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This page contains the introduction to the LOFAR Wiki and the guidelines to use it. Users must be familiar with the guidelines before adding or updating information in this Wiki. | This page contains the introduction to the LOFAR Wiki and the guidelines to use it. Users must be familiar with the guidelines before adding or updating information in this Wiki. | ||
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===== Wiki? What Wiki? ===== | ===== Wiki? What Wiki? ===== | ||
- | A Wiki is a place to share information among a group of people. Information is not created by itself; instead, some people must create the information so other people can benefit from the shared knowledge. The other people can then use their own knowledge to update existing or add new information. A wiki is therefore a highly dynamic information exchange platform. That some information will be outdated is unavoidable; | + | A Wiki is a place to share information among a group of people. Information is not created by itself; instead, some people must create the information so other people can benefit from the shared knowledge. The other people can then use their own knowledge to update existing or add new information. A wiki is therefore a highly dynamic information exchange platform. That some information will be outdated is unavoidable; |
===== LOFAR Wiki ===== | ===== LOFAR Wiki ===== | ||
- | The goal of this wiki is to bring together | + | This Wiki exists |
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+ | To navigate this wiki, you can choose | ||
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+ | Please read these guidelines for the purpose | ||
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+ | All users are invited (even urged!) to add or update information in this Wiki. If you want to add new information, | ||
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+ | When you enter the first time, or without logging in, you only have read-access to the public information in this Wiki. The right to view and modify restricted areas make can be granted by the administrator, | ||
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+ | Questions and remarks can be send to the [[ro_wiki@astron.nl|administrator]]. | ||
===== Using a Wiki ===== | ===== Using a Wiki ===== | ||
- | Every Wiki has its own syntax for text markup. Something one just needs to get acquinted to... For this Wiki, a brief explanation can be found [[wiki: | + | Every Wiki has its own syntax for text markup. Something one just needs to get acquainted with... For this Wiki, a brief explanation can be found [[wiki: |
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* Large documents can be attached. We prefer attached documents to be in pdf-format so they are viewable and printable by most users. | * Large documents can be attached. We prefer attached documents to be in pdf-format so they are viewable and printable by most users. | ||
* Images are preferred as either jpg, gif, svg or png. | * Images are preferred as either jpg, gif, svg or png. | ||
+ | * Do NOT delete content created by others without prior clearance. Only if the creator is not available anymore (e.g., left the field of astronomy), content can be deleted without clearance. | ||
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