What is a wiki?
A wiki is “a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit all content, very quickly and easily…
The term wiki is a shortened form of ‘wiki wiki’ which is from the native language of Hawaii (Hawaiian), where it is commonly used as an adjective to denote something ‘quick’ or ‘fast’ (Hawaiian dictionary)” (Wikipedia).
For example, a “cookbook wiki” would be a website where you could easily add your own recipes, edit existing recipes, and help organize the recipes using categories. You’d do all of this with simple markup called wiki syntax (we’ll get to that shortly). Together you and the community would maintain this online recipe collection to help bring more deliciousness to everyone’s meals.
Who can create/edit/change a wiki entry?
Only registered GP Members of the site, Staff are permitted to modify this part of the website.
Edit an Article
To edit an article click on the edit link. (In the upper right.) This puts the article in “edit mode” which lets you edit the content right there on the web page. In Edit mode simple text formatting such as emphasis, strong emphasis, delete, and insert are handled by CSGPN’s CMS code, an easy-to-remember method of styling text. When you are done editing just click on update and your edits are instantly published.
To learn more about editing an article, click here
Create an Article
Creating an article in a wiki is as simple as finding something that doesn’t exist. A wiki assumes that whenever someone searches for an article and no results are found or clicks on a link to an article that doesn’t exist, that someone will want to create that information for the community. Sound strange? Let’s go back to the Cookbook wiki example to explain.
A set of breakfast recipes is not complete without an inspired Peanut Butter Sandwich. You have such a recipe. To add this recipe, the first thing you would do is use the Create or Find a Page search tool in the sidebar to see if someone already added a recipe with the same title. You search for Peanut Butter Sandwich. The wiki checks all existing articles and comes up empty. The wiki then gives you the opportunity to create an article titled Peanut Butter Sandwich by clicking the Edit link. Once you click edit, the article is instantly created and you can share your gooey peanut butter masterpiece with the world.
To learn more about Creating an article, click here
