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| ''This hands-on session for non technical users emphasizes the "need to know" aspects of Web publishing, wikis, information design and Semantic Mediawiki for flexible, structured, practical re-usable content that fits into the Web of Data. It is not expected participants will become experts in all these topics, but will be able to create a site, and have an overview of what can be done as a basis of progressive learning.''
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| = Acronyms =
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| * SMW = Semantic Mediawiki
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| * MW = Mediawiki
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| * CC = Creative Commons
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| = Web publishing =
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| == Access models ==
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| * Fully open, no login required
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| * Require login for editing
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| * Require created accounts to edit (closed editing)
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| * Require created accounts to access (fully private)
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| ** Encryption to avoid snooping
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| Access models can be changed over time; avoid starting a wiki with jargon or unsympathetic content.
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| == Site users ==
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| * Levels
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| ** De-emphasize control, make it as flat as possible
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| ** Bureaucrats still exist - edit site-wide content and styles, block pages and users
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| * OpenID signin
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| {{Practice|Create an account and sign in}}
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| == Accessibility ==
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| ''Here, accessibility refers to supporting people with vision, keyboard control or cognitive difficulties.''
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| * Making sites accessible generally increases usability
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| ** Works on more devices from text browser to handheld
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| ** Typically more straightforward navigation
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| ** Accessible hot keys can be used by any expert user
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| ** [http://asyourworldchanges.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/using-the-curb-cuts-principle-to-reboot-computing/ The curb cuts principle]
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| * Mediawiki is accessible, SMW has issues (forms)
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| * Value content over appearance
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| * Good tags for images, image maps
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| [[File:Copright continuum.jpg|right|500px|Copyright continuum, from traditional copyright to public domain]]
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| == Terms of use ==
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| * Creative Commons - share with options for attribution, non-commercial, changes
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| ** [http://creativecommons.org/choose/?jurisdiction=ca Choose your license]
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| * Traditional copyright - by permission only
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| * Re-using content
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| ** [http://search.creativecommons.org/ Find CC media]
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| = Using Mediawiki =
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| [[File:MediaWiki_logo_without_tagline.png|right]]
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| ''Mediawiki is the underlying software of Wikipedia. It is robust, supported by a large community and supports hundreds of useful extensions.''
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| == Progressive uses ==
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| * Basic site with pages and categories
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| ** You just need to know a few things for your wiki to be as useful as most Web sites
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| * Add widgets for more interactivity
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| * Wiki gardening to reorganize content
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| * Add semantic classes for reusable data
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| * Guide users of the site
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| ** Viewer
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| ** Casual editor
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| ** Advanced editor, gardener
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| ** Semantic coder
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| == Creating pages ==
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| * How to name pages
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| ** One topic per page
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| * Short, avoid special symbols, sentence form
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| * Code and matching brackets
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| === Basic markup ===
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| [[File:Sky_Clouds_13.jpg|right|400px|A picture of clouds with the sun poking through in case people start to panic]]
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| ''Rather than using a rich text editor, Mediawiki uses a progressively learned set of markup, that's designed to be human-readable, consistent and enforces meaning over appearance. It's not dependant on special programs, and could be carved into a park bench and retain its meaning.''
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| * <nowiki>''Italic'', '''Bold'''</nowiki>
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| * <nowiki>* List heading level one</nowiki> — use # for numbered list
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| ** <nowiki>** List level two</nowiki> — ## for numbered list
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| *** ...
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| * <nowiki>=Heading one=</nowiki>
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| ** <nowiki>==Heading two==</nowiki>
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| *** ...
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| * <nowiki>[[Mypage]]</nowiki> — A wiki link
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| ** <nowiki>[[File:Mypicture.png]]</nowiki> — Media (inline or link)
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| ** <nowiki>[[Mypage|This is my page]]</nowiki> Alternate link text (using pipe symbol)
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| * <nowiki>[http://theirsite.com]</nowiki> — A non-wiki link
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| ** Use a space after the link to use your own link text. <nowiki>[http://theirsite.com Their site]</nowiki>.
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| * <nowiki>{{My Template}}</nowiki> — A template (reusable content, function or variable)
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| ** Don't Repeat Yourself
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| ** Pipe symbol is used to pass parameters — <nowiki>{{Show Something|Something}}</nowiki>
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| * <nowiki>{{ #geocode: Montréal, Quebec}}</nowiki> — Template function, in this case geocode turns a place name into geographic coordinates
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| * <nowiki>{{{1}}}</nowiki> — SMW variable, in this case the first value passed to a template
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| * Finding pages
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| * Starting new pages
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| * Proactive linking
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| ** Brainstorm using links
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| {{Practice|Create a new page that's a unique generally recognized placename, include a link to another page and another site.}}
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| * Categories
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| ** Subcategories
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| {{Practice|Put your page in a category, put that category in a sub-category}}
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| * Uploading images and files
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| * Moving pages
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| ** Moving preserves the original link, can be useful for "also known as"
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| {{Practice|Move your page to a longer description (placename and region), observe [[Special:RecentChanges]]}}
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| {{Bonus practice|Add an image, place it on the right and include a caption.}}
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| * Deleting pages
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| * Templates - used for consistently reused content
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| === Making pages look good ===
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| ''CSS is the style system of Web pages and can also be used in Mediawiki. Like wiki markup, learning can be progressive.''
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| [http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Main_Page Placeography] | [http://genozymes-ge3ls.ca/wiki/Bioenergy Biofuel Visions]
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| * Re-using CSS styling <nowiki><div style="background: orange">Hello world</div></nowiki>
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| ** Avoid losing meaning (don't use <nowiki><big></nowiki> for headers), keep it simple
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| * Re-using styles [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]
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| * Possible to hide MW's menus and change the 'skin'
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| {{Practice|Add <nowiki><div class="noticebox">...</div></nowiki> to some page content}}
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| = Semantic Mediawiki =
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| [[File:SMW_logo_180px.png|right]]
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| ''SMW is an extension ecology of MW that allows marking up content for re-use and creating easier to use forms and views.''
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| * Meaning through annotations and relationships
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| ** You define the relationships for your application
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| ** Triples — subject, predicate, object
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| *** Subject — what we're talking about
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| *** Predicate — the relationship type
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| *** Object - what the subject is being related to
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| ** Combine them and you can flexibly describe anything
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| ** Montréal is a place
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| ** Montréal has population 1,906,811
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| ** Montréal has geographic coordinates 45.5088889, -73.5541667
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| * What properties does your content need to be useful?
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| == Inline property annotation ==
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| ''Single instances of data can be marked-up using annotations.''
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| <nowiki>[[Date::Jan 1, 2011]]</nowiki>
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| Or combinations:
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| Page: Montreal
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| * <nowiki>[[A::Place]]</nowiki>
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| * <nowiki>[[Population::1,906,811]]</nowiki>
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| * <nowiki>[[Geographic coordinates::45.5088889, -73.5541667]]</nowiki>
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| {{Practice|Add a population annotation to your place.}}
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| * [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Properties_and_types#List_of_data_types Built-in types]
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| * Geographic coordinate
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| * [[Special:Properties|Viewing all properties]]
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| * Subtypes
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| == Queries ==
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| * [[Special:Ask|Queries]]
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| ** <nowiki>{{ #ask: [[A::Place]] }}</nowiki>
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| ** <nowiki>{{ #ask: [[Category:City]] }}</nowiki>
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| == Classes ==
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| * [[Special:CreateClass|Creating a class]] (template, properties, forms)
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| ** One topic per page
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| ** Formlink <nowiki>{{#formlink:Comment|comment||Comment[Topic]={{PAGENAME}}}}</formlink></nowiki>
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| * Class templates will often contain queries that show linked classes
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| {{Practice|Create your own semantic class with template, properties, form. Add pages to it [{{PSITE}}/Special:Forms] }}
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| == Views ==
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| <div style="float: right">
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| {{ #ask: [[Geographic coordinate::+]]|format=map}}
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| </div>
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| * Format= parameter to queries
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| ** <nowiki>{{ #ask: [[Geographic coordinate::+]]|format=map}}</nowiki>
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| * Timeline, Calendar, Map, Facet browser
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| == Basic inference==
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| ''Inference is used to derive information from basic information.''
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| <nowiki>{{#ifexpr: {{{Population|}}} > 50000
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| | [[Category:City]] }}
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| ''If the page's population is greater than 50000, then put it in the category of city.''
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| This is a simple form of artificial intelligence, that be very useful for large sets of pages for arbitrary classifications.
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| == Future directions==
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| * Relating ontologies
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| * Reusing content
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| * Creating a big picture where anyone can ask questions and add their data
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| = Mediawiki Widgets=
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| ''[http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/Main_Page Mediawiki Widgets] allow embedding third-party site content for rich media (Youtube, photo sites, etc) and interactive discussions (DISQUS, Twitter, etc) without needing to set it up or host it on your site''.
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| * DISQUS discussion
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| ** Register with DISQUS
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| ** Get key
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| ** Create [[Widget:DISQUS|widget]]
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| ** Embed widget on pages
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| = Converting content or sites =
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| * [http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/ Pandoc]
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| * Convertors for [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Convert2MediaWiki Open Office], [http://wikieducator.org/Microsoft_Launches_Open_Source_Filter_for_Mediawiki Microsoft Word]
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| = Hosting =
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| * Export a site, modularize by category
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| ** Complete site export
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| * [[Special:Version]]
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| * Free light/startup hosting
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| * Inexpensive Mediawiki with SMW option
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| * Wikia
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| * Self-hosting
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| = Getting help =
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| * View source of pages
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| * Mediawiki help sites and community
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| * Semantic mediawiki help sites and community
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| * If it's for an open cause, ask me
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| ** Let's form a user group
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| [[Category:SemWeb]]
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