general help about MediaWiki, see also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia's help pages].
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This wiki uses the MediaWiki software; to learn to use MediaWiki markup, see [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing MediaWiki editing help].  For general help, see also [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki User's Guide].
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==Useful MediaWiki help topics==
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===Editing===
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*[http://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php/MediaWiki_User%39s_Guide:_Reverting_a_page_to_an_earlier_version Reverting a page to an earlier version]: Fixing vandalism takes only four mouse clicks (fewer if you are a sysop; contact [[User:Keunwoo|Keunwoo]] if you want sysop status)
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===Administration===
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Administrative topics:
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*[http://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php/Setting_user_rights_in_MediaWiki Setting user rights in MediaWiki]
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Range_blocks IP range blocks] (note: the documentation does not mention that MediaWiki currently only accepts CIDR prefixes of 16 or greater)
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings_index MediaWiki configuration settings help]
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Spam_blacklist MediaWiki spam blacklist]: See the "Content Banning Features" on the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anti-spam_Features MediaWiki Anti-spam Features] page for more information about how to use this.  Highly recommended.  Our local blacklist regex file, which we should regularly update from the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spam_blacklist?action=raw global file], is in
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$MEDIAWIKI_ROOT/extensions/SpamBlacklist/wikimedia_blacklist
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*[[Notes on upgrading this MediaWiki]]

Latest revision as of 21:15, 12 February 2006

A wiki is a web page that can be edited by its visitors. In order to edit, you will need an account, which can (due to spam) only be created by a sysop; consult the user list to contact one.

Once you have an account, login, click the "edit" link at the top of any page, and a text box for editing will appear.

This wiki uses the MediaWiki software; to learn to use MediaWiki markup, see MediaWiki editing help. For general help, see also MediaWiki User's Guide.

Useful MediaWiki help topics

Editing

Administration

Administrative topics:

$MEDIAWIKI_ROOT/extensions/SpamBlacklist/wikimedia_blacklist