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The web site is a wiki, as in [http;//www.wikipedia.org|Wikipedia] - meaning that anyone can and is welcome to edit almost anything and in particular, anybody can post notes, comments, pictures, whatever.
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The web site is a wiki, as in [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] - meaning that anyone can and is welcome to edit almost anything and in particular, anybody can post notes, comments, pictures, whatever.
  
===Some Rules===
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==Some Rules==
 
* This wiki is a part of my ([[User:Drorbn|Dror's]]) academic web page. All postings on it must be related to one of the projects I'm involved with.
 
* This wiki is a part of my ([[User:Drorbn|Dror's]]) academic web page. All postings on it must be related to one of the projects I'm involved with.
 
* If there's no specific reason for your edit to be anonymous, please log in and don't have it anonymous.
 
* If there's no specific reason for your edit to be anonymous, please log in and don't have it anonymous.
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* I ([[User:Drorbn|Dror]]) will allow myself to exercise editorial control, when necessary.
 
* I ([[User:Drorbn|Dror]]) will allow myself to exercise editorial control, when necessary.
  
===Editing Help===
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==Wiki Editing Help==
Pages on this wiki are can and are edited in a similar way to pages on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]. For details, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia:How to edit a page], [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing WikiMedia:Help:Editing] and [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula WikiMedia:Help:Displaying a formula].
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Pages on this wiki are can and are edited in a similar way to pages on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia].
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For details, see [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki:Help:Content], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia:How to edit a page],
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[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing WikiMedia:Help:Editing]
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and [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula WikiMedia:Help:Displaying a formula].
  
Site admin: See [[Installation Notes]].
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Some stuff to help get started with contributing to the website: [[WikiHelp]].
  
Here is some useful clip art:
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==Some Local Help==
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===Local Templates===
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A full list of local templates is [{{SERVER}}/drorbn/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=10 here].
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====Mathematica-Related Templates====
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Used for simulating mathematica sessions: [[Template:In]], [[Template:Out]], [[Template:InOut]], [[Template:Print]], [[Template:Message]].
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====Mathematical Typesetting====
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Used for typesetting and referring to equations: [[Template:Equation]], [[Template:EqRef]], [[Template:Equation*]].
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====Citations and Notes====
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Bottom notes: [[Template:note]], [[Template:ref]].
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Side notes: [[Template:Begin Side Note]], [[Template:End Side Note]].
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===Local Clip Art===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
Image:BigCirc_symbol.png|BigCirc_symbol.png
 
Image:BigCirc_symbol.png|BigCirc_symbol.png
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Image:undercrossing_symbol.png|undercrossing_symbol.png
 
Image:undercrossing_symbol.png|undercrossing_symbol.png
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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==Admin==
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See [[Installation Notes]].

Latest revision as of 13:27, 22 March 2008

The web site is a wiki, as in Wikipedia - meaning that anyone can and is welcome to edit almost anything and in particular, anybody can post notes, comments, pictures, whatever.

Contents

Some Rules

  • This wiki is a part of my (Dror's) academic web page. All postings on it must be related to one of the projects I'm involved with.
  • If there's no specific reason for your edit to be anonymous, please log in and don't have it anonymous.
  • Criticism is fine, but no insults or foul language, please.
  • I (Dror) will allow myself to exercise editorial control, when necessary.

Wiki Editing Help

Pages on this wiki are can and are edited in a similar way to pages on Wikipedia. For details, see MediaWiki:Help:Content, Wikipedia:How to edit a page, WikiMedia:Help:Editing and WikiMedia:Help:Displaying a formula.

Some stuff to help get started with contributing to the website: WikiHelp.

Some Local Help

Local Templates

A full list of local templates is here.

Mathematica-Related Templates

Used for simulating mathematica sessions: Template:In, Template:Out, Template:InOut, Template:Print, Template:Message.

Mathematical Typesetting

Used for typesetting and referring to equations: Template:Equation, Template:EqRef, Template:Equation*.

Citations and Notes

Bottom notes: Template:note, Template:ref.

Side notes: Template:Begin Side Note, Template:End Side Note.

Local Clip Art

Admin

See Installation Notes.