How+to+Create+Wiki+Pages

Hi Everyone,

SiI want to make this assignment easier and fun, so let's look at some information:

What is a wiki? Here is a definition from Wikipedia: " A **wiki** is a [|website] that allows the creation and editing of any number of [|interlinked] [|web pages] via a [|web browser] using a simplified [|markup language] or a [|WYSIWYG] text editor. Wikis are typically powered by [|wiki software] and are often used to create collaborative works... The software can also be used for personal [|note taking] ."

If you click on the hyperlinks (the underlined words in blue) they will take you to pages where you will find definitions of what they mean. You can also add hyperlinks of your own. I like the word collaborate, so I am providing a site where you can explore its meaning. Just click on it! On the new site, if you read the color codes, you can even discover what part of speech it is; you can also see synonyms and other words that are built from it.

Here is a link to a [|dictionary definition].

A wiki page is not finished just because someone creates it. (In fact, I'm hoping that you will add to this one!)

Why are we creating a wiki about the novel __ Tangerine __ ? So we can collaborate to better understand the book, and events that take place in the book. In fact, it's a collaborative effort, so instead of having three or four different pages on Haiku, we should have one page. In fact, Adam started one, with information about Haiku itself (that's the correct spelling, by the way). Just add you haiku to his page, hopefully with a picture, or more information about the poetry form. Let's try to keep just one page per topic, so it doesn't get confusing. You can keep adding pieces to the "puzzle" of a wiki page to make it more complete. To make it interesting, add pictures that illustrate your point. You can also use linke to video, like this one : [|Wikis in Plain English]

In fact, please watch the video, and you may understand how this works. If you find any other useful information on how to create wikis, please post what you find on this page!!! Don't worry, I started the page, but I want you to take ownership, too!

You can also create links to other pages within this wiki, for example, to the Soccer page and the Sinkholes page. All the pages are great so far, but you need to show links to where you get information (and add other cool stuff). Both of the sites I mentioned need to have links on them to other sites where the authors found their information, or the publications or other sources of information was found should be cited. This goes for all the pages, not just those two!! I mentioned those two randomly to show you that you can (and should!) link to other pages. (Also the pictures there are really cool!)

Just hit the Edit button, at the top, and add what you find out. Make sure you edit before you hit the Save button. Or, if you forget, hit the Edit button again! The word "wiki" is actually for Hawaiian for quick, and comes from the wiki-wiki bus, which is a fast shuttle to the Honolulu airport. Here's a picture of the wiki-wiki-bus:

So let's get on the bus, and make our wiki fly!