Introduction to this wiki

Welcome to Introduction to Wikiversity, a learning project for first time visitors to Wikiversity.

What is wiki?

The edit button.

A wiki is a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit and change the content of the webpages. Wikiversity is a wiki website. Wikiversity webpages have an "edit button" that you are invited to use. Everyone can edit and improve Wikiversity webpages. The openness and ease of editing page content makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative authoring.

Q. Where can I learn more about editing Wikiversity webpages?
A. Click here for an introduction to editing.

Q. Where can I learn more about wiki?
A. Click here to learn more about collaborative webpage editing.

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The discussion button.

A wiki trick. Every wiki webpage has an associated page for discussions. For example, when you are at this page, click the "discussion" button to go to the Talk:Introduction to Wikiversity page where you can ask questions about this webpage.

What is Wikiversity?

How can I learn more about Wikiversity?

True of false? B is the new C - Learning at Wikiversity: learning by editing wiki website pages.

Keeping track of discussions

How do you know when someone has replied to a comment or a question you left on a Wikiversity discussion page? Be sure to add pages you are interested in to your watch list. Either use the "watch" button or set you user preferences to automatically add pages you edit to your watch list. Periodically check your watch list to keep track of changes to pages you previously edited.

Places to ask questions

First, try asking at the Colloquium page. other options.

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