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Author: ugrnm <ugrnm@web>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 17:21:49 +0200
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@@ -8,18 +8,28 @@ You can ask for editing privileges by sending an email to the [[administrators]]
* Explain your interest in permacomputing
* Include URLs to work/project/socials/etc
* Tell us what/why/how you would like to contribute
+* Confirm that you have read and understood this page :)
-## What belongs here?
+## What belongs on this wiki?
Basically any topic is allowed as long as it can be discussed from a permacomputing-relevant point of view. For an outline of the kind of topics we are particularly interested in, see the front page.
## Style
-Permacomputing wiki is not [[Wikipedia]], so being neutral or encyclopedic is not among our goals, and original research is encouraged. However, it is a collaborative project, so if you want to express an opinion the other editors may not agree about, please use the relevant Discussion page, and make sure to sign your comment with your handle. Go to the Discussion page, in the top menu of this page for an example.
+Permacomputing wiki is not [[Wikipedia]], so being neutral or encyclopedic is not among our goals, and original research is encouraged. However, it is a collaborative project, so if you want to express an opinion the other editors may not agree with, please use the relevant Discussion page, and make sure to sign your comment with your handle. Go to the Discussion page, in the top menu of this page for an example.
At the current stage of maturity of PW, it is often not advisable to write a comprehensive articles about a topic if someone else has already done it elsewhere. Put in a link to that external resource instead. (In the future, we will perhaps want to host copies of all these "dependencies" in the local repository as well, but not yet.)
-At the start of a new page, please try to include a proper and non-biased definition of the topic before proceeding to the permacomputing-specific points of view. You can use [[Wikipedia]] or other sources for this, just make sure you properly attribute and quote. It can as simple as
+When introducing a new term, please try to include a proper and non-biased definition of the topic before proceeding to the permacomputing-specific points of view. You can use [[Wikipedia]] or other sources for this, just make sure you properly attribute and quote. See below.
+
+## Attribution and quotes
+
+If you rely on other sources for the writing of a section, do not be lazy or mindlessly copypaste from other sources. You must properly attribute your source. You have 4 options:
+
+* Hyperlinks: sometimes it's enough to point to external reference to [[technology]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology) if there is not much to discuss.
+* Footnote references: TODO needs to read how to do it properly with ikiwiki
+* inline quote: sometimes ... need to solve footnot first
+* block quote: sometimes you just need to fully quote a text from someone and it can as simple as:
> Technology is the active human interface with the material world.
> But the word is consistently misused to mean only the enormously complex and specialised technologies of the past few decades, supported by massive exploitation both of natural and human resources.
@@ -27,7 +37,7 @@ At the start of a new page, please try to include a proper and non-biased defini
>
> Usula Leguin, 2004, [A Rant About "Technology"](http://www.ursulakleguinarchive.com/Note-Technology.html)
-Similarly do not invisibilize people from which you took inspiration and/or learned something from. Take the opportunity of contributing to this wiki to also point to their work and research.
+In general, **do not invisibilize people from which you took inspiration and/or learned something from**. Take the opportunity of contributing to this wiki to also point to their work and research.
## Acceptable content
