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GiulioFontana at 12:17, 3 February 2010

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GiulioFontana at 12:17, 3 February 2010

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GiulioFontana at 12:16, 3 February 2010

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GiulioFontana at 12:14, 3 February 2010

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GiulioFontana at 12:14, 3 February 2010

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DavidLaniado at 13:16, 13 October 2009

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DavidLaniado at 13:15, 13 October 2009

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GiulioFontana at 13:57, 17 November 2008

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GiulioFontana at 13:56, 17 November 2008

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GiulioFontana at 14:18, 30 April 2008

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-AIRWiki is conceptually composed of two layers:
+AIRWiki is composed of two layers:
 * a '''public layer''', visible to everyone on the internet;
 * a '''private layer''', accessible to [[registered users]] only.

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 Eventually, much of the information in the private layer will be suitably formatted and moved to the public layer.
-The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are the '''discussion pages'''. These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by '''clicking the "discussion" tab on the top''' of the public page. Students are encouraged to use the discussion page of the project they are working on as a repository of all the information they produce or gather regarding that project: see [[Projects - HOWTO#HOWTO add information to a project page]] for details.
+The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are the '''discussion pages'''. These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by '''clicking the "discussion" tab on the top''' of the public page.
 === Namespaces ===

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 === User privileges ===
-[[Registered users]] can view and modify any page of both the public layer and the private layer. The only exceptions to this rule are:
+Generic access to the AIRWiki from the Internet is restricted to the public layer. Conversely, [[Registered users]] can (after logging in) view and modify any page of both the public layer and the private layer. The only exceptions to this rule are:
 * the pages belonging to namespaces ''AIRWiki'' and ''AIRLab'': these are reserved to professors and researchers, and can be accessed only by them;
-* the pages that a system operator (''sysop'') chose to ''protect'': this is done by clicking on the 'protect' tab on the top of the page, and restricts the editing of such pages to a specific category of users (typically sysops).
+* the pages that a system operator (''sysop'') chose to ''protect'': this is done by clicking on the 'protect' tab on the top of the page, and restricts the editing of such pages to a specific category of users (typically sysops; see [[Special:Listusers | here]] to know who the sysops are).
-−
-See [[Special:Listusers]] to know who the sysops are.
 Also '''user pages''' (in the "User:" namespace) are in the private layer of the wiki. If you want your page to be visible to external users, see [[HOWTO make your user page public]].

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 Eventually, much of the information in the private layer will be suitably formatted and moved to the public layer.
-The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are the "discussion pages". These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by '''clicking the "discussion" tab on the top''' of the public page. Students are encouraged to use the discussion page of the project they are working on as a repository of all the information they produce or gather regarding that project: see [[Projects - HOWTO#HOWTO add information to a project page]] for details.
+The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are the '''discussion pages'''. These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by '''clicking the "discussion" tab on the top''' of the public page. Students are encouraged to use the discussion page of the project they are working on as a repository of all the information they produce or gather regarding that project: see [[Projects - HOWTO#HOWTO add information to a project page]] for details.
 === Namespaces ===

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 * a '''private layer''', accessible to [[registered users]] only.
-The public layer is used to publish information on the internet. The private layer is used by the people working on AIRLab's projects as a repository of all the information related to such projects. Eventually, much of the information in the private layer will be suitably formatted and moved to the public layer.
+The public layer is used to publish information on the internet. The private layer is used by the people working on AIRLab's projects as a repository of all the information related to such projects.
-Operatively, the public layer is the main [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces namespace] of AIRWiki, while the private layer includes every other namespace.
+The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are the "discussion pages". These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by '''clicking the "discussion" tab on the top''' of the public page. Students are encouraged to use the discussion page of the project they are working on as a repository of all the information they produce or gather regarding that project: see [[Projects - HOWTO#HOWTO add information to a project page]] for details.
-In a nutshell, a namespace identifies a subset of pages of a wiki having common characteristics. Every page of the wiki has a name in the form '''[prefix:]PageName'''. The namespace that a page belongs to is the '''prefix''', separated from the actual page name by a colon (':'). If no prefix is given, the page belongs to the so-called '''main namespace'''. For instance page [[AIRWiki]] belongs to the main namespace, while page [[Special:Listusers]] belongs to the Special namespace. Therefore the first page is part of the public layer of AIRWiki, while the second is part of the private layer.
-[[Registered users]] can view and modify any page of both the public layer and the private layer. The only exceptions to that are:
+=== Namespaces ===
 * the pages belonging to namespaces ''AIRWiki'' and ''AIRLab'': these are reserved to professors and researchers, and can be accessed only by them;
 * the pages that a system operator (''sysop'') chose to ''protect'': this is done by clicking on the 'protect' tab on the top of the page, and restricts the editing of such pages to a specific category of users (typically sysops).
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 See [[Special:Listusers]] to know who the sysops are.
-'''The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are those in the "Talk" namespace, called "discussion pages"'''. These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by clicking the "discussion" tab on the top of the public page. Students are encouraged to use the discussion page of the project they are working on as a repository of all the information they produce or gather regarding that project: see [[Projects - HOWTO#HOWTO add information to a project page]] for details.
+Also '''user pages''' (in the "User:" namespace) are in the private layer of the wiki. If you want your page to be visible to external users, see [[HOWTO make your user page public]].
-−
-Also '''user pages''' (in the "User:" namespace) are in the private layer of the wiki. '''If you want your page to be visible to external users, see [[HOWTO make your user page public]]'''.

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	'''The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are those in the "Talk" namespace, called "discussion pages"'''. These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by clicking the "discussion" tab on the top of the public page. Students are encouraged to use the discussion page of the project they are working on as a repository of all the information they produce or gather regarding that project: see [[Projects - HOWTO#HOWTO add information to a project page]] for details.		'''The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are those in the "Talk" namespace, called "discussion pages"'''. These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by clicking the "discussion" tab on the top of the public page. Students are encouraged to use the discussion page of the project they are working on as a repository of all the information they produce or gather regarding that project: see [[Projects - HOWTO#HOWTO add information to a project page]] for details.

−	Also user pages (in the "User:" namespace) are in the private layer of the wiki. If you want your page to be visible to external users, see ~~'''~~[[HOWTO make your user page public]]'''.	+	Also '''user pages''' (in the "User:" namespace) are in the private layer of the wiki. '''If you want your page to be visible to external users, see [[HOWTO make your user page public]]'''.

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	'''The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are those in the "Talk" namespace, called "discussion pages"'''. These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by clicking the "discussion" tab on the top of the public page. Students are encouraged to use the discussion page of the project they are working on as a repository of all the information they produce or gather regarding that project: see [[Projects - HOWTO#HOWTO add information to a project page]] for details.		'''The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are those in the "Talk" namespace, called "discussion pages"'''. These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by clicking the "discussion" tab on the top of the public page. Students are encouraged to use the discussion page of the project they are working on as a repository of all the information they produce or gather regarding that project: see [[Projects - HOWTO#HOWTO add information to a project page]] for details.
		+
		+	Also user pages (in the "User:" namespace) are in the private layer of the wiki. If you want your page to be visible to external users, see '''[[HOWTO make your user page public]]'''.

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	See [[Special:Listusers]] to know who the sysops are.		See [[Special:Listusers]] to know who the sysops are.

−	'''The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are those in the "Talk" namespace, called "discussion pages"'''. These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by clicking the "discussion" tab on the top of the public page. Students are encouraged to use the discussion page of the project they are working on as a repository of all the information they produce or gather regarding that project: see [[~~Projects_~~-~~_HOWTO~~#~~HOWTO_add_information_to_a_project_page~~]] for details.	+	'''The most important pages of the private layer of AIRWiki are those in the "Talk" namespace, called "discussion pages"'''. These are the pages where users (and students in particular) write their work notes. For each public page, a discussion page is automatically created and associated to it: such discussion page is accessible by clicking the "discussion" tab on the top of the public page. Students are encouraged to use the discussion page of the project they are working on as a repository of all the information they produce or gather regarding that project: see [[Projects - HOWTO#HOWTO add information to a project page]] for details.