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| − | [[Image:Troubleshooting.jpg|left|Troubleshooting.jpg]] I've been trying to bring the most relevant information on the usage of this Wiki into a brief form. The Wiki manuals will give you more detailed Information. Links to the specific sections are also provided. If there are more urgent questions of which you think they might be helpful if answered here, don't hesitate and note them down in [[WikiFaQ#more_Questions.3F|the grey box below]]. If you know the answer yourself, just add a section, and make the information available for your colleagues. | + | [[Image:Troubleshooting.jpg|left|Troubleshooting.jpg]] Below you will find some frequently ask questions (FAQ) on the usage of this wiki. This might help you to clear some of your questions and understand better the underlying idea of a wiki. The overall help portal will give you more detailed information and links to the specific sections are also provided in this section. If there are more urgent questions of which you think they might be helpful if answered here, don't hesitate to note them down in the grey box below. If you know the answer yourself, just add a section, and make the information available for your colleagues. |
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| − | = Why should I use this?<br> =
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| − | The intention is to replace long monolithic documents by small '''-linked-''' information units . This makes it easier to navigate through large documents and find wanted information and further information.
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| − | Editing an article within a wiki is easy. This allows the wiki-users to keep information up to date, to correct articles published by other users or to add more relevant information to it by adding text or linking an other relevant article, or explanation.
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| − | '''E.g.''': It is not necessary to explain in detail what options and strategies there are in [[4.1 Cooking with Sun|solar cooking]] in different documents if it has been defined once and is now linked to the text. This prevents [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundancy redundancy] and allows users to concentrate on the topic ore to gain more surrounding information - as he or she likes.<br>If a page with specific content is linked to several pages, and the specific content is one that changes over time, the information must only be updated in one single document instead of all documents where it occurs. So if there were new technologies in solar cooking they could just be added to the document that already exists and the information would be available from all the documents that it is linked to.
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| − | More reasons for using wikis arise from the needs of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_management knowledge-] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management project-] management.
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| − | Besides storing and providing information a Wiki can be used as a tool for knowledge generation and allocation as well as a project planning tool. It also makes it possible for external personnel to access this information and see how the project proceeds. See also the short article [[Project wiki|project Wiki]].<br>
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| − | = May I edit articles published by other users? =
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| − | The idea behind Wikis is, that users are enabled to work on documents collaboratively .
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| − | So: Yes of course you may do so! In turn others are allowed to edit your articles too. Please don't mind and see it as input into your own and our community's knowledge.
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| − | = <br>Can others edit my articles? What if I don’t want that?<br> =
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| − | Yes, anyone can edit your articles, just like you can edit any other article. This is the central idea of a Wiki - shared knowledge and collaborative work! As you can always check the [[Recover an old Version of an Article|article´s history]] and see who has changed or edited your article, there is no need to worry about vandalism. Wikipedia, the very first and most famous wiki, has already proved it works!
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| − | = What if someone destroys my article?<br> =
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| − | As you can always check an [[Recover an old Version of an Article|article´s history]], this is very unlikely to happen.
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| − | = How do I edit articles? <br> =
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| − | Check out our edit-help page [[Edit|here]]
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| − | You can only change the fontsize via "Format". Further changes are not possible due to reasons of standardisation. However, you can choose between bold/italics/underline and colours to emphasise certain words.<br>
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| − | Probably you have simply copied and pasted a text from somewhere elso into the editor. If you did not read the explanations for word and excel imports, please do that now. If You are trying to insert the document from somewhere else, (PDF or Webpages for example), it might be easier to copy the document into Wikitext and format it afterwards. You may always ask [[:User:Robert|Robert Heine]] or [[:User:JanS|Jan Söhlemann]] for support.<br>
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Below you will find some frequently ask questions (FAQ) on the usage of this wiki. This might help you to clear some of your questions and understand better the underlying idea of a wiki. The overall help portal will give you more detailed information and links to the specific sections are also provided in this section. If there are more urgent questions of which you think they might be helpful if answered here, don't hesitate to note them down in the grey box below. If you know the answer yourself, just add a section, and make the information available for your colleagues.
