New User? Lost? Confused?

This site is what is known as a WikiWikiWeb (or Wiki for short). Wikis are named after the Hawaaian word for 'quick', wikiwiki. The thing that sets wiki aside from other online content systems is that (with only a few exceptions), anyone can change, edit or add to any page in the Wiki, quickly and simply. For example, if you want to provide a better description of wiki than provided here, click 'Edit this page' at the bottom of the window, and you will be given a text box to do so.

This particular Wiki is set up for the WaikatoLinuxUsersGroup. Anyone can create/change a page. You will be asked for a login, which must be a WikiWord - two or more words with capital letters joined together, such as HomePage or PerryLorier. The convention is that you should use your RealName as your login ID (there are no passwords.)

To create a page, all you have to do is refer to it with a WikiWord; for example.

Create me a !PagePlease

will generate Create me a PagePlease.

See also HowToUseWiki, and AddingPages, for more information. After you've learnt your way around the wiki abit, I highly recommend viewing the RecentChanges (top left of the page) to keep "up to date" on the latest trends :)

You might want to have a play in the SandBox to see how things work. Remember you can always preview a page before you save it.

There's a small but growing WikiFaq.

You might want to move onto NewToLinux next.