Initial MediaWiki training navigate, find information and contribute
initial MediaWiki training
Objectives of the training MediaWiki initial
- Know the general organization of a wiki powered by The MediaWiki software as Wikipedia
- Know where to find information and help on the official website Mediawiki.org
- Browse the wiki
- Contribute to the wiki with the wikiText and reference your contributions
- Communicate with other users and discuss the content of pages
- Upload and post an image on the wiki
- Participate in the organization of the wiki
MediaWiki Training Plan (1/2 day)
===Introduction===*What is a wiki?
- Other definitions: MediaWiki, Wikipedia, WikiMedia, corporate wiki, Wikitext, WikiCode, wiki markup, article, page...
- Presentation of the free software MediaWiki, its main assets and features.
- Resources on MediaWiki
- Where can I find information on the official MediaWiki website?
- Books on MediaWiki
Browse the wiki and find information
- Create an account, log in, customize your preferences
- Invite someone by email to create an account
- Large parts of the "Vector" skin used by default by MediaWiki and Wikipedia
- Comparison with Chameleon responsive skin
- The navigation sidebar
- The general organization of the wiki: namespaces, categories, subpages...
- Determine which page you are on
- The most useful special pages and newspapers
- See the latest changes made on the wiki
- The history of changes to a page
- Compare different versions of a page
- Follow pages to be notified
- Use advanced search
Contribute to the wiki
- Edit a page with MediaWiki syntax: the WikiText
- Using the WikiEditor extension
- Text formatting, paragraphs and line breaks
- Creation of tables, lists, indentations
- Edit a page without WikiText with VisualEditor (WYSIWYG Word type text editor)
- Internal and external links
- Create and structure a page
- With titles, subtitles, subtitles...
- View a table of contents
- Use the Cite extension to reference your contributions
- Preview, save, summarize and qualify your contributions
Import a file/image to the wiki
- View an image and change its appearance
- View an image from the image bank Wikimedia Commons
- Links to file pages and the files themselves
- Import a new version of a file or image
- Import the "content" of a Microsoft Word or OpenOffice Writer document
- Display a "video" within a page
Communicate with other users
Communicate with other users*Talk pages
- Add a message
- Sign your messages and change your default signature
- Send an email to a user without knowing their email address
The classification of pages within the wiki
- Namespaces
- Subpages
- When should subpages be used?
- Create subpages
- Show all subpages of a given page
- Categories
- When should categories be used?
- Create a category, a subcategory, a sub-subcategory...
- Categorize a page
- Show a different name in the list of pages belonging to the category
- Show a link to a category
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MediaWiki Training Information and Registration
- By phone : +33 (0)1 85 08 91 99 ou +33 (0)6 73 10 97 88 ou +33(0)6 85 06 56 58
- By email
MediaWiki Training Prerequisites
- Know how to browse the internet
- Know how to use keyboard and pointing device (mouse, ...)
Teaching methods and means
The trainer
Nicolas Nallet, 8 years of experience with MediaWiki. Consultant and expert, has already trained dozens of trainees in the tool.
Trainee testimonials
In answer to the question "What is your general opinion on the content of the training? "
"Very good'"
Phillipe at BEA
"Good training in the technical whole but trainer listening - enriching training""
Executive Secretary, BEA
"Good introduction to the wiki'"
Misa
"Good""
F. Bidard, research engineer
"Interesting training to discover the basics of wikis"
Julien, research engineer
"Interesting. For an audience a little introduced to the web anyway! "
Lucie
"Good discovery, interesting and complete training"
Virginia L.
"Probably a little too 'beginner' for people with a technical background'
Denis
"Very good, very nice and well summarized"
Karima, Legal Assistant at the Palais de Justice in Paris
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- Formation wiki intermediary : Advanced editing and administration of a wiki
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- Formation wiki advanced architect : Advanced Semantic MediaWiki Training
- Formation wiki hoster : Create and manage your wiki with MediaWiki: installation and configuration on the server
- Formation wiki SEO : Optimize the natural referencing of your wiki to make it go up in Google's search results.
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