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# Login or create an account. Note that when you create an account you will need to wait for approval by an administrator. | # Login or create an account. Note that when you create an account you will need to wait for approval by an administrator. | ||
# Create a new "user" page in the wiki for your user ID. You can see an example [[User:Hislop | here]] and begin to create your page by modifying the URL of this example, changing the user ID to your own user ID. | # Create a new "user" page in the wiki for your user ID. You can see an example [[User:Hislop | here]] and begin to create your page by modifying the URL of this example, changing the user ID to your own user ID. | ||
| − | # Edit the participants page for this POSSE and add your own name and | + | # Edit the participants page for this POSSE and add your own name and link your name to the User page you created in the prior step. Please keep the names in alphabetic order by last name. In a later activity, you will create a blog and add the link to your blog here too. The participants page is [[POSSE_20130602_Participants | here]] |
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Revision as of 02:21, 17 April 2013
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Wiki Activity
Preparation:
| Description | Provides an overview of wikis and teaches basic skills for creating and editing wiki pages. |
| Source | Greg Hislop |
| Prerequisite Knowledge | None. |
| Estimated Time to Completion | 30 minutes minutes |
| Learning Objectives | Upon completion, you will be able to:
Describe typical uses of wikis. Create and edit a wiki page. Discuss use of wikis in FOSS projects |
| Materials/Environment | Access to the Web via a web browser. |
| Rights | Licensed CC BY-SA |
| Turn In | A wiki page with a short biography and link to your blog |
Background:
According to Wikipedia: "A wiki is a website which allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser usually using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor. Wikis are powered by wiki software. Most are created collaboratively." [1]
The Need for Web publishing
- Quick publication via the Web
- Decentralized control
- But room for recovery
- Web page creation without HTML knowledge
The Solution - Wikis
- Access via a Web browser
- Simple text editor
- Character based formatting
- Built-in change tracking and roll-back
Wiki History
- Predecessors
- Memex, hypertext, hypercards
- Wiki Wiki Web - 1994
- Ward Cunningham
- Today: Lots of Wiki systems
- Major platforms include: Media Wiki, Docuwiki, Tikiwiki, MoinMoin
- Wiki text syntax is generally similar across platforms but with enough variation to be confusing
- Wiki Creole attempts to provide a standard but has not been completely adopted
For our learning activity we will focus on Media Wiki, the wiki software that powers Wikipedia.
Directions:
Part 1 - Introduction to Wikis
- Read the overview article about wikis. (After all, what starting point can there be for wikis other than the Wikipedia article?)
- Read basics of MediaWiki page creation and page editing
Part 2 - Creating a wiki page
As part of your introduction to other POSSE participant, please create a short bio page for yourself in foss2serve.org. Do the following:
- Go to the Foss2serve wiki.
- Login or create an account. Note that when you create an account you will need to wait for approval by an administrator.
- Create a new "user" page in the wiki for your user ID. You can see an example here and begin to create your page by modifying the URL of this example, changing the user ID to your own user ID.
- Edit the participants page for this POSSE and add your own name and link your name to the User page you created in the prior step. Please keep the names in alphabetic order by last name. In a later activity, you will create a blog and add the link to your blog here too. The participants page is here
Part 3 - Wiki Examples
- Browse several example wikis and try to define the role that they play. Starting points:
- Wikipedia is most widely known and used wiki. With over 4 million articles, it can be overwhelming. On the other hand, it contains lots of material about writing wiki pages, organizing wikis, managing large wikis, and using advanced features of MediaWiki. You might browse by starting at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About
- The Fedora Project Wiki is an example of a relatively large wiki used to support a FOSS project. The wiki provides a home for much of the technical documentation, and other materials related to operation of the Fedora project.
