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What is a wiki?
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This page is part of a *wiki* - an area conducive to collaborative content
development.  Wikis are designed to simplify web page writing and
interlinking, typically using textual "gestures" to denote references
between wiki pages or text markup like *emphasis*, table layout, and so
forth.

- The `wikipedia description`_ has lots more info about wiki's general
  background.

.. _`wikipedia description`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

- There are many wiki implementations.  This site runs `Zwiki`_.  It
  includes unusual features like subscriptions for email notifications
  about page changes, automatic organization of pages in outline-like
  hierarchies, file and image uploads, and more.  See `the Zwiki help
  page`_ for more details.

.. _`Zwiki`: http://zwiki.org
.. _`the Zwiki help page`: http://zwiki.org/HelpPage

Navigation
==========
Each page in a wiki has a unique name, most often a !WikiName - two or more
capitalized words joined together.  Free-form names, which can be any word
or phrase, can also be used.  A page name automatically links to that page.

Certain pages or links provide special functions such as an overview of the
wiki ("contents") or list of recently-changed pages ("changes").  Or, you
can use convenient `access keys`_ to navigate.

.. _`access keys`: http://zwiki.org/AccessKeys

Click "backlinks" or the page title to see the list of pages which link
to this one.

Page hierarchy
==============
Zwiki arranges pages in a hierarchy (outline), to helps maintain some
organization as the number of pages gets large.  You can always see the
overall wiki outline by clicking "contents".  You can:

- visit the backlinks screen to *reparent* the current page (relocate it
  in the hierarchy)

- after you have configured a user name, you can also use the page
  management form at the bottom of the screen to reparent, rename and
  delete pages.

If enabled by the site admin, you'll also see hierarchy navigation links
(next/previous/up) and a list of subtopics on each page.

Subscription
============
If you see a "subscribe" link, you can subscribe to receive comments and
change notifications by email.  You can choose to receive comments just
from that page or from the whole wiki.

1. Click "subscribe"

2. If needed, enter your email address and click "Change"

3. Click the button to toggle your page or wiki subscription status
   (green means you are subscribed).

If configured by the site admin, subscribers can send comments by mail.
Just reply to a comment, or send mail to the wiki's mail-in address.
Your mail will go to the page named in brackets in the subject (or to a
default page).

Editing
=======
People with site membership have full editing rights to any page.  Note
your comments may be received by many subscribers.  To avoid this, please
use SandBox for test comments.  Tips:

- Add a comment using the form at the bottom of the page

- Click "edit" to change the page's text.  You can rename the page,
  upload a file, or choose other options here.

- When you write a page name in wiki text, it automatically forms a link
  to that page (free-form names must be enclosed in double square
  brackets).  If that page does not yet exist, a "?" question-mark link
  will appear; click the "?" question-mark when you are ready to create
  it

- There are best practices for wiki editing which you'll get to know over
  time.

Formatting rules
================
When you save a page, Zwiki formats and links your text according to some
standard rules.  Different rules are applied depending on the *page type*;
they are described at the `Zwiki text formatting rules`_ page.  The
default in this wiki is `reStructuredText`_ - there's a quick reference
for it at http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/rst/quickref.html.

.. _`Zwiki text formatting rules`: http://zwiki.org/TextFormattingRules
.. _`reStructuredText`: http://zwiki.org/reStructuredText


Finding out more
================
More about Zwiki: http://zwiki.org , ZWiki:WhatIsZwiki , ZWiki:ZWiki ,
ZWiki:FAQs

More about wiki in general: WikiWikiWeb:FrontPage ,
WikiWikiWeb:EvolutionOfaWikizen