1. The ways of wikis
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2. The 5 pillars of wikipedia
It is an encyclopedia
It has a neutral point of view
It is free content which can be edited by anyone
It has a code of conduct
No other firm rules

3. 1. Encyclopedias Written to teach others Accurate
Does not report original research

4. 2. Neutral point of view Balanced information
No axes to grind or soap boxes
Use of verifiable sources
References
Authors may have different opinions
Evenly present all sides

5. 3. Free content Must not use copyrighted material
Pictures
Papers
Many writers / editors
Anything you write can be changed by anyone else

6. 4. Code of conduct Respect fellow authors Be civil
Avoid conflicts of interest or personal attacks
Find consensus
Follow the three-revert rule - can’t make >3 reversions on one page in 24 hr period
Act in good faith

7. 5. There are no other rules
Be bold in writing and editing
Aim for perfection but it is not required
Do not worry about messing up
Someone else will improve on what you start
Everything is backed up

8. Our class wiki Only we create it Content goal
Can’t be edited by outside world
Can be viewed by outside world if you give them the link
Content goal
To write a better description of the biology / chemistry / physics of animal communication
To document interesting examples of how animal communication is shaped

9. Practicalities #0 - Getting to it
Probably easiest to cut and paste this link into your browser so you don’t have to look at the blackboard wrap around

10. Practicalities - #1 Log in
Can’t add material unless you log in

11. Now have more options on Main Page - let’s edit the page

12. Editing caveat There are two ways to edit
Using the “Rich text editor”
Using conventional wiki tools
I’ll try to show both but I know conventional tools better

13. This view has the rich editor enabled
I have turned Rich editor off here.

14. This view has the old fashioned wiki editing
I have turned Rich editor off here.

15. Wikipedia - editing http://en. wikipedia

16. Editing cheatsheet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet

17. To add a page Create a link to the new page
[[Name of new page | displayed text for link]]
For example I could make a page to discuss cichlid fish vision by adding:
[[Cichlid | Cichlid fish visual communication]]

18. Added topics - Don’t forget to SAVE Can also preview first
The link that shows on wiki
Name of page

19. Show preview - Don’t forget to SAVE
See the preview above
See edited text below

20. Saved page
See changes
First time you create a link it will be red. To work on that page, click the link and it will open in edit more.

21. Editing hints ==heading== Text External link with text description
‘’italic’’
‘’’bold’’’
‘’’’’bold and italic’’’’’
External link with text description
[ Text]
Link to a page on our wiki
[[Page name | Displayed text]]

22. More editing hints Bulleted or numbered text Insert image
* Bullets # Numbered
* #
Insert image
[[Image:Name_of_file.jpg]]
Then need to upload file

23. I put a heading, some bullets and a figure

24. I put a heading, some bullets and a figure
Filename|location|size|Caption

25. Need to upload figure
Click here to upload figure

26. Upload page for adding images
Choose file - find it on your computer and select it
Fill in a destination filename that matches your [Image:filename] statement
Upload

27. File history page

28. Final page
Name of page
Added text
Added figure with caption

29. Figure formatting
[[Image:FileName|{type{|{location}|{size}|{caption}]]
{type} can be thumb or frame
{location} can be right, left, center
Text wraps around right or left, but not around center
Size can be {width}px which is width in pixels
{Caption} - any text which doesn’t fit type, location or size is assumed to be caption
Note: I can not get size to work. I have tried 400x300px or 200x or 200 but none of these changes the size.

30. For next Tuesday
Make a page for your final project on the “Animal Communication” page
Add some of your references to that page
Add a picture
How should we organize page?