Re: FYI: wiki transition in progress

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Joanna Cheng <address@hidden> wrote:
> 2011/11/16 Etienne Grossmann <address@hidden>:
>>  For newbies editing a page, it would be nice if e.g. @ the bottom of the
>> page were a cheat-sheet of the wiki's syntax. Is this feasible? (or have I
>> missed this feature?)
>
> Not sure if it is possible, I don't think it is by default, but there
> is probably an extension. If there's enough demand I guess I can look
> for it. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mediawiki/wiki/Help:Formatting
> is a good reference for wiki syntax, in the meantime.
> I have a decent amount of experience in wiki syntax so do let me know
> if there's anything specific formatting-wise we want. I suspect before
> long I'll need to write a custom template (or two. or five) :)
>
> Juan: I think just pick a page and start porting it. If you can just
> copy it over and make an initial save, we'll know someone's claimed
> it. Then slowly work on fixing formatting.
> Be picky -- I've been told the wiki is fairly out of date, so we
> should try and make sure all the info in the new wiki is up-to-date.
> Oh, and thanks in advance for your help :)
>
> --Joanna
>

Ok, I will work that way.

Thanks

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M. Sc. Juan Pablo Carbajal
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