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This meta space is dedicated to ICANNWiki Documentation, listing features, resources and concepts that are implemented into the project.

Content Guide for ICANNWiki

Please refer to the article Meta:Content Guide for ICANNWiki.

Templates

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Template:Articles needing attention

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Template:Major articles parallel with Wikipedia

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ICANNWiki feature documentation

All users

Video embedding
- Provided via Extension:EmbedVideo.
- Usage: {{#ev:service|id|dimensions|alignment|description|container|urlargs|autoresize|valignment}}
- Example: {{#ev:youtube|mQr3zTKvnyE}} embeds a Youtube video of ICANN 40's opening press conference.

Audio embedding
- Built-in via MediaWiki.
- Usage: [[File:Name.extension|thumb/frameless|left/center/right|autostart=yes/no|loop=yes/no|start=number|end=number|Caption]]
- Example: [[File:Test.mp3|Test]] embeds a media player for the file.

Mathematics
- Provided via Extension:Math
- Usage: <math>LaTeX-formatted math expression</math>
- Example: <math>\frac{1}{2}/math> results in $\frac{1}{2}$ .

PDF
- Provided via Extension:PdfHandler
- Usage: PdfHandler display a PDF file like an image, generating thumbnails of its pages.
- Example: [[File:Name.pdf|thumb|page=number|0px|Caption]]

Show a template without invoking its categories
- Provided via Extension:Scribunto
- Usage: {{#invoke:ShowTemplateContent|showTemplate|TEMPLATE NAME}}
- Example: {{#invoke:ShowTemplateContent|showTemplate|Template:Articles needing attention}}

External data
- Provided via Extension:External Data
- Usage: See documentation.
- Example:

{{#get_web_data: |url = https://example.com/data.json |format= json |data = var1 = /key1 var2 = /key2 }} Retrieved value: {{#external_value: var1}} Another value: {{#external_value: var2}}

SysOps and devs

Edit sidebar: MediaWiki:Sidebar
Welcome messages are dictated by: MediaWiki:Confirmaccount-welc
Lingo grabs acronyms from the Terminology article.
Special:CheckUser: Insights into technical information of users.
Special:Nuke: Mass deletion of articles tool, for recent changes only.
Special:ReplaceText: Mass text replacement across multiple articles.
Special:BatchUpload: Batch file uploading via Extension:SimpleBatchUpload.
Extension:SpamBlacklist: manual white or black list for URLs and email addresses at: MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist, MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist, MediaWiki:Email-blacklist, MediaWiki:Email-whitelist
Extension:Approved Revs: Sets an "approved revision" of an article that will display by default to readers instead of the current revision.
Special:Interwiki (dev only): Internal shortcuts for other wiki projects.
Page Notice
- Provided via Extension:PageNotice.
- Usage: The syntax is "MediaWiki:Bottom/Top-notice-ns-0/name", where a page is created with either the Bottom or Top allocation, and for display either a namespace is chosen by its number, or a name string for a page is specified.
- Example: MediaWiki:Bottom-notice-ns-0 creates a notice at the bottom across the Main namespace.

Lingo extension syntax

;ACRONYM:[[Internal Link]]. Brief description as per the most canonical source available, such as the ICANN Bylaws (''Source'').

Wiki resources

Wikimedia

Help:Wikitext: Formatting reference
Help:Magic_words: Magic words list

Pages

Users

Technical

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-This meta space for ICANNWiki Content Planning lists resources and concepts that are being worked on or need work performed in them.
+This meta space is dedicated to ICANNWiki Documentation, listing features, resources and concepts that are implemented into the project.
 ==Content Guide for ICANNWiki==
 Please refer to the article [[Meta:Content Guide for ICANNWiki]].
-==Data sources==
-===Trusted sources===
-* [https://orglearningcenter.org/ .org Learning Center]
-* [https://www.youtube.com/@ICANNnews/videos ICANN's Youtube Channel]
-* [https://www.icann.org/history ICANN History Project]
-* [https://www.icann.org/opendata ICANN Open Data Initiative]
-* [https://learn.icann.org/ ICANN Learn]
-* [https://computerhistory.org/ Computer History Museum]
-* [https://ourworldindata.org/internet Our World in Data]
-* [https://www.cigionline.org/publications/publication-series/gcig-research-volumes/ GCIG Research Volumes]
-* [https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerHistory Computer History Museum on Youtube]
-* [https://arstechnica.com/ Ars Technica]
-===Useful sources===
-* [https://circleid.com/ CircleID]
-* [https://github.com/datactive/bigbang BigBang (mailing list archives)]
-* [https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history Internet History mailing list]
-* [https://www.platformgovernancearchive.org/ Platform Governance Archive]
-* [https://historyofcomputercommunications.info/ The History of Computer Communications]
-* [https://www.w3.org/2012/08/history-of-the-web/origins.htm W3C's Web History Primer]R
-* [https://restofworld.org/ Rest of World]
-* '''Podcasts''':
-** [https://www.powerplays.xyz/index.html Power Plays]
-** [https://www.internethistorypodcast.com/ Internet History Podcast]
-** [https://www.csis.org/podcasts/does-not-compute This Does Not Compute]
-** [https://darknetdiaries.com/ Darknet Diaries]
-** [https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/kaspersky-transatlantic-podcast/ Kaspersky Transatlantic Podcast]
 ==Templates==
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 *'''Audio embedding'''
 ** Built-in via MediaWiki.
-** Usage: <nowiki>[[File:Name.extension|thumb|left/center/right|autostart=yes/no|loop=yes/no|start=number|end=number|Caption]]</nowiki>
+** Usage: <nowiki>[[File:Name.extension|thumb/frameless|left/center/right|autostart=yes/no|loop=yes/no|start=number|end=number|Caption]]</nowiki>
 ** Example: <nowiki>[[File:Test.mp3|Test]]</nowiki> embeds a media player for the file.
-* '''Page Notice'''
-** Provided via [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageNotice Extension:PageNotice].
-** Usage: The syntax is "MediaWiki:''Bottom''/''Top''-notice-''ns-0''/''name''", where a page is created with either the Bottom or Top allocation, and for display either a namespace is chosen by its number, or a name string for a page is specified.
-** Example: [[MediaWiki:Bottom-notice-ns-0]]
 * '''Mathematics'''
 ** Provided via [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math Extension:Math]
-** Usage: Unknown
+** Usage: <nowiki><math>LaTeX-formatted math expression</math></nowiki>
-** Example: Unknown
+** Example: <nowiki><math>\frac{1}{2}/math></nowiki> results in <math>\frac{1}{2}</math>.
-* '''External data'''
-** Provided via [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:External_Data Extension:External Data]
-** Usage: See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:External_Data documentation].
-** Example: Unknown
 * '''PDF'''
 ** Provided via [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PdfHandler Extension:PdfHandler]
-** Usage: Unknown
+** Usage: PdfHandler display a PDF file like an image, generating thumbnails of its pages.
-** Example: Unknown
+** Example: <nowiki>[[File:Name.pdf|thumb|page=number|0px|Caption]]</nowiki>
 * '''Show a template without invoking its categories'''
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 ** Usage: <nowiki>{{#invoke:ShowTemplateContent|showTemplate|TEMPLATE NAME}}</nowiki>
 ** Example: <nowiki>{{#invoke:ShowTemplateContent|showTemplate|Template:Articles needing attention}}</nowiki>
+* '''External data'''
+** Provided via [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:External_Data Extension:External Data]
+** Usage: See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:External_Data documentation].
+** Example:
+<nowiki>
+{{#get_web_data:
+ |url   = https://example.com/data.json
+ |format= json
+ |data  =
+   var1 = /key1
+   var2 = /key2
+}}
+Retrieved value: {{#external_value: var1}}
+Another value:   {{#external_value: var2}}
+</nowiki>
 ===SysOps and devs===
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 * [[Special:ReplaceText]]: Mass text replacement across multiple articles.
 * [[Special:BatchUpload]]: Batch file uploading via [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleBatchUpload Extension:SimpleBatchUpload].
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist]: [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]], [[MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist]], [[MediaWiki:Email-blacklist]], [[MediaWiki:Email-whitelist]]
+* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist]: manual white or black list for URLs and email addresses at: [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]], [[MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist]], [[MediaWiki:Email-blacklist]], [[MediaWiki:Email-whitelist]]
 * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Approved_Revs Extension:Approved Revs]: Sets an "approved revision" of an article that will display by default to readers instead of the current revision.
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageNotice Extension:PageNotice] Places a note in every article within a namespace.
 * [[Special:Interwiki]] (dev only): Internal shortcuts for other wiki projects.
+* '''Page Notice'''
+** Provided via [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageNotice Extension:PageNotice].
+** Usage: The syntax is "MediaWiki:''Bottom''/''Top''-notice-''ns-0''/''name''", where a page is created with either the Bottom or Top allocation, and for display either a namespace is chosen by its number, or a name string for a page is specified.
+** Example: [[MediaWiki:Bottom-notice-ns-0]] creates a notice at the bottom across the Main namespace.
 ====Lingo extension syntax====