Getting started

Purpose
This wiki was created to address some limitations of the current Mindworks website, mainly:
 * increase accessibility to both users (through QR codes) and contributes
 * standardize formatting and content
 * increased functionality of materials

The wiki was originally proved using the kaizen project for the summer 2013 Lean Manufacturing course, but has also been envisioned for:
 * senior design teams
 * postings for internships/jobs/scholarships/research positions
 * provide a living document for ongoing research
 * display professors' area of research and equipment/capabilities

Creating/Setting up your log in

 * 1) Create a log in:
 * 2) click Create account on the upper right hand corner
 * 3) username should be the prefix of your vandal email
 * 4) email should be your vandal email
 * 5) complete form and click Create account
 * 6) Setup account:
 * 7) log in
 * 8) click on you name in the upper left hand corner
 * 9) Click on the create tab
 * 10) Add your name and email to the page
 * 11) Post comment:
 * 12) click here and add your signature under you project name by typing four tildas: ~

Creating/setting up a page

 * 1) create a page:
 * 2) enter the desired name (exactly) into the search box
 * 3) if the page doesn't exist, click the name highlighted in red
 * 4) add some content
 * 5) click 'Save page' button
 * 6) setting up page:
 * 7) all members of projects belonging to a page should enter their signature (using ~ ) on the discussion page.
 * 8) add a link to your page to the proper pages, see Organization of site (below)
 * 9) Rules for creating pages:
 * think carefully about the name, you can not rename pages or delete pages, only redirect old pages to new pages with correct names.
 * Do Not Camel Case You Page Name Instead capitalize the first letter in the name, as well as any nouns.
 * make sure the name is descriptive enough to provide results from a search.
 * check for pages that are similar in name, use dates, manufacture, type of application, etc to distinguish between two similar pages.

Page exemplars
Kaizen project: Cleaning_Machines

Snippet: 10_bit_rotary_magnetic_encoder_(AS5040)

Senior design:

Research:

Organization of site
Currently the site has three categories: Senior design, Snippets, and Kaizen projects. When created, all pages should be added to their respective categories. for example, if the page is a snippet page, add the following to the end of the page:

This will automatically put the page onto the Category:Snippets page.

Templates
The current templates have been created:
 * Checklist Table
 * Advantages/disadvantages table
 * Itemized/Step by step table

Developer's bulletin
The developer's bulletin is a page the admins use to release daily/weekly information about new tables, templates, guidelines, etc. We will notify users of the site about a new bulletin, but it is your responsibility to make sure your pages conform to the bulletins released.

Resources
Cheatsheet (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet
 * Note: the above link is for Wikipedia.org, which does their references slightly differently. Inserting underneath the 'References' section will not work. Instead use

Starting an article (Wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Starting_an_article

Mindworks Page Editing Help: Help:Page Editing (Quick)

Media Wiki Manual: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual

FAQ: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ

Templates: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates

Installation of some extensions: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite/Cite.php#Installation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions

Page editing: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page

Advanced Topics: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Table