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=== What are our goals this Collapsathon? ===
=== What are our goals this Collapsathon? ===


To flesh out as many articles in the wiki as possible that may be of direct practical use to making communities resilient to environmental and other disasters whereby meeting their basic needs is challenges.
To flesh out as many articles in the wiki as possible that may be of direct practical use to communities seeking resilience to environmental and other disasters.


=== What's the end goal of the Collapsible wiki? ===
=== What's the end goal of the Collapsible wiki? ===


The end goal of the wiki is to be useful to those in need offline, served from tiny computers over WiFi, as a PDF or even a printed book. We start with English, and will translate out into other languages in time. It will be a long process.
The end goal of the wiki is to be useful to those in need offline, served from tiny computers over WiFi, as a PDF or even a printed book.  
 
=== What languages are wiki articles written in? ===
 
We start with English, and will translate out into other languages in time. It will be a long process.


=== Who is this wiki for? ===
=== Who is this wiki for? ===
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Great! Take a topic that already has a '''Link Dump''' section, look at the links and synthesise into an article.
Great! Take a topic that already has a '''Link Dump''' section, look at the links and synthesise into an article.


=== Some of these topics are too big. Where do I start? ===
The best place to start, is to write articles that themselves act as starting points for readers interested in the topic. For instance, an article on pickling food could start with introducing why pickling is useful for small scale food security, and then summarise popular strategies and methods for getting started with pickling at home, linking to external resources (as Citations) as needed.


=== What software does this wiki use? ===
=== What software does this wiki use? ===
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We use [https://mediawiki.org MediaWiki], the exact same platform as Wikipedia. It is self-hosted on a server at the Hetzner datacenter in Germany.
We use [https://mediawiki.org MediaWiki], the exact same platform as Wikipedia. It is self-hosted on a server at the Hetzner datacenter in Germany.


== Article structure and style ==  
=== Is there a place to practice using MediaWiki? ===
 
Yep, try this sandpit page:
 
https://wiki.collapsible.systems/w/index.php/Sandpit
 
== Article structure, style and copyright ==  


=== Article structure ===
=== Article structure ===
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'''Introduction'''
'''Introduction'''


Articles should begin with an introduction explaining how the given topic is relevant to the themes of the Wiki, namely communitarian survivalism and resilience. This is really important. We owe it to our readers to not sidetrack or misguide them. If the topic is about pickling food, explain why pickling has been used as a food preservation strategy for thousands of years and how preserving food in advance of a blackout, or other disaster where refrigeration is not available, is a good idea.
Articles should begin with an introduction explaining how the given topic is relevant to the themes of the Wiki, namely communitarian survivalism and resilience. We owe it to our readers to get to the point without assuming prior knowledge, nor sidetrack or misguide them. If the topic is about pickling food, explain why pickling has been used as a successful food preservation strategy for thousands of years. Outline why preserving food in advance of a blackout - or other disaster where food refrigeration is not available - is a good idea.


The intro should use the Level 2 heading.  
The intro should use the Level 2 heading.  
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'''Text body'''
'''Text body'''


After this sections directly relevant to the topic would be given Level 3 headings, with sub-sections Level 4, and so on.
After this sections directly relevant to the topic would be given Level 3 headings, with sub-sections Level 4, and so on. In the example of food pickling, they might include the different foods that can be pickled, an outline of techniques for doing so, tools needed, and how to store pickled foods. References would appear in Citations, below.


'''Citations'''
'''Citations'''
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An example of an article doing this is [[Radio|here]].
An example of an article doing this is [[Radio|here]].
'''Books'''
Any further reading could be listed here.
'''Linkdump'''
Any interesting links related to the topic could go here.


=== Article style ===
=== Article style ===


==== Writing ====
==== Writing ====
Writing should be impersonal, a-temporal and non-geographically centered. For instance, an article shouldn't be written using 'I', 'me', 'mine' or 'ours', nor assume the reader is in the USA or Europe, nor that assume the present year for the reader is 2024. Writing should be in the style of an encyclopedia, where being useful and informative is the primary objective. Evidence should be given in the form of Citations (see above) and attributed quotations. Anecdotes are strongly discouraged, as are stories unless quoted to elucidate a point.
Writing should be impersonal, a-temporal and non-geographically centered. For instance, an article shouldn't be written using 'I', 'me', 'mine' or 'ours', nor assume the reader is in the USA or Europe, nor that assume the present year for the reader is 2024. Writing should be in the style of a guidebook, where being useful and informative is the primary objective. Evidence should be given in the form of Citations (see above) and attributed quotations. Anecdotes are strongly discouraged, as are stories unless quoted to elucidate a point.
 
Remember to always ask (thanks Christina See):
 
* Will this be helpful during a systems collapse?
* Is this a topic that is accessible and applicable to more than a few?
* Is this practical or theoretical?


==== Images ====
==== Images ====


Images should be placed in the page in a step-wise fashion left to right. An example of an article doing this is [[Radio|here]]. When you add an image and provide a caption it looks like this in the wiki code:
Images should be placed in the page in a step-wise fashion left to right. An example of an article doing this is [[Radio|here]]. When you add an image (manually or using the visual editor) and provide a caption it looks like this in the wiki code:


  <nowiki>[[File:Kimchi.jpg|thumb|A jar of Kimchi]]</nowiki>
  <nowiki>[[File:Kimchi.jpg | thumb | A jar of Kimchi]]</nowiki>


To make that image appear smaller, just set a new width for it. Here we set it to 240 pixels wide. Aspect ratio will be maintained:
To make that image appear smaller, just set a new width for it. Here we set it to 240 pixels wide. Aspect ratio will be maintained:
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For everything else please see the [[Style_guide|Style Guide]].
For everything else please see the [[Style_guide|Style Guide]].
=== Article copyright ===
==== AI/ML ====
It would be great if we can avoid using Chat GPT etc to write articles for us. Rather if we can apply our brains in earnest and actually synthesise and check through the content of the site. If it is used, it needs to be cited.
==== Image copyright ====
Only public domain, or images released under appropriate Creative Commons licenses, or other licenses expressly stating they are clear to be used, should be used. To make it a little easier you can use a search engine like DuckDuckGo and define the license type in search settings. This is probably not completely reliable but is a good place to start.
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