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ICANNWiki is a grassroots, community effort to create and curate articles describing the people and organizations, terms and topics within the ICANN community. We actively seek worldwide collaboration to increase understanding | ICANNWiki is a grassroots, community effort to create and curate articles describing the people and organizations, terms and topics within the ICANN community. We actively seek worldwide collaboration to increase understanding | ||
of how policy is created for the continued development of the Internet, a tool which we all use everyday. In particular, we focus on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and related international policy and management bodies. | of how policy is created for the continued development of the Internet, a tool which we all use everyday. In particular, we focus on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and related international policy and management bodies. | ||
==What you can learn from this pamphlet== | |||
This guide will help you learn the ins and outs of ICANNWiki. Specifically, it will teach you how to add and edit ICANNWiki articles, as well as how to: | |||
* '''Navigate the wiki.''' ICW and its MediaWiki software platform are user-friendly, but require an understanding of the mark-up language and mechanics behind article | |||
creation. | |||
* '''Prepare before you edit.''' ICW is driven by its thoroughly researched content that relies on wiki-based ethos to guide its tone, clarity and validity. | |||
* '''Understand the foundations of wiki culture and markup.''' | |||