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New page: A '''wiki''' is a web application that allows users both to add and/or edit the content of web pages directly from their web browser. The name is derived from the Hawaiian term ''wiki wiki...

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A '''wiki''' is a web application that allows users both to add and/or edit the content of web pages directly from their web browser. The name is derived from the Hawaiian term ''wiki wiki'', meaning "quick" or "informal", and the most famous example of a wiki site is probably the [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], which allows thousands of people around the world to contribute to a free online encyclopedia.

L tags being treated as HTML.

==Wiki Pages==
===Page Layout===
Every page displayed in the NOBUGS wiki has a number of tabs along the top that are links to different views of the web page:

;Article:This is a link to the formatted view of the web page, which is the default display.
;Discussion:This is a link to a ''Talk'' page, where people can add comments or discuss the content of the 'article', without touching the article itself. ''Talk'' pages have, in addition to the regular tabs, an additional ''Edit'' tag, labelled with a '+' sign. Click on this to add a comment at the end of the discussion (but please remember to sign it using the [[#Signatures|signature and date shortcut]], '<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>').
;Edit:This is a link to a form which allows you to edit the text of the article, and add the formatting instructions. This is only available when you have logged in.
;History:This is a link to previous versions of the 'article' so that you can see what changes have been made. These previous versions can be restored if the latest version has become corrupted in any way. Simply click on the previous version that you want to restore, click on its 'Edit' tab, and then save it.

There is also a navigation bar on the left hand side of the screen with links to common pages on the NOBUGS wiki.

===Creating a Page===
It is simple to create a new page on the NOBUGS wiki; you just add a link to it on an existing page and then click on the link to start editing it.

For example, suppose you wish to create a page called '''My New Topic''', which is linked from [[Topics:Main_Page|NOBUGS Discussions page]]. As this page must be created in the '''Topics:''' namespace, '''Topics:''' will be appended to the page name link below.
#Visit the page (for example, by clicking on the link in the navigation bar)
#Click on its 'Edit' tab. This opens the page in an editable text box.
#In the relevant place, add the title of the new page, surrounded by ''two'' square brackets, ''i.e.'', type '''<nowiki>[[Topics:My New Topic]]</nowiki>'''. Try to keep page names short - you can add any additional description after a <nowiki>|</nowiki> character i.e. '''<nowiki>[[Topics:My New Topic|description of topic]]</nowiki>'''
#Click on the 'Save Page' button below the text box.
#The updated page now contains a link to the new page, which is colored red to show that it doesn't yet exist.
#Click on the new link. This automatically sends you to the new article's 'Edit' page.
#Edit the new page (see instructions below) and save it. The link on the [[Topics:Main_Page|NOBUGS Discussions page]] should now be colored blue.

===Editing a Page===
To edit a NOBUGS wiki page, click on the 'Edit' tab at the top. This will bring you to the '''edit page''': a page with a text box containing the article's text. After adding to or changing the text, you can press "Show preview" to see what the page looks like before saving it. If you are not satisfied you can make more changes and preview the page as many times as necessary. Then write a short edit summary in the small text field below the edit-box and press "Save". A checkbox allows you to specify that the edit is minor, if, for example, you have just corrected a spelling mistake.

===Unable to Create/Edit a Page===
A Wiki page is composed of a main text page and an associated talk/discussion page. All users will be able to add text to a talk/discussion page, but most user accounts will only be able to create new main pages in the [[Topics:Main Page|Topics area]]. NOBUGS committee members will have the '''nbeditor''' right and will be able to edit any page on the site.

===Signatures===
Whenever you make a comment on a '''discussion page''' (see below), you should sign it at the bottom using the <nowiki>:~~~~</nowiki> shortcut at the beginning of a new line. A colon at the beginning of a line indents the signature on a new line while the <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> inserts a link to your user page along with a date stamp.
{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>This is my opinion.
:~~~~</pre>
| This is my opinion.
:[[User:Freddie Akeroyd|Freddie Akeroyd]] 15:45, 18 Jan 2007 (GMT)
|}

==Formatting a Page==
The pages on a '''wiki''' can be edited easily even by those with no experience of web design (''i.e.'', it is not necessary to know any HTML in advance). Editing a page consists of typing in the text along with a few simple formatting instructions. For example,
*Typing * at the start of each line creates a bulleted list (like this one).
*Surrounding text by two "=" characters, ''e.g.'', <nowiki>==Formatting a Page==</nowiki>, creates a level-1 header (like the header of this section).
Here is a brief description of the more commonly-used formatting instructions. You can find more comprehensive help in the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide MediaWiki User's Guide].

===Headings===
Section headings are created by surrounding the heading text with two or more equal signs.
*<nowiki>==Level 1 Heading==</nowiki>
*<nowiki>===Level 2 Heading===</nowiki>
*<nowiki>====Level 3 Heading====</nowiki>
When you have three or more 'Level 1' headings, a table of contents is automatically produced before the first section. In this section, '''Formatting a Page''' is the Level 1 heading and '''Headings''' is a Level 2 heading.

===Paragraphs===
The ''wiki'' ignores single newlines in the text. To create a new paragraph, type in two carriage returns in succession (''i.e.'', make sure that there is a blank line between paragraphs). Note however that single newlines are important when formatting lists (see below). Please note a couple of things:

* Although single newlines are ignored, you should make sure that there are no spaces at the beginning of each line. Lines starting with a space are treated as preformatted text (equivalent to using the <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag).
* You can add line breaks without creating a new paragraph by using the standard HTML <nowiki> </nowiki> tag.

===Lists===
Bulleted lists are created by putting a '*' at the beginning of the line (''i.e.'', there must be no blank characters before it). An extra '*' creates a list within a list. A newline will end the list (so you cannot have any newlines within any list item).
{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>
* List item 1
* List item 2
** Sublist item 1
** Sublist item 2
* List item 3
</pre>
|
* List item 1
* List item 2
** Sublist item 1
** Sublist item 2
* List item 3
|}
Similarly, numbered lists are created by putting a '#' at the beginning of the line.
{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>
# List item 1
# List item 2
#* Sublist item 1
#* Sublist item 2
# List item 3
</pre>
|
# List item 1
# List item 2
#* Sublist item 1
#* Sublist item 2
# List item 3
|}
A third type of list is called a definition list.
{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>
;Term 1: Definition of term 1
;Term 2: Definition of term 2
</pre>
|
;Term 1: Definition of term 1
;Term 2: Definition of term 2
|}
This is very useful if you want to have a subheader followed by indented text, but you don't want to create a new section.

Incidentally, notice that you can indent any new paragraph by putting a colon at the beginning of the line.

===Internal Links===
If you want to link to another ''wiki'' page, just put the title of the page within two square brackets, ''e.g.'', <nowiki>[[New Topic]]</nowiki>.

*If you want the link to use different text, add a vertical bar after the page title and follow it with the replacement text.

{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>
* [[New Topic]]
* [[New Topic|Same link, different text]]
</pre>
|
* [[New Topic]]
* [[New Topic|Same link, different text]]
|}

===External links===
External links, ''i.e.'', to pages outside the ''wiki'', including the rest of the NOBUGS web site, can be displayed in a couple of ways. If the text is a valid URL, it will automatically be formatted as a hyperlink or you can enclose the URL in single square brackets. If the brackets only contain the URL, the hyperlink will be displayed as a reference, but if you add some text after a space, the text is formatted as the hyperlink.

{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>
* http://www.nexusformat.org/
* [http://www.nexusformat.org/]
* [http://www.nexusformat.org/ NeXus Data Format Home Page]
</pre>
|
* http://www.nexusformat.org/
* [http://www.nexusformat.org/]
* [http://www.nexusformat.org/ NeXus Data Format Home Page]
|}

===Centering Text===
Text can be centered by using the standard HTML <nowiki><center></nowiki> tag.
{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>
This text is not centered.

<center>This text is.</center>
</pre>
|
This text is not centered.

<center>This text is.</center>
|}

===Preformatting Text===
You can use the HTML <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag, to preserve precise line breaks, ''etc''. This is also used to display XML files; otherwise, the XML tags would be treated as unknown HTML tags and not be printed.

*Preformatted text is also automatically displayed within a shaded box in monospace font, as if it were code.

{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>
This text
is not preformatted.
<pre>
This text
is.
</pre>
</pre>
|
This text
is not preformatted.
<pre>
This text
is.
</pre>
|}

===Formatting Characters===
Put two or more (single) apostrophe characters around text to add progressively greater emphasis. Standard HTML markup can be used for other formatting and special characters (see the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide:_Creating_special_characters MediaWiki User's Guide] for a complete list). If you need to produce a complex equation, you can [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide:_Editing_mathematical_formulae use TeX] within <nowiki><math></nowiki> tags .
{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>
* This text is ''emphasized''.
* This is '''emphasized even more'''.
* This is '''''emphasized the most'''''.
</pre>
|
* This text is ''emphasized''.
* This is '''emphasized even more'''.
* This is '''''emphasized the most'''''.
|-
| <pre>
* <tt>Typewriter font</tt>
</pre>
|
* <tt>Typewriter font</tt>
|-
| <pre>
* Small text
</pre>
|
* Small text
|-
| <pre>
* x2 and H2O
</pre>
|
* x2 and H2O
|-
| <pre>
* &alpha;, &beta;, &gamma;
</pre>
|
* α, β, γ
|-
| <pre>
<math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>
</pre>
|
<math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>
|}

===Images===
To upload images, use the [[Special:Upload|upload page]]. You can find previous uploads on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]]. Clicking on an uploaded image displays a description page, which you can also link directly to, ''e.g.'' [[Image:NOBUGSWikiLogo.png]]. Use a 'media' link if you want to link to an image but not display it.
{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>
A picture: [[Image:Pcglogo1.gif|NOBUGS]]
</pre>
|
A picture: [[Image:Pcglogo1.gif|NOBUGS]]
|-
| <pre>
[[Media:NOBUGSWikiLogo.png|NOBUGS logo]]
</pre>
|
[[Media:NOBUGSWikiLogo.png|NOBUGS logo]]
|}

===Tables===
Tables can be entered using standard HTML tags. However, a simpler [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Table#Pipe_syntax pipe syntax] requires less typing. Here is a simplified description of that syntax.

* Start the table with "<code>{|</code>" at the start of a new line optionally followed by HTML attributes.
* Start a new row with "<code>|-</code>" at the start of a new line.
* Start a new cell with "|" or "||" at the start of a new line, or "||" between cells in the same row.
* If you need to modify the cell formatting, put the HTML attributes between the two vertical bars.
* If the cell is a header cell, replace the first (or only) vertical bar with "!".
* End the table with the line "<code>|}</code>".

{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>
{| align="center" border="1"
|-
! &nbsp; || Col 1 || Col 2
|-
! Row 1
| align="center" | a11
| align="center" | a12
|-
! Row 2
| align="center" | a21
| align="center" | a22
|}
</pre>
|
{| align="center" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
!   || Col 1 || Col 2
|-
! Row 1
| align="center" | a11
| align="center" | a12
|-
! Row 2
| align="center" | a21
| align="center" | a22
|}
|}

{| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
! width="50%" | What you type
! width="50%" | What you get
|-
| <pre>
{| {{Tablestyle}}
|-
! {{Headcellstyle}} | &nbsp;
! {{Headcellstyle}} | Col 1
! {{Headcellstyle}} | Col 2
|-
! {{Headcellstyle}} | Row 1
| align="center" | a11
| align="center" | a12
|-
! {{Headcellstyle}} | Row 2
| align="center" | a21
| align="center" | a22
|}
</pre>
|
{| {{Tablestyle}}
|-
! {{Headcellstyle}} |  
! {{Headcellstyle}} | Col 1
! {{Headcellstyle}} | Col 2
|-
! {{Headcellstyle}} | Row 1
| align="center" | a11
| align="center" | a12
|-
! {{Headcellstyle}} | Row 2
| align="center" | a21
| align="center" | a22
|}
|}

==References==
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide MediaWiki User's Guide]
*[http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n MediaWiki Interface Customization]
*[http://home.earthlink.net/~awinkelried/keyboard_shortcuts.html Special characters in HTML]

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 ===Unable to Create/Edit a Page===
-A Wiki page is composed of a main text page and an associated talk/discussion page. All users will be able to add text to a talk/discussion page, but most user accounts will only be able to create new main pages in the [[Topics:Main Page|Topics area]]. PCG-SCMP committee members will have the '''nbeditor''' right and will be able to edit any page on the site.
+A Wiki page is composed of a main text page and an associated talk/discussion page. All users will be able to add text to a talk/discussion page, but most user accounts will only be able to create new main pages in the [[Topics:Main Page|Topics area]].
 ===Signatures===

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 | This is my opinion.
-:[[User:Matt Tucker|Matt Tucker]] 15:45, 18 Jan 2007 (GMT)
+:[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:45, 18 Jan 2007 (GMT)
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 ===External links===
-External links, ''i.e.'', to pages outside the ''wiki'', including the rest of the NOBUGS web site, can be displayed in a couple of ways.  If the text is a valid URL, it will automatically be formatted as a hyperlink or you can enclose the URL in single square brackets.  If the brackets only contain the URL, the hyperlink will be displayed as a reference, but if you add some text after a space, the text is formatted as the hyperlink.
+External links, ''i.e.'', to pages outside the ''wiki'', including the rest of the PCG-SCMP web site, can be displayed in a couple of ways.  If the text is a valid URL, it will automatically be formatted as a hyperlink or you can enclose the URL in single square brackets.  If the brackets only contain the URL, the hyperlink will be displayed as a reference, but if you add some text after a space, the text is formatted as the hyperlink.
 {| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"

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 ==Wiki Pages==
 ===Page Layout===
-Every page displayed in the NOBUGS wiki has a number of tabs along the top that are links to different views of the web page:
+Every page displayed in the PCG-SCMP wiki has a number of tabs along the top that are links to different views of the web page:
 ;Article:This is a link to the formatted view of the web page, which is the default display.
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 ===Creating a Page===
-It is simple to create a new page on the NOBUGS wiki; you just add a link to it on an existing page and then click on the link to start editing it.
+It is simple to create a new page on the PCG-SCMP wiki; you just add a link to it on an existing page and then click on the link to start editing it.
-For example, suppose you wish to create a page called '''My New Topic''', which is linked from [[Topics:Main_Page|NOBUGS Discussions page]]. As this page must be created in the '''Topics:''' namespace, '''Topics:''' will be appended to the page name link below.
+For example, suppose you wish to create a page called '''My New Topic''', which is linked from [[Topics:Main_Page|PCG-SCMP Discussions page]]. As this page must be created in the '''Topics:''' namespace, '''Topics:''' will be appended to the page name link below.
 #Visit the page (for example, by clicking on the link in the navigation bar)
 #Click on its 'Edit' tab. This opens the page in an editable text box.
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 #The updated page now contains a link to the new page, which is colored red to show that it doesn't yet exist.
 #Click on the new link.  This automatically sends you to the new article's 'Edit' page.
-#Edit the new page (see instructions below) and save it.  The link on the [[Topics:Main_Page|NOBUGS Discussions page]] should now be colored blue.
+#Edit the new page (see instructions below) and save it.  The link on the [[Topics:Main_Page|PCG-SCMP Discussions page]] should now be colored blue.
 ===Editing a Page===
-To edit a NOBUGS wiki page, click on the 'Edit' tab at the top. This will bring you to the '''edit page''': a page with a text box containing the article's text.  After adding to or changing the text, you can press "Show preview" to see what the page looks like before saving it.  If you are not satisfied you can make more changes and preview the page as many times as necessary. Then write a short edit summary in the small text field below the edit-box and press "Save".  A checkbox allows you to specify that the edit is minor, if, for example, you have just corrected a spelling mistake.
+To edit a PCG-SCMP wiki page, click on the 'Edit' tab at the top. This will bring you to the '''edit page''': a page with a text box containing the article's text.  After adding to or changing the text, you can press "Show preview" to see what the page looks like before saving it.  If you are not satisfied you can make more changes and preview the page as many times as necessary. Then write a short edit summary in the small text field below the edit-box and press "Save".  A checkbox allows you to specify that the edit is minor, if, for example, you have just corrected a spelling mistake.
 ===Unable to Create/Edit a Page===

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 :~~~~</pre>
 | This is my opinion.
-:[[User:Freddie Akeroyd|Freddie Akeroyd]] 15:45, 18 Jan 2007 (GMT)
+:[[User:Matt Tucker|Matt Tucker]] 15:45, 18 Jan 2007 (GMT)
 |}
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 ===Images===
-To upload images, use the [[Special:Upload|upload page]]. You can find previous uploads on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]].  Clicking on an uploaded image displays a description page, which you can also link directly to, ''e.g.'' [[Image:NOBUGSWikiLogo.png]].  Use a 'media' link if you want to link to an image but not display it.
+To upload images, use the [[Special:Upload|upload page]]. You can find previous uploads on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]].  Clicking on an uploaded image displays a description page, which you can also link directly to, ''e.g.'' [[Image:Pcglogo1.gif]].  Use a 'media' link if you want to link to an image but not display it.
 {| width="100%" border="1" style="border:1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse"
 |-
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 |-
 | <pre>
-A picture: [[Image:Pcglogo1.gif|NOBUGS]]
+A picture: [[Image:Pcglogo1.gif|PCG-SCMP]]
 </pre>
+|
-A picture: [[Image:Pcglogo1.gif|NOBUGS]]
+A picture: [[Image:Pcglogo1.gif|PCG-SCMP]]
 |-
 | <pre>
-[[Media:NOBUGSWikiLogo.png|NOBUGS logo]]
+[[Media:Pcglogo1.gif|PCG-SCMP logo]]
 </pre>
+|
-[[Media:NOBUGSWikiLogo.png|NOBUGS logo]]
+[[Media:Pcglogo1.gif|PCG-SCMP logo]]
 |}