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| − | This [[Wiki]] (the '''GeoWiki''') is run by the [[Geocaching Australia]] community to store frequently asked questions, document how to use the GCA website, etc. The main entry point into the Wiki is the [[Main Page]].
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| − | The collaborative nature of a [[Wiki]] is that if people think that there should be a section on XYZ, they can just write it and it will appear!
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| − | == What is a Wiki ==
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| − | For those of you who have never seen a [[Wiki]] before, it's a tool to allow collaborative document creation. Bsically it's like a giant whiteboard where people can write documents with links between them. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki]
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| − | The software used for this [[Wiki]] is MediaWiki. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki]
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| − | == Logins for editing the Wiki ==
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| − | This [[Wiki]] was originally open for all to edit, but the [[Wiki]] was being deluged with spam, so accounts are now required. To get an account, send a [[PM]] to [[User:Cached|Cached]] through the [[Geocaching Australia Forum]].
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| − | == Editing a page ==
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| − | If see something you want to change or add to an existing page, it's very easy once you have a login:
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| − | 1. Go the article you want change.
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| − | 2. Click on edit.
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| − | 3. Make the changes you want.
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| − | 4. Click on Save (or Preview first if you want to be careful).
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| − | That's it!
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| − | == Adding a page ==
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| − | Anyone is free (and encouraged) to add content to the [[Wiki]]. To do so:
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| − | Go to the page you want the article linked from and put in the link. Then click on that link and you will be able to edit the new page:
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| − | <nowiki>For example, assume you are in the [Geocaching] page and want to do an article on coordinates:</nowiki>
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| − | 1. <nowiki>in the [Geocaching] page, click on edit.</nowiki>
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| − | 2. <nowiki>change the text "coordinates" into the link "[[Coordinates]]"</nowiki>
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| − | 3. Press save
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| − | 4. See how all the links on the page are blue yet the coordinates link is red. that means it's empty.
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| − | 5. Click on the coordinates link and you'll be able to add text
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| − | 6. Press save and you're done!
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| − | It's actually extemely quick, making this a very powerful tool!
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| − | == Editing hints ==
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| − | A couple of other hints:
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| − | 1. <nowiki>if you want the link text to be slightly different to the link name, use the pipe character. for example [[Ideology Geocaching|those fine dudes]] will display "those fine dudes" and link to our entry.</nowiki>
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| − | 2. <nowiki>it understands plurals. if you write [[Cache]]s, it displays "Caches" but links to "Cache"</nowiki>
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| − | For more guidelines, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions
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| − | == What's new ==
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| − | * [[Special:Newpages|New pages]]
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| − | * [[Special:Recentchanges|All recent changes]]
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