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Contents 1 What is a Wiki (and why should I care)? 2 Wiki Examples 3 Creating accounts 4 Navigating Wikis 5 Editing Wikis 6 Special pages 7 Wiki Etiquette, etc.

What is a Wiki (and why should I care)?

From WikiPedia:

A wiki is software that allows users to collaboratively create, edit, link, and organize the content of a website, usually for reference material. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites.

Wiki Examples

• Wikipedia
• ML2SIG
• Muppet Wiki

Creating accounts

• account preferences

Navigating Wikis

Editing Wikis

• headings
• formatting
• lists
• links
• internal
• external
• using HTML

Special pages

Wiki Etiquette, etc.