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= Welcome to WikiStudy = | = Welcome to WikiStudy = | ||
[[File:Copyleft.svg|thumb|left|96px|[[w:Copyleft|Copyleft]] is the "user's right". Don't be a dirty pirate and forfeit your rights under the copyleft license.]] | [[File:Copyleft.svg|thumb|left|96px|[[w:Copyleft|Copyleft]] is the "user's right". Don't be a dirty pirate and forfeit your rights under the copyleft license.]] | ||
[[File:A man seated at his desk studying a sheet of paper. Etching. Wellcome V0049109.jpg|thumb|right|Image of | [[File:A man seated at his desk studying a sheet of paper. Etching. Wellcome V0049109.jpg|thumb|right|Image of an etching of a man looking at a sheet of paper in his study. Modern tech, yeay.]] | ||
WikiStudy is not an encyclopedia. This means we don't require the contents of the wiki studies to be agreeable to all professionals in the field. We allow original research. We may write truths that have not yet been scientifically proven. Furthermore it means that amateur level study is ok. Editing a wiki is an excellent way to prove either of 2 things: being an amateur and being an expert. Be bold and scribe ahead and not worry about it. | WikiStudy is not an encyclopedia. This means we don't require the contents of the wiki studies to be agreeable to all professionals in the field. We allow original research. We may write truths that have not yet been scientifically proven. Furthermore it means that amateur level study is ok. Editing a wiki is an excellent way to prove either of 2 things: being an amateur and being an expert. Be bold and scribe ahead and not worry about it. | ||
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'''Working with [[wikis]]''' | '''Working with [[wikis]]''' | ||
In mediawiki an external URL will have a small symbol after it to indicate a link not internal to the wiki or reached via the interwiki mechanism. | |||
Notice that internal links and interwiki links have slightly different color with the interwiki links being lighter in hue. If unable to tell just hover over the link and see where it leads to. | |||
Use <nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[w:Fairtrade]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki> to link to Wikipedia's article on fairtrade and <nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[w:fr:Commerce équitable]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki> to link to the article in the French Wikipedia as simple as that. ( works for all languages, just insert the correct lang code ) | Use <nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[w:Fairtrade]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki> to link to Wikipedia's article on fairtrade and <nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[w:fr:Commerce équitable]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki> to link to the article in the French Wikipedia as simple as that. ( works for all languages, just insert the correct lang code ) | ||