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| + | ==Wikis at SMU== |
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| | + | This information relates to [http://wiki.smu.edu.sg wikis at SMU]. |
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| − | == Background ==
| + | * [[Help:Policies|Wiki policies at SMU]] |
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| + | * [[Help:Logging in |Logging in]] |
| − | MediaWiki is the most commonly used wiki in the world. It is open source and it is being used to power Wikipedia. After you have gone through this user guide, then you will be prepared to edit and create new topics in Wikipedia/MediaWiki.
| + | * [[Help:Setting up a user page|Setting up a user page]] |
| | + | * [[Help:Basic editing |Basic editing]] |
| | + | * [[Help:Advanced editing |Advanced editing]] |
| | + | * [[Help:Finding uploadable images|Finding uploadable images]] |
| | + | * [[Help:Creating and editing tables|Creating and editing tables]] |
| | + | * [[Help:Citing your sources|Citing your sources]] |
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| | + | ==Wikipedia documentation== |
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| − | === Terms of Use and Wiki Policy ===
| + | Some of this information is specific to Wikipedia, which uses several extensions to MediaWiki. Most of it also applies here, although you may find some advanced functionality that works differently. If in doubt, consult the MediaWiki documentation below. |
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| − | As a user of wikis in SMU it is important show good behavior and to be respectful. You will find more information about SMU’s terms of use and wiki policy on the links below.
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help Page] |
| | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wikipedia Cheat Sheet] |
| | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Wikipedia Manual of Style] |
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| − | https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/TermsofUse.pdf
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Referencing Guidelines on citing sources] |
| | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial Tutorial on adding images to pages] |
| | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_history Tutorial on using the page history] |
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| − | https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/smuwikipolicy.pdf
| + | ==MediaWiki documentation== |
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| − | == Log in to Mediawiki ==
| + | These pages provide a simple introduction to MediaWiki. For advanced functionality, you can refer to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_history full documentation] on the MediaWiki web site. |
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| − | #Click on '''Login''' on the wiki site (top right corner).
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| − | #Type your SMU user name, password and choose appropriate domain.
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| − | #Click on the '''Log in''' button.
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| − | == Adding or changing content (editing) == | + | ===Reading=== |
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| + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Navigation Navigation] |
| | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tracking_changes Tracking changes] |
| | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Watchlist Watchlist] |
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| − | Go to the page or section of a page that you wish to edit (note that you need to be logged in to be able to edit)
| + | ===Basic editing=== |
| | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages Editing an existing page] |
| | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page Starting a new page] |
| | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Formatting] |
| | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links Links] |
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| | + | ===Intermediate editing=== |
| | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images Images] |
| | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables Tables] |
| | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Managing_files Uploading and managing files] |
| | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Moving_a_page Moving (renaming) a page] |
| | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects Redirects] |
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| − | To edit a whole page:
| + | ===User and talk pages=== |
| − | #Click on the '''edit tab''' at the top of the window. The content of the page will appear with an editing toolbar at the top.
| + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:User_page User pages] |
| − | #Make your additions or changes in the text area.
| + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages Talk pages] |
| − | #Click the '''Save page button''' below the text area.
| + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Signatures Signatures] |
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| − | To edit a section of a page:
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| − | #Click the '''edit''' link that appears at the right side of the window next to the heading of the section you wish to edit. The content of the section will appear with an editing toolbar at the top.
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| − | #Edit the content in the text area.
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| − | #Click the '''Save page button''' below the text area.
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| − | == Getting your userpage set up == | |
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| − | #A link (username) to your userpage appears at the top of every wiki page once you have logged in. Clicking on this link will take you to your own wiki userpage.
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| − | ==Headings==
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| − | Headings are a good way to organize a wiki page into different section (like this page). This will help you when editing your page. Use the '''level two headline button''' in the toolbar
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| − | <pre>
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| − | ==Heading==
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| − | ===Subsection of heading===
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| − | ====Subsection of subsection of heading====
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| − | </pre>
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| − | == Bold and Italic text ==
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| − | Use the '''bold''' and '''italic''' buttons in the toolbar to create bold and italic text.
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| − | <pre>
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| − | '''Bold text'''
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| − | ''Italic text''
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| − | '''''Bold and Italic text'''''
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| − | </pre>
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| − | '''Bold text'''
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| − | ''Italic text''
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| − | '''''Bold and Italic text'''''
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| − | ==Bullet and Numbered Lists==
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| − | <pre>
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| − | * itemized list
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| − | ** second level
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| − | # numbered list
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| − | ## second level
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| − | </pre>
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| − | * itemized list
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| − | ** second level
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| − | # numbered list
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| − | ## second level
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| − | == Adding references ==
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| − | #At the paragraph which you want to add the reference, type <nowiki><ref> </nowiki> ''reference text'' <nowiki></ref></nowiki>.
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| − | #At the bottom of page in the edit box, type <nowiki>==References==</nowiki>.
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| − | #Click "Enter" and type <nowiki><references group=/> <references/></nowiki>.
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| − | Your references will be automatically generated. ''Refer to your study guide on how to reference correctly.''
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| − | Text <ref name="test">[http://www.example.org Link text], additional text.</ref>
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| − | More text <ref>Johnson, Kelvin. Wikipedia for SMU students. Trigger Publishing, 2008, 23-24</ref>.
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| − | Lee Kong Chian School of Business ''(LKCSB)''<ref>[http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/ Lee Kong Chian
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| − | School of Business] - Singapore Management University</ref>
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| − | <references group=/> <references/>
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| − | == Adding a table ==
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| − | #Go to the page or section you wish to edit.
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| − | #Click on either the edit tab at the top of the window to edit the whole page or the [edit] link that appears at the right side of the window next to the heading of the section you wish to edit.
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| − | #To add a table, you need to use coding. The following example shows how to add a table of 3 columns and 3 rows with a column width of 150.}
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| − | <pre>
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| − | {| border="2" cellpadding="2"
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| − | |width="150pt"|Column 1 Heading
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| − | |width="150pt"|Column 2 Heading
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| − | |width="150pt"|Column 3 Heading
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| − | |column 1 row 2 info ||column 2 row 2 info|| column 3 row 2 info
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| − | |column 1 row 3 info ||column 2 row 3 info|| column 3 row 3 info
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| − | |}
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| − | </pre>
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| − | {| border="2" cellpadding="2"
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| − | |width="150pt"|Column 1 Heading
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| − | |width="150pt"|Column 2 Heading
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| − | |width="150pt"|Column 3 Heading
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| − | |column 1 row 2 info ||column 2 row 2 info|| column 3 row 2 info
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| − | |column 1 row 3 info ||column 2 row 3 info|| column 3 row 3 info
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| − | |}
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| − | == Signing your posts ==
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| − | #Click on the signature tool icon in the editing toolbar. A combination of lines and squiggles will appear in the editing area.
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| − | # Click '''Save page'''
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| − | --[[User:Magnuslb|Magnuslb]] 14:39, 18 December 2008 (SGT)
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| − | == Adding an image ==
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| − | This is a two-step process. You first need to upload your file, then select it to insert it into a page.
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| − | Note: It is best to upload only small images, as large images take a long time to load and can be difficult to view. As a rule of thumb, they should be no larger in file size than 100 Kb and no larger in physical size than 640x480 pixels.
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| − | #Click on Upload file in the toolbox menu to the left of the window.
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| − | #Click on the Browse button and select the image file you wish to upload from your computer. '''Make a note of the exact spelling of the image Destination file name'''.
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| − | #If you wish, type a description in the Summary field.
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| − | #Click Upload file.
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| − | #Go to the page or page section where you wish to insert the image.
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| − | #Click on the edit tab at the top of the window or the [edit] link to the right of the section heading where you wish to insert the image.
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| − | #Place the cursor where you would like the image to appear.
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| − | #Click on the Embedded file icon in the middle of the editing tool bar.
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| − | #An image tag will have been inserted into the text area where you placed your cursor. Change Example.jpg to the name of the file that you uploaded.
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| − | #Click Save page.
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| − | <pre>
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| − | [[Image:Example.jpg]] Uploaded picture full size
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| − | [[Image:Example.jpg|right]] Picture aligned to the right
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| − | [[Image:Example.jpg|100px]] Picture 100 pixels wide
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| − | </pre>
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| − | More information about images can be found [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial here]
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| − | == Uploading and adding a link to a document ==
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| − | It is a two-step process to upload and link to a file such as a '''PDF''', '''Word''' document or '''Excel''' spreadsheet. You first need to upload your document, then link to it from a page.
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| − | #Click on Upload file in the toolbox menu to the left of the window.
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| − | #Click on the Browse button and select the document file you wish to upload from your computer. '''Make a note of the exact spelling of the image destination file name.'''
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| − | #If you wish, type a description in the Summary field.
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| − | #Click Upload file.
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| − | #Go to the page or page section where you wish to insert a link to the document.
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| − | #Click on the edit tab.
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| − | #Place the cursor where you would like the link to the document to appear.
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| − | #Click on the '''file link''' icon in the middle of the editing tool bar.
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| − | #An media tag will have been inserted into the text area where you placed your cursor. Change Example.ogg to the name of the file that you uploaded.
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| − | #Click Save page.
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| − | <pre>
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| − | [[Media:Example.ogg]]
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| − | change to
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| − | [[Media:Test.doc]]
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| − | You can also add a text to the link
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| − | [[Media:Test.doc|Test docuement]]
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| − | </pre>
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| − | [[Media:Test.doc]]
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| − | [[Media:Test.doc|Test docuement]]
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| − | == External links to websites ==
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| − | #Go to the page or section where you wish to add the link and click on the edit tab.
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| − | #Place the cursor in the text where you would like the link to appear.
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| − | #Click on the External link icon in the editing toolbar.
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| − | #A URL tag will have been inserted into the text area.
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| − | #Replace the web address with your link's URL.
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| − | #Replace the '''link title''' with the link description.
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| − | #Click Save page.
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| − | <pre>
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| − | [http://www.example.com link title]
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| − | Change to
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| − | [http://www.smu.edu.sg Singapore Management University]
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| − | To show the url then simply type the full URL
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| − | http://www.smu.edu.sg
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| − | </pre>
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| − | [http://www.smu.edu.sg Singapore Management University]
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| − | http://www.smu.edu.sg
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| − | == Internal links ==
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| − | #Go to a page on this wiki (e.g. https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/MGMT003/Special:Recentchanges).
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| − | #Copy the last part of the URL (e.g. Special:Recentchanges).
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| − | #Go to the page or section where you wish to add the link and click on the edit tab.
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| − | #Place the cursor in the text where you would like the link to appear.
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| − | #Click on the '''Internal link icon''' in the editing toolbar.
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| − | #A URL tag will have been inserted into the text area
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| − | #Replace '''Link title''' with the last part of the url that you want to add a link to (e.g. Special:Recentchanges).
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| − | #Click Save page.
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| − | <pre>
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| − | [[Link title]]
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| − | Change to
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| − | [[Special:Recentchanges]]
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| − | You can also add a display text
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| − | [[Special:Recentchanges|Special Pages]]
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| − | Mail to link
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| − | [mailto:John.Ho@smu.edu.sg|email E-mail]
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| − | </pre>
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| − | [[Special:Recentchanges]]
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| − | [[Special:Recentchanges|Special Pages]]
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| − | [mailto:John.Ho@smu.edu.sg|email E-mail]
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| − | ''Link to user page''
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| − | [[User:Magnuslb]]
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| − | [[User:Magnuslb|Magnus page]]
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| − | == Displaying a formula ==
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| − | #Click on the mathematical formula in the tool bar
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| − | #Add the formula in the tag
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| − | You can find out more about formulas [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Formula here]
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| − | == Adding a new page ==
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| − | #Go to the page or section from where you would like to link your new page and click on the edit tab
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| − | #Type and highlight a word or collection of words that represents the title of your new page and click on the '''Internal link''' icon in the editing toolbar (e.g. My new wiki page).
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| − | #The words you selected will appear surrounded with double square brackets, and will have been formatted as a link to your new page.
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| − | #Click Save page.
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| − | <pre>
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| − | [[My new wiki page]]
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| − | </pre>
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| − | [[My new wiki page]]
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| − | #The link should appear in red color. Click on the hyperlink.
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| − | #The new blank new page appears.
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| − | #Add text into the text field.
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| − | #Click Save page.
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| − | #The link should now be in blue
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| − | *Red link (Empty page)
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| − | *Blue link (The page contains text or other material)
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| − | == Moving a page (change name of page) ==
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| − | #Click on the move tab
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| − | #Change the name of the page and click '''move page'''
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| − | '''Please note that links to the old page will not be changed. You must make sure that there are no broken links pointing to the old page. This can be a drastic and unexpected change for a popular page; please be sure you understand the consequences of this before proceeding.'''
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| − | == Discussion ==
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| − | #Click on the discussion tab
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| − | #Type the topics or question that you would like to discuss for this wiki page
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| − | #Save
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| − | == Restoring previous content (Administrator only) ==
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| − | #Go to the page or section where you wish to restore previous content.
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| − | #Click the history tab at the top of the window. You will see a chronological list of all the changes that have been made to that page.
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| − | #Tick the version version you wish to restore and click '''compare previous version'''.
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| − | #If you are sure this is the version you wish to restore, click on the '''rollback tab'''.
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| − | == Finding out who edited a page ==
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| − | To identify who made which contributions to a particular page:
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| − | #Go to the relevant page.
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| − | #Click the history tab at the top of the window. A chronological list of all the changes to the page will appear, with the editors' usernames next to their changes.
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| − | #Click on the circle next to a particular version and click Compare selected versions.
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| − | #You will see the changes made in that version in yellow on the left of the window, and later changes to those sections in green on the right.
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| − | == How to view user contribution? ==
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| − | You can find all registered users for the wiki under
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| − | *Special pages (under tool box) -> User List.
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| − | *Copy the userid.
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| − | *Go to special pages -> User Contributions.
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| − | *Paste the userid. | |
| − | *Click search.
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| − | *You will find information about user contributions [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:User_contributions#Accessing_other_user.27s_user_contributions_page here].
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| − | == How do I view all pages in the wiki ==
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| − | #Go to special pages –> all pages, below you will find new pages
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| − | == Editing at the same time? ==
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| − | #If two users are editing a page at the same time then mediawiki will not allow the second user to save his changes.
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| − | == How to change the Navigation bar (Administrator only) ==
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| − | #Use the wiki url [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]
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| − | #Click on edit and add navigation items
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| − | == How do I delete a page? (Administrator only) ==
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| − | #Click on the delete tab
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| − | #Give a reason and click on '''delete page'''
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| − | Please be careful when using this function, deletion is permanent and the page cant be retrieved.
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| − | == Useful links ==
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| − | #[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|Wikipedia Cheat Sheet]]
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| − | #[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|How to insert images in Wikipedia]]
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| − | #[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Referencing|How to cite your sources in Wikipedia]]
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| − | #[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links Syntax for linking in Wiki]
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| − | #[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Wikipedia Manual of Style]]
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| − | #[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki User's Guide]
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| − | #[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
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| − | #[[Wikipedia:Singapore Management University|Wikipedia page about SMU]]
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| − | #[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]
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| − | #[https://wiki.smu.edu.sg Wikis in SMU]
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