Wiki-Editing Tutorial
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What is ICANNWiki?
ICANNWiki is a grassroots, community effort to create and curate articles describing the people and organizations, terms and topics within the ICANN community. We actively seek worldwide collaboration to increase understanding of how policy is created for the continued development of the Internet, a tool which we all use everyday. In particular, we focus on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and related international policy and management bodies.
What you can learn from this pamphlet
This guide will help you learn the ins and outs of ICANNWiki. Specifically, it will teach you how to add and edit ICANNWiki articles, as well as how to:
- Navigate the wiki. - ICW and its MediaWiki software platform are user-friendly, but require an understanding of the mark-up language and mechanics behind article creation.
- Prepare before you edit. - ICW is driven by its thoroughly researched content that relies on wiki-based ethos to guide its tone, clarity and validity.
- Understand the foundations of wiki culture and markup.
Editing Cheatsheet
ICANNWiki has over 5,000 articles about companies, organizations, people, and more. This table shows the basic structure of our wiki and teaches you how to navigate it effectively.
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| Discussion | Every article on ICANNWiki has a corresponding Discussion page, where you are encouraged to leave comments, discuss changes, and speak to other users. | 
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| Edit | Once you are logged in, clicking the Edit button allows you to contribute to any article on ICANNWiki. Please refer to our Editing Cheatsheet on the previous page for tips! | 
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| View History | Viewing a page’s history allows you to see who previously made edits to a topic and when they did it. | 
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| Request Account | To keep ICANNWiki safe from spam, all user accounts must first be approved by ICANNWiki staff. Simply click on "Request Account" and provide your username and e-mail address, and you will receive an e-mail when your account can be used. We encourage users to use their real names. | 
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| Search Bar | Locate content about companies, organizations, individuals, and more by typing in your search terms. | 
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| Link Colors | Blue links represent useful content that has already been created on ICANNWiki – but as with all wiki articles, they will still benefit from your contributions and edits. Red links represent content that other ICANNWiki users have deemed important but have not yet created. By clicking on a red link, you will be given the rare opportunity to be the first contributor on that topic. | Blue Link Red Link |
| Community Portal | A list of the important organizations and companies that support ICANNWiki. (For more information, please visit our Sponsorship page.) |
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| ICANNWiki Partners & Members | A list of the important organizations and companies that support ICANNWiki. For more information, please visit our Sponsorship page | 
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| Toolbox | This section allows more advanced users to dive deeper into ICANNWiki. | 
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