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JasonAller — 2009-09-03 06:04:50

Revert to version 13 (despam).

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- [wiki:davis Davis Wiki] was the inspiration for this entire operation, and has the largest amount of pages and content. If you're looking for [http://www.mightystudents.com/ \| essay topics] on what to write about, take a look around this Northern California town.	+ [wiki:davis Davis Wiki] was the inspiration for this entire operation, and has the largest amount of pages and content. If you're looking for ideas on what to write about, take a look around this Northern California town.

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StaceyCarney — 2009-09-03 05:50:47

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- [wiki:davis Davis Wiki] was the inspiration for this entire operation, and has the largest amount of pages and content. If you're looking for ideas on what to write about, take a look around this Northern California town.	+ [wiki:davis Davis Wiki] was the inspiration for this entire operation, and has the largest amount of pages and content. If you're looking for [http://www.mightystudents.com/ \| essay topics] on what to write about, take a look around this Northern California town.

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BrentLaabs — 2009-06-25 00:30:31

FAQ is a good resource, too

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	+ + If you have a simple question, but can't find anything in the ["Help"], ask on our ["FAQ"] page.

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BrentLaabs — 2009-06-24 03:01:42

making this page not suck

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	+ = Online Resources = + These are pages on the hub (this site) to help you find keep track of wikis and search for their content. +
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- * ["Interwiki Links"] allow you to link directly to other wikis. - * ["Interwiki Map"] allows you to create interwiki links to non-Wiki Spot wikis (specific to each wiki)
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- To keep in touch with what's going on Wiki Spot as an organization, consider joining [https://tools.cernio.com/mailman/listinfo/wikispot-talk Wiki Spot Talk] an ["email list"] for all users of wikispot wikis.	+ == Available on every wiki == + + * ["Interwiki Links"] allow you to link directly to other wikis. + * ["Interwiki Map"] allows you to create interwiki links to non-Wiki Spot wikis (specific to each wiki) + + = Get in touch = + + To keep in touch with what's going on Wiki Spot as an organization, consider joining [https://tools.cernio.com/mailman/listinfo/wikispot-talk Wiki Spot Talk], an ["email list"] for all users of Wiki Spot wikis. + + If you have an administrative issue, email us at [[MailTo(contact AT wikispot DOT org)]], and we'll try to address the situation as soon as possible. + + The Wiki Spot [wiki:board Board of Directors] oversees operations and budgeting at the broad scale. If you're interested, you can attend one of our electronic meetings. + + = Get Help Building a Wiki = + + On the hub wiki, we have a quite a few pages that can help you in making your wiki successful: ["Help for Wiki Administrators"], ["Wiki Creator Guide"], and most importantly, ''["Building Community"]''. + + That said, it doesn't hurt to have a helping hand from those who have built successful communities before. The [wiki:gnome Gnome Wiki] is the headquarters of the wiki gnomes: little helpful creatures that make your wiki more beautiful, organized, and insightful. (There are rumors that these gnomes are actually humans and not 30 cm tall guys with beards and pointy hats, but no conclusive evidence yet.) If you're having trouble coming up with a logo or attracting people to join, the gnomes are there to help. + + [wiki:davis Davis Wiki] was the inspiration for this entire operation, and has the largest amount of pages and content. If you're looking for ideas on what to write about, take a look around this Northern California town. + + Also consider [wiki:Citywiki], which has a repository of useful templates for building a town wiki. + + = Software Development = + Wiki Spot is powered by its own custom software, [wiki:Sycamore], which is free software licensed under the GPL. Since we are always working on new features, we are also always looking for people to help improve the wiki software. Exciting things that we're working on now: + * A [wiki:sycamore:"GUI Editor"] -- edit pages where what you see is what you get. + * A new [wiki:sycamore:"Mapping" Overview Map] -- using OpenStreetMap, so you can even edit the map + * [wiki:sycamore:"Semantic Wiki"] -- adding tags to keep pages organized + + Have a different idea of what we need? Head over to the ["Feature Requests"] page and let us know what your wiki really needs. + + To get involved, visit the [wiki:sycamore Project Sycamore] wiki, and sign up for the [https://tools.cernio.com/mailman/listinfo/sycamore-dev sycamore-dev mailing list]. + + = Media Support = + + There might be a time when you can get your site mentioned in local media, and they want to find out more about Wiki Spot. We'd be happy to discuss the wiki; just drop us an email at [[MailTo(contact AT wikispot DOT org)]] + + = Nonprofit Status = + + We're still working on getting official word from the IRS about our nonprofit 501(c)3 status. In the meantime, we are working on a server upgrade, so we do need money to ensure that Wiki Spot remains lightning fast into the future. If you're interested in helping maintain all of the wikis in our community, and ensuring that we remain forever ad-free, please consider ["Donate" Donating] to our community. + + If you're curious to see how we spend our money, check out our ["budget"].

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AlexMandel — 2009-02-19 00:51:21

starting a page dedicated to email list so it comes up in searches

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- To keep in touch with what's going on Wiki Spot as an organization, consider joining the [https://tools.cernio.com/mailman/listinfo/wikispot-talk Wiki Spot Talk] email list.	+ To keep in touch with what's going on Wiki Spot as an organization, consider joining [https://tools.cernio.com/mailman/listinfo/wikispot-talk Wiki Spot Talk] an ["email list"] for all users of wikispot wikis.

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BrentLaabs — 2009-01-31 23:16:22

talk email list wasn't documented anywhere

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BrentLaabs — 2009-01-21 21:34:04

adding a few more instances of the word 'wiki'

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	+ * ["Recent Wikis"] is an automatically generated list of recently created and recently edited wikis.

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-03-23 02:36:27

wording

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- * ["Interwiki Search"] provides a way to search all Wiki Spot wikis (also on the ["Front Page"])	+ * ["Interwiki Search"] provides a way to search all Wiki Spot wikis (you'll probably access this through the ["Front Page"])

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BrentLaabs — 2007-02-18 05:19:32

adding the other interwiki pages

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	+ * ["Interwiki Map"] allows you to create interwiki links to non-Wiki Spot wikis (specific to each wiki) + * ["Interwiki Search"] provides a way to search all Wiki Spot wikis (also on the ["Front Page"])

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-02-18 03:15:50

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- While each wiki may offer a great resource for the particular community it is serving, [wiki:c2:"WhyWikiWorks" wiki works] because it connects people and information together. As a result, your community grows and provides a better resource to people as it becomes linked to other wikis. Because Wiki Spot is home to many of these communities, you can benefit by ["building community"] between wikis. We call this connection between wikis "interwiki."	+ While each wiki may offer a great resource for the particular community it is serving, [wiki:c2:"WhyWikiWorks" wiki works] because it connects people and information together. As a result, your community grows and provides a better resource to people as it becomes linked to other wikis. Because Wiki Spot is home to many of these communities, you can benefit by ["building community"] between wikis.
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- Wiki Spot helps you connect and watch wikis in a few different ways:	+ We call this connection between wikis "interwiki." Wiki Spot helps you connect and watch wikis in a few different ways:

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-02-18 03:15:36

hopefully more clear

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- While each wiki may offer a great resource for the particular community it is serving, [wiki:c2:"WhyWikiWorks" wiki works] because it connects people and information together. As a result, your community grows and provides a better resource to people as it becomes linked to other wikis. Because Wiki Spot is home to many of these communities, you can benefit by ["building community"] between wikis.	+ While each wiki may offer a great resource for the particular community it is serving, [wiki:c2:"WhyWikiWorks" wiki works] because it connects people and information together. As a result, your community grows and provides a better resource to people as it becomes linked to other wikis. Because Wiki Spot is home to many of these communities, you can benefit by ["building community"] between wikis. We call this connection between wikis "interwiki." + + Wiki Spot helps you connect and watch wikis in a few different ways:

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-02-18 03:03:35

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- While each wiki may offer a great resource for the particular community it is serving, [wiki:c2:"WhyWikiWorks" wiki works] because it connects people and information together. As a result, your community grows and provides a better resource to people as it becomes linked to other wikis. Because Wiki Spot hosts many of these communities, you can benefit by ["building community"] between wikis.	+ While each wiki may offer a great resource for the particular community it is serving, [wiki:c2:"WhyWikiWorks" wiki works] because it connects people and information together. As a result, your community grows and provides a better resource to people as it becomes linked to other wikis. Because Wiki Spot is home to many of these communities, you can benefit by ["building community"] between wikis.

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-01-21 22:16:58

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- While each wiki may offer a great resource for the particular community it is serving, [wiki:c2:"WhyWikiWorks" wiki works] because it connects people together. As a result, your community grows and provides a better resource to people as it becomes linked to other wikis. Because Wiki Spot hosts many of these communities, you can benefit by ["building community"] between wikis.	+ While each wiki may offer a great resource for the particular community it is serving, [wiki:c2:"WhyWikiWorks" wiki works] because it connects people and information together. As a result, your community grows and provides a better resource to people as it becomes linked to other wikis. Because Wiki Spot hosts many of these communities, you can benefit by ["building community"] between wikis.

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-01-21 10:30:53

detail is on links page

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- * ["Interwiki Recent Changes"] lets you keep track of pages on all the wikis you're watching -- just click the "watch this wiki" link in the upper right hand corner of any Wiki Spot wiki. - * ["Interwiki Bookmarks"] keeps track of all of the pages you have bookmarked on all wikis. Just click the "Bookmark" link at the bottom of a page you want to watch. - * ["Interwiki Links"] allow you to link directly to other wikis - * The {{{Interwiki Map}}} on each wiki allows you to use interwiki links to sites outside of Wiki Spot	+ * ["Interwiki Recent Changes"] lets you keep track of pages on all the wikis you're watching -- just click the "watch this wiki" link in the upper right hand corner of any Wiki Spot wiki. + * ["Interwiki Bookmarks"] keeps track of all of the pages you have bookmarked on all wikis. Just click the "Bookmark" link at the bottom of a page you want to watch. + * ["Interwiki Links"] allow you to link directly to other wikis.

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BrentLaabs — 2007-01-21 10:28:12

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	+ While each wiki may offer a great resource for the particular community it is serving, [wiki:c2:"WhyWikiWorks" wiki works] because it connects people together. As a result, your community grows and provides a better resource to people as it becomes linked to other wikis. Because Wiki Spot hosts many of these communities, you can benefit by ["building community"] between wikis. + + * ["Interwiki Recent Changes"] lets you keep track of pages on all the wikis you're watching -- just click the "watch this wiki" link in the upper right hand corner of any Wiki Spot wiki. + * ["Interwiki Bookmarks"] keeps track of all of the pages you have bookmarked on all wikis. Just click the "Bookmark" link at the bottom of a page you want to watch. + * ["Interwiki Links"] allow you to link directly to other wikis + * The {{{Interwiki Map}}} on each wiki allows you to use interwiki links to sites outside of Wiki Spot