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What is special about a wiki web site is that registered users can comment, or add to and change what appears on a site. Registration is free and open to everyone. All that is required is an email address and a willingness to make a contribution. | What is special about a wiki web site is that registered users can comment, or add to and change what appears on a site. Registration is free and open to everyone. All that is required is an email address and a willingness to make a contribution. | ||
'''We suggest that your FIRST step would be to contact one of the Gawler History Team Executive [ | '''We suggest that your FIRST step would be to contact one of the Gawler History Team Executive [[GHT_Inc_Executive_Contact_Us | Click Here]] so that we can appreciate what you intend to contribute and thus give you appropriate advice.''' | ||
To register as a user on the '''Now and Then''' wiki, click on the join button in the left hand column or click [[Special:UserLogin | To register as a user on the '''Now and Then''' wiki, click on the join button in the left hand column or click [[Special:UserLogin |create an account]] A simple sign in process allows you to become a member with the ability to create articles, edit, comment and contribute. | ||
Learning how to use the wiki authoring and editing tools is easy. The site uses the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki ''Mediawiki''] software, which is the same as that used for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page ''Wikipedia''], the world famous online encyclopaedia. '''Now and Then''' works somewhat differently from ''Wikipedia'', but the principles are the same. | Learning how to use the wiki authoring and editing tools is easy. The site uses the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki ''Mediawiki''] software, which is the same as that used for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page ''Wikipedia''], the world famous online encyclopaedia. '''Now and Then''' works somewhat differently from ''Wikipedia'', but the principles are the same. | ||