A wiki is a website made up of inter-connected web pages that are easily created and edited by members using a markup language.
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What does Wikipedia mean when they say some accounts will be renamed due to a technical change?
Wikipedia currently has a notification at the top of every single page saying that some accounts will be renamed due to a technical change when I am logged in. Clicking on Read more doesn't really ...
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Is it possible to use both align and size parameters for images in MoinMoin? [migrated]
I'm getting a 500 Internal Server Error if I try something like {{attachment:image.png|alt text|width=100 align="left"}}, both in the wiki I am actually trying to edit (https://live.gnome.org/) and in ...
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Embed a form in MoinMoin
I have just started using MoinMoin wiki, and would like to embed a form in a page.
Specifically a Google Search form.
What would be the best way to go about doing this? I see that forms are a work ...
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How to output raw code in github's wiki?
I want to explain my wiki users how to use internal links. However, when I write [[Linktext|Link to an internal site]] with two `` (code dashes) around them, it gets displayed as a link, but ...
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What are the options for hosted wiki for knowledge base/documentation?
I want to create a knowledge base and documentation for a software product. I considered using Python's Sphinx, but am worried that the learning curve for later editors might be too steep. Actually I ...
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Internationalization of the GitHub wiki or GitHub Pages?
My project's wiki documentation is on Google Code, but unfortunately on Google Code every new contributor has to be validated by me beforehand, which is a pain. So I am considering switching to the ...
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How to list all Wikisource pages linked between two specific languages?
I'd like to know if there is a search I can run, either internally or externally to the website, which brings up all pages linked between, say, English and Russian. (It's for comparative linguistic ...
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Embedding simple block diagrams in GitHub wiki
I'd like to add some simple block diagrams to my GitHub wiki. Is there any way to do this without embedding images?
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Changing the name of a Tiddler in TiddlyWiki and retain the references pointing to it
I am new to TiddlyWiki and I am trying to make a webpage that I anticipate to edit later with some information changing. It would make sense to sometimes edit the name of some of the tiddlers, but if ...
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DokuWiki live preview like in Stack Exchange software?
Is there a plugin for DokuWiki which gives a live preview during editing like the one used by the Stack Exchange applications, including live preview of math formulas (jsMath with MathJax), as in ...
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Personal Wiki Site Suggestions
I'm currently reading Pragmatic Thinking & Learning and one suggestion the author has towards the end of the book is to keep a personal wiki that is easily accessible.
Are there any sites that ...
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Is it possible to use google docs as a wiki?
is it possible somehow to easily use google docs as a wiki? I mean, I create a first document, then add a link to another one and so on, so the procedure is easy and fast and the different docs files ...
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“Secure” Wiki for storing sensitiv information [closed]
I'm an System Administrator for various customers. I need a website (like dokuwiki) where I can store sensitive informations of the various servers. Like passwords.
Dokuwiki seems most suitable for ...
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How to download a Wikia?
How can I download a Wikia for offline reading? Is there a specific service that I can use to download a Wikia? Once done, how can I read the downloaded file? I don't need images or other media ...
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How can I build an online survey with a searchable database?
I'd like to help the local organic food producers in my area sell more goods by getting their details online in a kind of searchable directory/wiki.
I'd like to provide access to a searchable, user ...
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How to disable “Random page” in media wiki?
Surprisingly enough, I have a problem finding a solution to this—I want to disable / remove the Random page link from a Mediawiki wiki on the left bar.
I think it is hard to find the answer on Google ...
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How to delete a GitHub wiki page?
I created a wiki page in my project's GitHub repository, for storing some loose notes and links, and GitHub automatically created a wiki page called "Home", containing the text "Welcome to the ...
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How to change MediaWiki “Main Page” title?
I just installed Media Wiki on my web site for a club at my school. I can't figure out how to change the "Main Page" title though on the home page. Does any one know how I can do this?
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How to make Simplified Chinese preferences on Wikipedia stick?
Chinese Wikipedia (维基百科) has the ability to convert its articles from Traditional to Simplified Chinese through a dropdown menu on its top left corner.
This is great because although I can read ...
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Online wiki with the several specific features [closed]
Can anyone recommend a hosted wiki that has the following features?
Hosted,
WYSIWYG editing,
<500 MB content hosting,
multiple user accounts (<20; concurrent read/write not necessary),
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How can I add a link on a MediaWiki message page?
At our company, we have an internal wiki, the access to which is restricted to a specific group. If someone from outside that group attempts access, they will be diverted to the special MediaWiki ...
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How to export all pages from MediaWiki to hierarchy of HTML files
I'm in the process of starting my bachelor project and needs a documentation system. Currently it looks like MediaWiki fulfills my requirements. All pages of a particular MediaWiki-project is stored ...
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How can casing for page headers on GitHub wikis be controlled?
Is there a way to escape the apparent forced sentence casing for the title on a GitHub wiki page?
The wiki seems to be based on Gollum, and it seems to force sentence casing for titles. Attempts to ...
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What is the best (free hosted) wiki for large non tech communities?
Hello, I have posted the question on superuser.com, but I was redirected here, so I will ask again.
I'm searching for a (free hosted - would be awesome) wiki to power a large community of NON techy ...
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Copy & Paste Images Wiki functionality?
I was discussing this with some coworkers, they would like a wiki, but are turned off by the need to constantly [browse] and [upload] files.
They like the functionality of Lotus Notes that they can ...
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Why do articles with multiple sections not have a table of contents?
Why isn't there a table of contents (TOC) in the Wikipedia article "Scott Meyers"?
There are three sections in that article. Has it something to do with the length? The article "Web application" has ...
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PHP based Wiki with WYSIWYG? [closed]
Do you know of any PHP based Wiki's with WYSIWYG support? I really like the FogBugz wiki system, but it's too expensive for this project.
Thanks in advance.
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How does Confluence compare to SP2010, Jive, Newsgator and Telligent for intranets? [closed]
I am currently investigating enterprise social media tools that we can potentially use either with SharePoint 2010 or instead of it to create our intranet. Confluence is one of the tools I am looking ...
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Pdf converter for ikiwiki [closed]
Is there any plugin for ikiwiki which produces high-quality pdf files out of a wiki-page after pressing a button?
?
The best thing for me would be a ikiwiki -> latex -> pdf converter like this ...
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Searching for Chinese words in Wikka wiki
I am a user of Wikka wiki and I have a problem of searching Chinese words. The problem is that there is are spaces between Chinese words. Therefore, the entire title of a page is taken as a single ...
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Opensource project hosting service with rich Wiki support? [closed]
We started using SourceForge to host our project.
But while creating the documentation using SourceForge Wiki, we came across with a problem on how to insert huge images (class diagrams).
So my ...
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Internal wiki setup to create a book or export-to-PDF feature [closed]
Is there any tutorial to setup an internal intranet wiki to enable creation of a book or export-to-PDF as in wikipedia.org?
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Is there a wiki bot for deleting articles based on a regex? [closed]
My problem is that I have added many (about 200) images with a wiki bot to our company's wiki, a MediaWiki.
Now I want to delete all the images I have uploaded. I gave them all a name with a ...
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How does Wikipedia prevent spamming?
Anybody can alter wiki contents, and I am wondering "How does Wikipedia prevent spamming?", when even not registered members edit the contents. What you think about it?
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Page level access in Google sites
Is there a feature for providing page level access in Google sites?
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A public version of 37signals' Basecamp?
I'm using 37signals' Basecamp webapp for collaborating with many people on data standards. Generally I like the product. There are a few issues like not being able to easily follow a topic or wiki ...
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How can one use Google Sites as a Wiki?
Is it possible to use Google Sites as a Wiki where everyone can edit without first asking for the owner to allow them?
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Are there any karma based wiki systems? [closed]
Are you aware of any wiki like system that make page edit public only if the user who made the edit has a given karma or if the community up votes the edit?
Something like Super User or Stack ...
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Looking for a clean and seamless discussion+documents board and/or Google groups alternative [closed]
I've been trying to find a clean, fresh and nice-looking alternative online tool for writing topic pages and then discussing them.
Ideally, this should be a wiki page (where users are able to embed ...
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Is there a Google Code-like web application to install on your own web and svn server?
Is there a Google Code-like web application to install on your own server which supports:
Source code versioning, e.g. with subversion, git, mercurial...
Wiki
Issue tracker
All in one?
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Is there a web application that allows you to set up a wiki in 10 minutes?
I've attempted to set up a wiki a couple times but left it go because the complexity overcame the time I had to do it.
Is there a web application that allows you to easily set up a free wiki in 10 ...
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Wikitravel dump
Wikitravel is a great wiki for tourism information.
The content's license is open, but I can't find data dumps.
How/where can I can reasonably fresh dumps (wikicode of the articles) of ...
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Listing all articles on Wikitravel.org (excluding redirects)
Here is the list of all articles on the excellent guide Wikitravel.org:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Special:Allpages/A1GP
PROBLEM: It also includes redirects.
For each real article there are tens of ...
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Formatting C# code for wiki syntax
How can I format my C# code so it displays correctly in our internal Wiki?
We are using MediaWiki although I assume most wiki syntax is the same.
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Does the German Wiktionary have a way to request words to be added?
I'm a long time contributor to the English Wiktionary but I'd like to request an entry for a word current not in the Germany Wiktionary for the first time.
For those not aware, while all Wiktionaries ...
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Collaboratively edited flowcharts? [closed]
Interested in an online app that allows multiple users to edit, perhaps simultaneously, a flowchart or collection of flowcharts.
So far I've only found sites which allow you to share your flowcharts ...
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Open source software development collaboration
I'm looking for a hosted web platform that will help me build and maintain an open source project. Things I feel are important to have:
Wiki area for documentation about our project where members ...
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i want to submit lyrics to lyrics.wikia.com but copyright infringement issues?
i want to submit lyrics to lyrics.wikia.com but I worry about copyright infringement issues
I do not understand how the Copyrights work in lyrics.wikia.com
They claimed that Copyrights to lyrics ...
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Wiki page import
I have a very long structured text file I want to import as hundreds of wiki pages.
I got OmniOutliner, which allows me to export my file as a number of useful formats like Excel, CSV, OPML, etc.
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