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INDEX Symbols & Numbers anniversaries. See date-related articles authority, arguing from, 54–55, 57 anonymous editors, 302, 304–305, 325 authors, of articles. See editors <!-- and -->, in hidden comments, 158 April Fools’ Day main page, 353 autobiography, 207. See also Conflict of Interest ' (apostrophe), in bold and italic text, 145 Arbitration, policy on (ARB), 375 guideline, 378 * (asterisk), in bulleted lists, 147 Arbitration Committee, 398–400 autoconfirm, 303 : (colon), indented lines with, 146 cases, 399–400, 400 AutoWiki Browser (AWB), 210 {{ }} (curly brackets), templates and, 145, 270 arguments. See disputes awards, for editors, 333–334 == (equal signs), in sections, 155–156 article history. See page history AWB (AutoWiki Browser), 210 | (pipe character) article message boxes. See templates, image parameters, 267 uses of, warning B internal links, 149 article namespace, 27–28 table syntax, 279–280 backlinks. See What Links Here article titles, 168–169 template parameters and, 271 Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense changing. See moving pages [[ ]] (square brackets), internal links and, 149–150 (BJAODN), 351 forbidden characters in, 169 ~ (tilde), in signatures, 115, 341 bans, 403. See also blocks lowercase in, 169 1.0. See Wikipedia 1.0 WikiProject barnstars, 333–334 articles 3RR. See Three-Revert Rule (3RR) Be Bold, 138, 365–366 creating, 162–170, 167 5P. See Five Pillars guideline, 378 definition of, 5 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 163 BEANS, 366 editing. See editing Bibliography section, 103 missing, 163 A biographies, 7 number of, 3–5, 4. See also milestones article titles and, 168–169 academic qualifications, of editors, 53–57, 316 policies for. See policies, content of living persons, 23, 52, 207 accounts. See also usernames removing. See deletion noticeboard, 344 autoconfirm, 303 structure of, 100–104, 173–175 policy on, 373 creating, 303, 305–308, 309. See also unified stubs. See stub articles sources for, 187 login topics, 7–11, 9, 20 searching for, 62 acronyms finding new, 162–163 Biography WikiProject, 7 in articles, 177 articles, scholarly published, 184 BITE (Please Don’t Bite the Newcomers), in Wikipedia, 172 Articles for creation (AfC), 163 332, 379 administrators, 327–330 Articles for Deletion (AfD). See deletion BJAODN (Bad Jokes and Other Deleted becoming, 329–330 processes, Articles for Deletion Nonsense), 351 list of, 308 assignments, using Wikipedia for, 465–466 blocks, 329, 401–403 Adopt-a-User, 333 Assume Good Faith (AGF), 332, 366–367 appealing, 344 advertisements guideline, 378 policy on, 375 and NPOV, 17 atlas, on Commons, 423 log of, 402 on Wikipedia, 451 Atom feeds, 322 policy on, 375 AfC (Articles for creation), 163 attack pages, policy, 373 warning templates for, 401 AfD (Articles for Deletion). See deletion attack sites, 155. See also harassment, blogs processes, Articles for Deletion guideline on about Wikipedia, 358 AGF. See Assume Good Faith (AGF) Attribution, guideline, 378 as sources, 15, 187 Akçam, Taner, 119 audience, of articles, 7, 174, 176. See also writing BLP. See biographies, of living persons amateur editors, 57 style bold text, formatting, 145 ANI (Administrators’ noticeboard), 329 audio files. See media files boldness, in editing. See Be Bold How Wikipedia Works (C) 2008 by Phoebe Ayers, Ben Yates, and Charles Matthews books messages, 102, 201–202, 201 copyvio. See copyright violations finding, 185 tasks, 202–203 corrections ISBNs of, linking, 186 fact-checking, 205–206 in articles about yourself, 207–208, 343–344 bots, 8, 326 formatting, 204–205 making. See editing contacting owner of, 291 rewriting, 203–204 Counter-Vandalism Unit (CVU), 210, 210 new article logs and, 292 stub expansion, 204 courtesy blanking, 224 policy on, 375 COI (Conflict of Interest). See Conflict of creating an account. See accounts, creating brilliant prose, 175. See also featured articles Interest (COI) creating an article. See articles, creating bullet points, 147, 147 Colbert, Stephen, 352 Criteria for Speedy Deletion (CSD). See deletion bureaucrats, 326 collaborations, article improvement, 215–216 processes, speedy deletion businesses, articles about. See companies, collaborative writing, techniques for, 138–140, criticism, of Wikipedia, 51–58 articles about 194–198 CSS. See Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) columns, formatting, 281 Cunningham, Ward, 42 C combining articles. See merging articles current events, 9, 70–71. See also Wikinews comments, hidden, 158 portal, 71 cabals, 351 Commons. See Wikimedia Commons reporting on, 21 cache, clearing, 133 community bans, 403 CamelCase, 453 community portal, 75, 216, 343 D Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) companies, articles about, 8, 165 in articles, 282 DAB. See disambiguation pages Compare Selected Versions link, 109. See also customizing user, 313–314 date of last page edit. See page history diff; page history categories, 88–92, 90, 104, 246–252. See also date-related articles, 87–88 conferences. See events, in-person categorizing articles defamation, reporting, 344 Conflict of Interest (COI) browsing, 91–92 DEFAULTSORT key, 255–256. See also categories, disclosures and, 316 creating, 250–251 sorting guideline on, 378, 380–381 deleting, 257 deleted articles writing about yourself and, 207 on a page, 88–89, 88 log, 219, 225 consensus, 385–386, 386 policy on, 376 recreating, 166, 226 policy on, 377 sorting, 254–256, 255 deletion, 218–227 contacting an editor through email, 303. See structure of, 89–90 case studies, 226–227, 294–295 also user talk pages subcategories of, 91–92, 250–251 contesting, 224 contacting Wikipedia, 75–76. See also OTRS categorizing articles, 93, 246–249, 248 messages, 121 with corrections, 343–344 <categorytree> tag, 251 of non-article pages, 224 contents page, 85 CD/DVD versions, 461 policy on, 376 contests, article writing, 334 censorship, 23–24 processes contributors. See editors chapters, Wikimedia. See Wikimedia chapters Articles for Deletion, 222–223, 223, 342 controversial topics, 195, 393–394 checkuser, 304, 326–327 proposed deletion, 221, 222, 376 controversies. See disputes requests for, 307, 327 speedy deletion, 220, 221, 376 Copyeditors, WikiProject League of, 200 Chemistry WikiProject, 214 reasons for, 219, 225 copyleft, 40 citation templates, 192–193 review, 226 copyright law, 39. See also fair use criteria citations. See references deletionism, 349 copyright violations, 208–209 Cite This Page link, 79, 464–465 developers, 327. See also MediaWiki policy on, 373 civility, 364 Dewey Decimal Classification, 86 reporting, 343–344 policy on, 374 dictionary definitions, 21. See also Wiktionary copyrighted materials, use on Wikipedia, 21. on talk pages, 339–340 Did you know... section, 71 See also fair use criteria cleanup, of articles, 200–211 Diderot, Denis, 36 copyrights, policy on, 373 categories, 202 500 | Index How Wikipedia Works (C) 2008 by Phoebe Ayers, Ben Yates, and Charles Matthews diffs, 108–110, 109, 321 help page, 136 FAQ page, Wikipedia’s, 343 used as evidence, 398 policy on, 373 Fashion WikiProject, 355 disambiguation pages, 10, 10, 236–239 sections, 137 featured articles, 120, 227–228 about people, 237–238 syntax. See wikisyntax candidates (FAC), 228 avoiding, 253–254 tabs. See tabs review (FAR), 228 creating, 165, 236–237 toolbar, 134–135, 135 Featured Pictures, 268 templates, 239 editors, 132 fictional characters, articles about, 8 disclaimer contribution history. See edit count Firefox web browser in articles, guideline on, 379 demographics of, 353–354 Chatzilla IRC extension, 346 Wikipedia’s, 72 essays by, 356–359 searching Wikipedia with, 66 discussion, resolving disputes with, 387–388 experience, 119 Five Pillars (5P), 364 discussion page. See talk page privacy of, 304 footnotes, 103, 189 Discussion tab, 100. See also talk page types, 325–327 formatting, 190–191 disputes values of, 359–360 forks, of articles, POV, 391 between editors, 397–400 elections, for the Board of Trustees, 450 formatting articles, 204–205, 172–180. See also over article content, 384–390, 391–394. See participating in, 323 wikisyntax also edit wars Email This User feature, 303, 311 formatting templates, 275, 281 and polling, 395–396 emailing Wikipedia. See contacting Wikipedia Foundation. See Wikimedia Foundation resolving, 387–391, 397–400 embassies, 412 free licenses, 39–40. See also GNU Free policy on, 375 encyclopedias, 33–37, 34, 35 Documentation License (GFDL) resolving with policies, 371–372 definition, 33 free software, 38–39. See also open source disrupting Wikipedia, guideline on, 378 history, 34–36 front page, Wikipedia’s. See main page donations, 76, 451 encyclopedic dictionaries, 34 fundraisers, 451. See also donations drafting articles, 169–170 English, varieties of, 177 Further reading section, 103 drawings. See images essays, about Wikipedia, 356–359, 370 future events, articles about, 23, 164 duplicate articles. See merging articles Essjay controversy, 56–57 DYK. See Did you know... section etiquette, guideline on, 378 G events GA. See good articles E in the news. See current events gadgets, 314 in-person, 78, 347–348, 452 Eco, Umberto, 31–32 <gallery> tag, 268, 425–426, 426 eventualism, 349 edit conflicts, 139 Gdan´ sk/Danzig dispute, 394–396 expertise, of editors, 54–57 edit count, 322–324 geographic topics, 8, 417. See also maps extensions, installing, 313–314 edit history. See page history historical names and, 394–395 external links. See links, external edit summaries, 108, 111, 196–197 GFDL. See GNU Free Documentation External links section, 103 jargon for, 467–470 License (GFDL) Edit This Page tab, 101 global account. See unified login F edit wars, 142–143 GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), 21, lamest, 350 FA. See featured articles 40–41, 72–73. See also free licenses policy on, 374 Fact and Reference Check WikiProject, 200 policy, 377 resolving, 388–389 {{fact}} template, 206, 206 text of the, 491–497 edit window, 133–136, 134 fair use criteria, 263–264. See also copyright GNU General Public License (GPL), 40. See also customizing, 136, 311 violations free licenses for new article, 167, 167 on Commons, 424 GNU Project, 38–39, 39 editing and media files, 268 Go button, 60–61.
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    WIKIPEDIA 25th Feb 2007 TIDEL PARK CHENNAI The Knowledge Foundation Want to Change the World? AUTOGRAPH AUTOGRAPH Wiki Basics What is wiki? In simple terms, a Wiki is an openly editable set of pages that allows any user to edit content through a simple browser. A Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. In a layman’s words : Imagine a public park with a wall set aside for mural artists. Anyone could show up at any time and Start painting, adding to existing images, filling blank space, or whitewashing as much as they like.A wiki is an analogous public space, but it’s on the web. Technical meaning : A wiki is a website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change available content. It is a set of web pages editable by anyone. No special knowledge of HTML is needed. Nor is it necessary to access a web server to upload pages. Every page in a wiki can be amended, edited, or even deleted by anyone with a web browser. The term wiki also can refer to the collaborative software itself (wiki engine) that facilitates the operation of such a Web site, or to certain specific wiki sites, including the computer science site (the original wiki) WikiWikiWeb and on-line encyclopedias such as Wikipedia. A wiki enables documents to be written very collaboratively in a simple markup language using a web browser.