{"id":658,"date":"2021-03-18T14:46:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T14:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/?page_id=658"},"modified":"2021-06-30T17:34:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T17:34:51","slug":"mediawiki-community-docs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/mediawiki-community-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"MediaWiki Community Docs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. MediaWiki & Sites.Grinnell<\/a><\/li>
  2. Mediawiki<\/a><\/li>
  3. Managing Permissions<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div>

    1.<\/span>Introduction<\/span> #<\/span>
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    Welcome to Sites at Grinnell\u2019s guide to MediaWiki! This guide will walk you through how to get started with your new MediaWiki website. Please note: many users receive access to MediaWiki and other Sites at Grinnell applications on the site level, with a username and password that allows you to log into and make changes to your site. If you would like access to and control over your own domain, which allows you more control over your digital presence and the ability to create additional sites and subdomains, DLAC is here to help! Simply email dlac@grinnell.edu to request domain-level cPanel access.<\/p><\/div>

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    2.<\/span>Mediawiki<\/span> #<\/span>
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    MediaWiki is an open-source publishing platform that can be used for creating a collaborative document repository. It’s the software that drives the\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    You can learn how to use this application at the\u00a0official MediaWiki Help Pages<\/a>. This support documentation wiki will\u00a0show you how to manage all aspects of your wiki, including customizing its\u00a0appearance, editing content, and changing user settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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    3.<\/span>Managing Permissions<\/span> #<\/span>
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    The default Mediawiki installed has been customized to make it a bit harder for spammers to overwhelm wikis with illegitimate content and comments. This is done by modifying the\u00a0LocalSettings.php<\/strong> file (a file that is included in every install in which it is possible to provide configurations details).<\/p>\n

    Please note that if you are not sure how to access your cPanel, you will not be able to modify the LocalSettings,php file on your own in order to limit anonymous editing of your wiki. Please email dlac@grinnell.edu for assistance or to request domain-level cPanel access.<\/p>\n

    By default, Mediawiki allows anonymous users to create pages and edit pages in the wiki. The modifications change this in the following ways:<\/p>\n