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=== Intellectual Property ===
 
=== Intellectual Property ===
  
It is important to make sure that added material on the wiki does not infringe intellectual property laws. Please answer the below questions if you are not sure if the material that you want to post on the wiki is violating intellectual property.
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{| class="wikitable centered" width="90%"
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!STEP
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!colspan="40%"|Description
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!colspan="40%"|Remarks
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|width="10%"|<!-- STEP --> 1
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|colspan="40%"|<!-- Description  --> Finding images to use on your project (for including in your presentations and reports), from '''Wikipedia Commons'''.
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|colspan="40%"|<!-- Remarks  -->
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|-
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|width="10%"|<!-- STEP --> 2
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|colspan="40%"|<!-- Description  --> Give credit to the owner of the image, by attributing authorship.
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|colspan="40%"|<!-- Remarks  --> Simply add the full URL to the picture in your presentation.
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|-
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|width="10%"|<!-- STEP --> 3
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|colspan="40%"|<!-- Description  --> Looking to other websites / sources for content
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|colspan="40%"|<!-- Remarks  --> If you have used images only from '''Wikipedia Commons, please skip to STEP 4''', otherwise please approach your lecturer for assistance.
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|-
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|width="10%"|<!-- STEP --> 4
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|colspan="40%"|<!-- Description  --> Final checks
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|colspan="40%"|<!-- Remarks  -->
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|-
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|}
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----
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<u>'''STEP 1 : Finding truly free images for your project'''</u>
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We would strongly encourage you to find pictures for use on your project at the links below :
  
  
If your answers are '''YES''' to '''all''' the questions, then content is safe to post on the wiki.
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
  
If any of your answers are '''NO''' to '''any''' of the questions then you should contact your Professor to clarify before posting the content.
 
  
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When you use a picture from these websites, do '''ensure that at least one''' of the symbols below are found in the licensing details accompanying the image you intend to use.
  
{| class="wikitable centered" width="90%"
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{| class="wikitable centered" width="100%"
!CHECKLIST
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|width="30%"|<!-- STEP --> [[Image:Copyright_free.jpg|left]]
!colspan="18"|RESPONSE
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|colspan="60%"|<!-- Description  --> For more details on what each symbol indicates, you may wish to look at this link.<br><br> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags#Free_Creative_Commons_licenses.
 
|-
 
|-
|width="95%"|<!-- CHECKLIST --> Is the content (picture, video, sound recording, text etc) licensed royalty free?
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|}
|colspan="3"|<!-- RESPONSE  --> YES / NO
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|-
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<u>'''BUT'''</u> If you see <u>'''any'''</u> of these symbols, then you <u>'''cannot use'''</u> the image in your project.
|width="95%"|<!-- CHECKLIST --> Has permission been given to you, by its relevant owner, to use the content?
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|colspan="3"|<!-- RESPONSE  --> YES / NO
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{| class="wikitable centered" width="100%"
|-
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|width="30%"|<!-- STEP --> [[Image:Copyright_not_free.jpg|left]]
|width="95%"|<!-- CHECKLIST --> Is the content free of privileged and/or confidential information on SMU administrative/communication/academic policy?
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|colspan="60%"|<!-- Description  --> (These symbols generally mean that the copyright is unclear or that you will not be allowed to use the image / combine it with other materials).<br><br>For more details, you may wish to look at this link :<br><br> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags#Free_Creative_Commons_licenses
|colspan="3"|<!-- RESPONSE  --> YES / NO
 
|-
 
|width="95%"|<!-- CHECKLIST --> Is the content free of anything which may endorse hatred, strife or intolerance (ethnic, racial, political or religious) with the inclusion of any unsubstantiated, malicious, derogatory, libelous and/or defamatory comments?
 
|colspan="3"|<!-- RESPONSE  --> YES / NO
 
|-
 
|width="95%"|<!-- CHECKLIST --> Is the content free of anything which may promote outwardly or subliminally, glorify the gratuitous aspects of sex, nudity, violence, anti-social, discriminatory/anti-democratic behavior?
 
|colspan="3"|<!-- RESPONSE  --> YES / NO
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
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''Example of where the copyright symbols are located on a website (The picture below can be used for your project)''
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[[Image:Copyright_image_symbols.jpg]]
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<u>'''STEP 2 : Attribute the owner of the image'''</u>
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''Example of how to reference the source of an image, when using it for your project''
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[[Image:copyright_image_referencing.jpg]]
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----
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<u>'''STEP 3 : Sourcing images from other websites'''</u>
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There are usually several complications with using images from websites (other than from '''Wikipedia Commons''') including:
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# getting consent to use from the correct person;
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# having to pay a fee to get the consent needed to use;
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# a fine may be payable if content is used without consent and you wish to continue using it; '''and/or'''
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# having to remove the content and amend the project, if consent is not given from the actual owner;
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For these reasons, we would '''strongly''' encourage that you use media from the '''Wikipedia Commons''' website.
  
  
=== Pictures ===
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If you must use content from other websites, please approach your lecturer for assistance on this project.
 
The search engine below will help you to find pictures that can be used on your wiki.
 
  
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/by-nc-2.0/
 
  
When you use a picture from this website, '''ensure''' that the below symbols are found next to the photo.
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----
  
[[Image:IP1.jpg]]
 
  
(The symbols mean that you may use this picture for '''non commercial''' use but you '''must attribute the copyright owner''')
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<u>'''STEP 4 : COMPLETE the CHECKLIST'''</u>
  
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<u>Content clearance checklist</u>
  
''Example of where the copyright symbols are located on a website''
 
  
[[Image:IP2.jpg]]
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It is important to make sure that material used on your project (“content”) does not infringe intellectual property laws or is unsuitable for publishing on the internet.
  
  
''Example of how to reference on a wiki page''
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If your answers are YES to all the questions in the checklist then content is safe to post on the internet.
  
[[Image:IP3.jpg]]
 
  
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If any of your answers is NO to any of the questions then you should contact your Professor to clarify before posting the content.
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{| class="wikitable centered" width="90%"
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!colspan="60%"|CHECKLIST
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!colspan="30%"|RESPONSE
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|-
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|colspan="60%"|<!-- CHECKLIST  --> Is the content (picture, video, sound recording, text etc) licensed royalty free?
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|colspan="30%"|<!-- RESPONSE  --> YES / NO
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|-
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|colspan="60%"|<!-- CHECKLIST  --> Give Has permission been given to you, by its relevant owner, to use the content? (Proceed to next question if your material is licensed royalty free from Wikimedia Commons)
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|colspan="30%"|<!-- RESPONSE  --> YES / NO
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|-
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|colspan="60%"|<!-- CHECKLIST  --> Is the content free of privileged and/or confidential information on SMU administrative/communication/academic policy?
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|colspan="30%"|<!-- RESPONSE  --> YES / NO
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|-
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|colspan="60%"|<!-- CHECKLIST  --> Is the content free of anything which may endorse hatred, strife or intolerance (ethnic, racial, political or religious) with the inclusion of any unsubstantiated, malicious, derogatory, libelous and/or defamatory comments?
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|colspan="30%"|<!-- RESPONSE  --> YES / NO
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|-
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|colspan="60%"|<!-- CHECKLIST  --> Is the content free of anything which may promote outwardly or subliminally, glorify the gratuitous aspects of sex, nudity, violence, anti-social, discriminatory/anti-democratic behavior? 
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|colspan="30%"|<!-- RESPONSE  --> YES / NO
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|-
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|}
  
 
== Using MediaWiki ==
 
== Using MediaWiki ==
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[[Image:Personalpage.jpg]]
 
[[Image:Personalpage.jpg]]
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=== Add a page ===
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#To add a new page on the wiki use double brackets.
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<pre>
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[[New page]]
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</pre>
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[[New page]]
  
 
== Editing ==
 
== Editing ==
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[[Image:format.jpg]]
 
[[Image:format.jpg]]
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<pre>
 
<pre>
 
[[micro-]]<nowiki>second</nowiki>
 
[[micro-]]<nowiki>second</nowiki>
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[[micro-]]<nowiki>second</nowiki>
 
[[micro-]]<nowiki>second</nowiki>
  
== Adding references ==
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=== Add a signature ===  
  
#At the paragraph which you want to add the reference, type <nowiki><ref> </nowiki> ''reference text'' <nowiki></ref></nowiki>.
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[[Image:sign.jpg]]
#At the bottom of page in the edit box, type <nowiki>==References==</nowiki>.
 
#Click "Enter"  and type <nowiki><references group=/> <references/></nowiki>.
 
  
Your references will be automatically generated. ''Refer to your study guide on how to reference correctly.''
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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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<pre>
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--~~~~
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</pre>
  
Text <ref name="test">[http://www.example.org Link text], additional text.</ref>
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--[[User:Magnuslb|Magnuslb]] 16:04, 22 June 2009 (SGT)
  
More text <ref>Johnson, Kelvin. Wikipedia for SMU students. Trigger Publishing, 2008, 23-24</ref>.
 
  
Lee Kong Chian School of Business ''(LKCSB)''<ref>[http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/ Lee Kong Chian
 
School of Business] - Singapore Management University</ref>
 
  
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=== Add horizontal line ===
  
<references group=/> <references/>
 
  
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Click on the horizontal line icon in the editing toolbar.
  
== Adding a table ==
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[[Image:horizontal.jpg]]
 
 
#Go to the page or section you wish to edit.
 
#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.
 
#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.}
 
  
  
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
{| border="2" cellpadding="2"
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|-
 
|width="150pt"|Column 1 Heading
 
|width="150pt"|Column 2 Heading
 
|width="150pt"|Column 3 Heading
 
|-
 
|column 1 row 2 info ||column 2 row 2 info|| column 3 row 2 info
 
|-
 
|column 1 row 3 info ||column 2 row 3 info|| column 3 row 3 info
 
|}
 
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
  
{| border="2" cellpadding="2"
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----
|-
 
|width="150pt"|Column 1 Heading
 
|width="150pt"|Column 2 Heading
 
|width="150pt"|Column 3 Heading
 
|-
 
|column 1 row 2 info ||column 2 row 2 info|| column 3 row 2 info
 
|-
 
|column 1 row 3 info ||column 2 row 3 info|| column 3 row 3 info
 
|}
 
  
== Signing your posts ==  
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=== Add e-mail address ===
  
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Type:
  
#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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<pre>
# Click '''Save page'''
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[mailto:YourID@smu.edu.sg Your Name]
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</pre>
  
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[mailto:YourID@smu.edu.sg Your Name]
  
--[[User:Magnuslb|Magnuslb]] 14:39, 18 December 2008 (SGT)
 
  
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=== Create a table ===
  
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To create a table, you need to use code. The following example shows how to add a table of 4 columns and 2 rows.
  
  
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#Go to the page or section you wish to edit.
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#Click on the edit tab.
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#Copy and edit the below code.
  
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<pre>
  
== Displaying a formula ==
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{| class="wikitable centered" width="90%"
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!Group
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!Assigned Company
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!Topic
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!Students
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|-
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|width="2%"|<!-- Group--> Group 1
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|width="10%"|<!-- Company--> [[Company 1]]
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|width="10%"|<!-- Topic--> Your Topic
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|width="30%"|<!-- Students--> Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4
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|-
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|width="2%"|<!-- Group--> Group 2
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|width="10%"|<!-- Company--> [[Company 2]]
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|width="10%"|<!-- Topic--> Your topic
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|width="30%"|<!-- Students--> Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4
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|-
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|}
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</pre>
  
#Click on the mathematical formula in the tool bar
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{| class="wikitable centered" width="90%"
#Add the formula in the tag
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!Group
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!Assigned Company
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!Topic
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!Students
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|-
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|width="2%"|<!-- Group--> Group 1
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|width="10%"|<!-- Company--> [[Company 1]]
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|width="10%"|<!-- Topic--> Your Topic
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|width="30%"|<!-- Students--> Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4
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|-
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|width="2%"|<!-- Group--> Group 2
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|width="10%"|<!-- Company--> [[Company 2]]
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|width="10%"|<!-- Topic--> Your topic
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|width="30%"|<!-- Students--> Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4
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|-
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|}
  
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== Referencing  ==
  
You can find out more about formulas [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Formula here]
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#At the paragraph which you want to add the reference, type <nowiki><ref> reference text </ref></nowiki>.
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#At the bottom of page in the edit box, type <nowiki>==References==</nowiki>.
  
== Adding a new page ==
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Your references will be automatically generated. ''Check with your Professor to find out the preferred reference format for your class.''
 
#Go to the page or section from where you would like to link your new page and click on the edit tab
 
#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).
 
#The words you selected will appear surrounded with double square brackets, and will have been formatted as a link to your new page.
 
#Click Save page.
 
  
<pre>
 
[[My new wiki page]]
 
</pre>
 
  
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Example:
  
[[My new wiki page]]
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Professor Howard Hunter is the president of Singapore Management University.<ref>http://www.smu.edu.sg/about_smu/president_message.asp</ref>
  
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The sun is pretty big, but the moon is not so big.<ref>Brown, R (2005). "Size of the moon" ''Scientific press'', 77(4).</ref>
  
#The link should appear in red color. Click on the hyperlink.
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==References==
#The new blank new page appears.
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<References/>
#Add text into the text field.
 
#Click Save page.
 
#The link should now be in blue
 
  
  
*Red link (Empty page)
 
  
*Blue link (The page contains text or other material)
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<pre>
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Professor Howard Hunter is the president of Singapore Management
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University.<ref>http://www.smu.edu.sg/about_smu/president_message.asp</ref>
  
== Moving a page (change name of page) ==
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The sun is pretty big, but the moon is not so big.<ref>Brown, R (2005). "Size
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of the moon" ''Scientific press'', 77(4).</ref>
  
#Click on the move tab
 
#Change the name of the page and click '''move page'''
 
  
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==References==
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<References/>
  
'''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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</pre>
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Discussion ==
 
  
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== Administration ==
  
#Click on the discussion tab
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=== Restoring previous content ===
#Type the topics or question that you would like to discuss for this wiki page
 
#Save
 
 
 
== Restoring previous content (Administrator only) ==
 
 
   
 
   
 
#Go to the page or section where you wish to restore previous content.  
 
#Go to the page or section where you wish to restore previous content.  
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#If you are sure this is the version you wish to restore, click on the '''rollback tab'''.
 
#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 ===
== Finding out who edited a page ==
 
  
 
To identify who made which contributions to a particular page:
 
To identify who made which contributions to a particular page:
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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.
 
#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 do I view all contributions by a user? ===
== How to view user contribution? ==
 
 
   
 
   
 
You can find all registered users for the wiki under  
 
You can find all registered users for the wiki under  
*Special pages (under tool box) -> User List.
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#Special pages (under tool box) -> User List.
*Copy the userid.  
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#Copy the userid.  
*Go to special pages ->  User Contributions.
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#Go to special pages ->  User Contributions.
*Paste the userid.
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#Paste the userid.
*Click search.  
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#Click search.
*You will find information about user contributions [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:User_contributions#Accessing_other_user.27s_user_contributions_page here].
 
 
 
== How do I view all pages in the wiki ==
 
 
 
#Go to special pages –> all pages, below you will find new pages
 
 
 
 
 
== Editing at the same time? ==
 
 
#If two users are editing a page at the same time then mediawiki will not allow the second user to save his changes.
 
 
 
 
 
== How to change the Navigation bar (Administrator only) ==
 
 
 
#Use the wiki url [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]
 
#Click on edit and add navigation items
 
 
 
== How do I delete a page? (Administrator only) ==
 
 
 
#Click on the delete tab
 
#Give a reason and click on '''delete page'''
 
 
 
Please be careful when using this function, deletion is permanent and the page cant be retrieved.
 
 
 
  
 
== Useful links ==
 
== Useful links ==

Latest revision as of 11:09, 18 January 2010

User Guide


Background

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.


Terms of Use and Wiki Policy

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.


https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/TermsofUse.pdf

https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/smuwikipolicy.pdf


Intellectual Property

STEP Description Remarks
1 Finding images to use on your project (for including in your presentations and reports), from Wikipedia Commons.
2 Give credit to the owner of the image, by attributing authorship. Simply add the full URL to the picture in your presentation.
3 Looking to other websites / sources for content If you have used images only from Wikipedia Commons, please skip to STEP 4, otherwise please approach your lecturer for assistance.
4 Final checks

STEP 1 : Finding truly free images for your project

We would strongly encourage you to find pictures for use on your project at the links below :


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page


When you use a picture from these websites, do ensure that at least one of the symbols below are found in the licensing details accompanying the image you intend to use.

Copyright free.jpg
For more details on what each symbol indicates, you may wish to look at this link.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags#Free_Creative_Commons_licenses.

BUT If you see any of these symbols, then you cannot use the image in your project.

Copyright not free.jpg
(These symbols generally mean that the copyright is unclear or that you will not be allowed to use the image / combine it with other materials).

For more details, you may wish to look at this link :

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags#Free_Creative_Commons_licenses

Example of where the copyright symbols are located on a website (The picture below can be used for your project)

Copyright image symbols.jpg




STEP 2 : Attribute the owner of the image

Example of how to reference the source of an image, when using it for your project

Copyright image referencing.jpg




STEP 3 : Sourcing images from other websites

There are usually several complications with using images from websites (other than from Wikipedia Commons) including:


  1. getting consent to use from the correct person;
  2. having to pay a fee to get the consent needed to use;
  3. a fine may be payable if content is used without consent and you wish to continue using it; and/or
  4. having to remove the content and amend the project, if consent is not given from the actual owner;


For these reasons, we would strongly encourage that you use media from the Wikipedia Commons website.


If you must use content from other websites, please approach your lecturer for assistance on this project.




STEP 4 : COMPLETE the CHECKLIST

Content clearance checklist


It is important to make sure that material used on your project (“content”) does not infringe intellectual property laws or is unsuitable for publishing on the internet.


If your answers are YES to all the questions in the checklist then content is safe to post on the internet.


If any of your answers is NO to any of the questions then you should contact your Professor to clarify before posting the content.

CHECKLIST RESPONSE
Is the content (picture, video, sound recording, text etc) licensed royalty free? YES / NO
Give Has permission been given to you, by its relevant owner, to use the content? (Proceed to next question if your material is licensed royalty free from Wikimedia Commons) YES / NO
Is the content free of privileged and/or confidential information on SMU administrative/communication/academic policy? YES / NO
Is the content free of anything which may endorse hatred, strife or intolerance (ethnic, racial, political or religious) with the inclusion of any unsubstantiated, malicious, derogatory, libelous and/or defamatory comments? YES / NO
Is the content free of anything which may promote outwardly or subliminally, glorify the gratuitous aspects of sex, nudity, violence, anti-social, discriminatory/anti-democratic behavior? YES / NO

Using MediaWiki

Login

  1. Click on the Log in link at the top-right corner of your wiki.
  2. Type your SMU username and password into the grey authentication box, choose correct domain and click OK.

Login.jpg


Setup your personal page

  • A link (your username) to your personal page appears at the top of every wiki page once you have logged in. Clicking on this link will take you to your personal page.
  • You can use this page to write about yourself.

Personalpage.jpg


Add a page

  1. To add a new page on the wiki use double brackets.


[[New page]]

New page

Editing

Editing a wiki page

You can edit either a whole page or just a section of a page.

To edit a whole page:

  1. 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.
  2. Make your additions or changes in the text area.
  3. Click the Save page button below the text area.

To edit a section of a page:

  1. Click the edit link that appears at the top of each page. The content of the section will appear with an editing toolbar at the top.
  2. Make your additions and changes in the text area.
  3. Click the Save page button below the text area.


Bulleted list

Type:

* One
* Two
** Two point One
* Three


  • One
  • Two
    • Two point One
  • Three


Numbered list

Type:

# One
# Two
## Two point One
# Three
  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point One
  3. Three


Bold text

Highlight the text you want to make bold and click on the bold text icon in the edit toolbar.


Bold.jpg


'''Bold text'''

Bold text


Italic text

Highlight the text you want to make italic and click on the italic text icon in the edit toolbar.

Italic.jpg

''Italic text''

Italic text


Internal links

  1. Go to a page on your wiki (e.g. https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/MGMT003/Special:Recentchanges).
  2. Copy the last part of the URL (e.g. Special:Recentchanges).
  3. Go to the page where you wish to add the link and click on the edit tab.
  4. Click on the Internal link button in the editing toolbar

Internallink.jpg

5. Replace Link title with the last part of the URL (e.g. Special:Recentchanges).


[[Link title]]

Change to

[[Special:Recentchanges]] 


You can also add a display text 

[[Special:Recentchanges|Special Pages]] 


Special:Recentchanges

Special Pages


External links

Externallink.jpg

  1. Click on the External link icon in the edit toolbar.
  2. Replace the web address with your URL.
  3. Replace link title with a link description.


[http://www.example.com link title]

Change to 

[http://www.smu.edu.sg Singapore Management University]


To show the URL then simply type the full URL

http://www.smu.edu.sg


Singapore Management University


http://www.smu.edu.sg

Table of content/headlines

  1. Highlight the text and click Level 2 headline icon in the edit toolbar.

Toc2.jpg

==Section 1==
Text

===Section 1.2===
Text

====Section 1.3====
Text

==Section 2==
Text

Toc.jpg

Adding an image

This is a two-step process. First you need to upload your file, and then insert it into a page. As a rule of thumb, images should be no larger in file size than 100 Kb and no larger in physical size than 640x480 pixels.

  1. Click on Upload file in the toolbox menu on the left hand side.
  2. Click on the Browse button and select the image file you wish to upload from your computer.
  3. Click Upload file (note the exact name of the file).
  4. Go to the page or page section where you wish to insert the image.
  5. Click on the embedded file icon in the editing toolbar.

Photo.jpg

6. Change “Example.jpg” to the name of the file that you uploaded.

[[Image:Example.jpg]]           Uploaded picture full size
[[Image:Example.jpg|right]]     Picture aligned to the right
[[Image:Example.jpg|100px]]     Picture 100 pixels wide


Upload and link to a document

It is a two-step process to upload and link to a file such as a PDF, Word document or Excel spreadsheet.

  1. Click on Upload file in the toolbox menu on the left hand side.
  2. Click on the Browse button and select the file you wish to upload from your computer. Note the exact name of the file.
  3. Click Upload file.
  4. Go to the page or page section where you wish to insert the image.
  5. Click on the File link icon in the editing toolbar.

File.jpg

6. Change Example.ogg to the name of the file that you uploaded.


[[Media:Example.ogg]]

change to

[[Media:Test.doc]]

You can also add a text to the link

[[Media:Test.doc|Test document]]

Media:Test.doc

Test document


Displaying a formula

  1. Click on the mathematical formula in the tool bar.

Formula.jpg

2. Add the formula in the tag.

Ignore wiki formatting

  1. Highlight the word you do not want to be formatted.
  2. Click on Ignore wiki formatting in the tool bar.

Format.jpg

[[micro-]]second

micro-second

Add a signature

Sign.jpg

  1. Click on the signature tool icon in the editing toolbar. A combination of lines and squiggles will appear in the editing area.
--~~~~

--Magnuslb 16:04, 22 June 2009 (SGT)


Add horizontal line

Click on the horizontal line icon in the editing toolbar.

Horizontal.jpg


----



Add e-mail address

Type:

[mailto:YourID@smu.edu.sg Your Name]

Your Name


Create a table

To create a table, you need to use code. The following example shows how to add a table of 4 columns and 2 rows.


  1. Go to the page or section you wish to edit.
  2. Click on the edit tab.
  3. Copy and edit the below code.

{| class="wikitable centered" width="90%"
!Group
!Assigned Company
!Topic
!Students
|-
|width="2%"|<!-- Group--> Group 1
|width="10%"|<!-- Company--> [[Company 1]]
|width="10%"|<!-- Topic--> Your Topic
|width="30%"|<!-- Students--> Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4
|-
|width="2%"|<!-- Group--> Group 2
|width="10%"|<!-- Company--> [[Company 2]]
|width="10%"|<!-- Topic--> Your topic
|width="30%"|<!-- Students--> Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4
|-
|}
Group Assigned Company Topic Students
Group 1 Company 1 Your Topic Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4
Group 2 Company 2 Your topic Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4

Referencing

  1. At the paragraph which you want to add the reference, type <ref> reference text </ref>.
  2. At the bottom of page in the edit box, type ==References==.

Your references will be automatically generated. Check with your Professor to find out the preferred reference format for your class.


Example:

Professor Howard Hunter is the president of Singapore Management University.[1]

The sun is pretty big, but the moon is not so big.[2]

References

  1. http://www.smu.edu.sg/about_smu/president_message.asp
  2. Brown, R (2005). "Size of the moon" Scientific press, 77(4).


Professor Howard Hunter is the president of Singapore Management 
University.<ref>http://www.smu.edu.sg/about_smu/president_message.asp</ref>

The sun is pretty big, but the moon is not so big.<ref>Brown, R (2005). "Size 
of the moon" ''Scientific press'', 77(4).</ref>


==References==
<References/>

Administration

Restoring previous content

  1. Go to the page or section where you wish to restore previous content.
  2. 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.
  3. Tick the version version you wish to restore and click compare previous version.
  4. If you are sure this is the version you wish to restore, click on the rollback tab.

Finding out who edited a page

To identify who made which contributions to a particular page:

  1. Go to the relevant page.
  2. 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.
  3. Click on the circle next to a particular version and click Compare selected versions.
  4. 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.

How do I view all contributions by a user?

You can find all registered users for the wiki under

  1. Special pages (under tool box) -> User List.
  2. Copy the userid.
  3. Go to special pages -> User Contributions.
  4. Paste the userid.
  5. Click search.

Useful links

  1. Wikipedia Cheat Sheet
  2. How to insert images in Wikipedia
  3. How to cite your sources in Wikipedia
  4. Syntax for linking in Wiki
  5. Wikipedia Manual of Style
  6. MediaWiki User's Guide
  7. MediaWiki FAQ
  8. Wikipedia page about SMU
  9. Wikipedia
  10. Wikis in SMU