MediaWiki Tips

MediaWiki is used to edit and publish wiki pages, such as Wikipedia, as well as many other wikis, including our Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) wiki.

It is free and open-source software (FOSS).

Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.

 

What is a wiki?

A wiki is a website that allows quick and collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.

The most popular wiki is Wikipedia.

"Fun fact"... the term "wiki" actually means quick in Hawaiian.

MediaWiki

Links to mediawiki.org:

Tips

• Any article with four or more sections will get a Table of Contents generated automatically (therefore, TOC's are always up to date.)
• Allowed file types that can be uploaded are the image formats PNG, GIF, JPG, and JPEG.

The Pikes Peak Makerspace Wiki

The Pikes Peak Makerspace Wiki was first launched in the middle of May 2015.

Our wiki was first indexed by Google in November 2015.

It was taken down for a period of time, but fortunately in the middle of 2021 it was reestablished from backups.

Send us a Direct Message on Slack, or post your ideas to our Slack channel #ppm-wiki

AI generated content on this Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) Wiki will be labeled as such, to the extent possible.

Additionally, we are anticipating that AI “chat” interfaces for searching will become increasingly common, so we will be continually improving content here to stay current and remain useful to both members and non-members.

Our social media sites and communication materials may have individual procedures and goals at this time.

Hand-Curated Links

Links to related PPM Wiki pages:

Wiki Management Checklist

  Computers — Windows  

Links to member-recommended external sites:

User-generated content (UGC) — on Wikipedia

Magnus Manske — one of the first developers of MediaWiki

Jimmy Wales — co-founder of Wikipedia, on Wikipedia

List of Wikipedia people — on Wikipedia

List of free and open-source software packages — on Wikipedia

Additional Help

Use our PPM Slack channel #ppm-wiki

List of all PPM Slack channels

Note that we have a Slack channel (#job-board) for members to post, discuss, or accept job opportunities either within PPM or from the community.

Search the PPM Wiki — include Content pages as well as Multimedia.

Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.