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Jadrian Miles: /* Read Permission */

2010-03-24T00:35:18Z

Read Permission

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	DON'T PUT THE VRLUSER PASSWORD ON THIS PAGE		DON'T PUT THE VRLUSER PASSWORD ON THIS PAGE

	--> Anyone outside of CS who does not know the "vrluser" password will not be able to connect to the wiki at all, neither for reading nor writing.		--> Anyone outside of the Brown network who does not know the "vrluser" password will not be able to connect to the wiki at all, neither for reading nor writing.

	=== Write Permission ===		=== Write Permission ===

Jadrian Miles: /* Security Features */

2010-03-24T00:34:40Z

Security Features

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	== Security Features ==		== Security Features ==
	Access is read-only without a password within CS, read-only anywhere with our group password, and read-write only with a login. Outside of CS, no one without the proper password can see the wiki at all.		Access is read-only without a password within the Brown computer network, read-only anywhere with our group password, and read-write only with a login. Outside of the Brown network, no one without the proper password can see the wiki at all.

	=== Read Permission ===		=== Read Permission ===
	Anyone connecting to the wiki from within the Brown network has unfettered read access. ~~Those~~ outside the Brown network will ~~need~~ to ~~use~~ the ~~standard~~ "vrluser" ~~username~~ to ~~log in~~. '''~~Please~~ give out the password only to collaborators, fellow researchers, and relevant students!''' <!--		'''Anyone''' connecting to the wiki from within the Brown network has unfettered read access.

			Users connecting to the wiki from outside the Brown network will be presented with a pop-up server login box. The server restricts access of any kind to the directory in which the wiki lives, and it requires a password to access this directory. '''The server login is completely distinct from the VrlWiki login.''' There is a single shared username for the server login: "vrluser". The password is secret; talk to David or an advanced PhD student to get it. If you know it already, '''please give out the vrluser password only to collaborators, fellow researchers, and relevant students!''' <!--

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	HEY YOU!		HEY YOU!
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	It's readable, password-free, from anywhere at Brown, not just CS.		It's readable, password-free, from anywhere at Brown, not just CS.

	--> Anyone outside of CS who does not know the "vrluser" password will not be able to connect to the wiki at all.		DON'T PUT THE VRLUSER PASSWORD ON THIS PAGE
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			--> Anyone outside of CS who does not know the "vrluser" password will not be able to connect to the wiki at all, neither for reading nor writing.

	=== Write Permission ===		=== Write Permission ===
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	=== Precautions ===		=== Precautions ===
	Despite our access controls, you can't really be sure who's reading information on this wiki. Per-page access control are hopefully coming in the future, but in the meantime please do not post passwords or sensitive information, especially about human subjects in our research projects, on the wiki.		Despite our access controls, you can't really be sure who's reading information on this wiki---remember, '''anyone on the Brown network can read VrlWiki pages'''. Per-page access control are hopefully coming in the future, but in the meantime please do not post passwords or sensitive information, especially about human subjects in our research projects, on the wiki.

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

Jadrian Miles: /* IT Tools */

2010-03-23T23:47:55Z

IT Tools

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	==== [[:Category:IT Tools\|IT Tools]] ====		==== [[:Category:IT Tools\|IT Tools]] ====
	We have a few different IT tools in place to help us get our work done, including [[$G]] and its associated build system and ~~[[VrlWiki\|~~the very wiki you're reading]]. The wiki entries related to these tools should include technical documentation as well as task-oriented user documentation linked to from the HOWTOs.		We have a few different IT tools in place to help us get our work done, including [[$G]] and its associated build system and the very wiki you're reading. The wiki entries related to these tools should include technical documentation as well as task-oriented user documentation linked to from the HOWTOs.

	==== [[:Category:Projects\|Projects]] ====		==== [[:Category:Projects\|Projects]] ====

Jadrian Miles: /* How to Contribute to the Wiki */

2009-04-14T20:57:54Z

How to Contribute to the Wiki

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	If you'd like to contribute something but you don't know what, try browsing the [[VrlWiki:Pages that need attention\|list of pages that need attention]].		If you'd like to contribute something but you don't know what, try browsing the [[VrlWiki:Pages that need attention\|list of pages that need attention]].

			Uploading files is easy: just click the "[[Special:Upload\|Upload file]]" link to the left. For more details, see [[Help:Managing files]].

	=== How to Request Things to be Added to the Wiki ===		=== How to Request Things to be Added to the Wiki ===

Jadrian Miles at 14:38, 6 April 2009

2009-04-06T14:38:11Z

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	Despite our access controls, you can't really be sure who's reading information on this wiki. Per-page access control are hopefully coming in the future, but in the meantime please do not post passwords or sensitive information, especially about human subjects in our research projects, on the wiki.		Despite our access controls, you can't really be sure who's reading information on this wiki. Per-page access control are hopefully coming in the future, but in the meantime please do not post passwords or sensitive information, especially about human subjects in our research projects, on the wiki.

	== ~~Special Editing Tricks~~ ==		== See Also ==
			* [[Help:Contents\|The help pages]]
	~~=== Embedding Complex HTML ===~~
	Only wiki administrators can enable complex HTML, and they do this by creating special embeddable pages. If you have something you'd like to include, please look up a member of the "sysop" group in the [[~~Special~~:~~Listusers~~\|~~wiki user list~~]] ~~and ask them to set it up for you. The following are the embeddable pages that already exist.~~

	~~==== Google Calendar ====~~
	~~{{Help:Template:gcal}}~~

	[[Category:IT Tools]]		[[Category:IT Tools]]

Jadrian Miles: /* Security Features */

2009-04-06T14:32:26Z

Security Features

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	== Security Features ==		== Security Features ==
	Access is read-only without a password within CS, read-only anywhere with our group password, and read-write only with a login.		Access is read-only without a password within CS, read-only anywhere with our group password, and read-write only with a login. Outside of CS, no one without the proper password can see the wiki at all.

	=== Read Permission ===		=== Read Permission ===
	Anyone connecting to the wiki from within the Brown network has unfettered read access. Those outside the Brown network will need to use the standard "vrluser" username to log in. '''Please give out the password only to collaborators, fellow researchers, and relevant students!''' <!-- ~~Also, if~~ you're editing this page, don't put the password on here. It's readable, password-free, from anywhere at Brown, not just CS. -->		Anyone connecting to the wiki from within the Brown network has unfettered read access. Those outside the Brown network will need to use the standard "vrluser" username to log in. '''Please give out the password only to collaborators, fellow researchers, and relevant students!''' <!--

			HEY YOU!

			If you're editing this page, don't put the password on here!

			It's readable, password-free, from anywhere at Brown, not just CS.

			--> Anyone outside of CS who does not know the "vrluser" password will not be able to connect to the wiki at all.

	=== Write Permission ===		=== Write Permission ===

Jadrian Miles: /* How to Request Things to be Added to the Wiki */

2009-02-12T20:59:53Z

How to Request Things to be Added to the Wiki

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	=== How to Request Things to be Added to the Wiki ===		=== How to Request Things to be Added to the Wiki ===

	Sometimes you know that something is missing from the wiki, but you yourself can't fill in the gap. That's okay; we use [[#Discussion / "Talk" Pages\|discussion pages]] to write down content suggestions.		Sometimes you know that something is missing from the wiki, but you yourself can't fill in the gap. That's okay; we use [[#Discussion / "Talk" Pages\|discussion pages]] to write down content suggestions. If you have a small or abstract suggestion about the content of a particular page, rather than something actionable that you can edit the page itself about, click the "discussion" tab and add a new section for your suggestion. If a page's content is incomplete, please also tag it as a "stub" by adding the following code to the top of the page:
			<pre width="25%"><nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki></pre>
			If you think a page should exist but you don't have anything to put on it, go to [[Talk:Main Page\|the main discussion page]] and make your suggestion there.

			If a particular page has style issues, doesn't have appropriate links to other articles, or was obviously copied and pasted from somewhere else and needs to be refined for the wiki, please add the following code to the top of the page:
			<pre width="25%"><nowiki>{{wikify}}</nowiki></pre>

	If you have a small or abstract suggestion about the content of a particular page, rather than something actionable that you can edit the page itself about, click the "discussion" tab and add a new section for your suggestion. If you think a page should exist but you don't have anything to put on it, go to [[Talk:Main Page\|the main discussion page]] and make your suggestion there.

	If the ''software'' of the wiki itself is missing a feature you'd like it to have (say, easier syntax for some common task), please add it to the [[VrlWiki/feature requests\|VrlWiki feature requests page]] and hopefully the wiki administrator will be able to implement it.		If the ''software'' of the wiki itself is missing a feature you'd like it to have (say, easier syntax for some common task), please add it to the [[VrlWiki/feature requests\|VrlWiki feature requests page]] and hopefully the wiki administrator will be able to implement it.

Jadrian Miles: /* How to Contribute to the Wiki */

2009-02-02T19:56:49Z

How to Contribute to the Wiki

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	== How to Contribute to the Wiki ==		== How to Contribute to the Wiki ==

	If you find an article confusing, misleading, incomplete, incorrect, or just plain ugly, please hit the "edit" tab at the top of the page and fix it! If you have a small or abstract suggestion about the content of the page, rather than something actionable that you can edit the page itself about, click the "discussion" tab and add a new section for your suggestion. For more details, check out [[Help:Editing pages]].		If you find an article confusing, misleading, incomplete, incorrect, or just plain ugly, please hit the "edit" tab at the top of the page and fix it! For more details, check out [[Help:Editing pages]].

	If you think a page should exist that doesn't, either click a red link to it (red text on pages indicate links to other pages that don't yet exist) or type its name into the search box on the left~~. If you don't want to create a new page, go to [[Talk:Main Page\|the main discussion page]] and make your suggestion there~~. For more details, check out [[Help:Starting a new page]].		If you think a page should exist that doesn't, either click a red link to it (red text on pages indicate links to other pages that don't yet exist) or type its name into the search box on the left. For more details, check out [[Help:Starting a new page]].

	If you'd like to contribute something but you don't know what, try browsing the [[VrlWiki:Pages that need attention\|list of pages that need attention]].		If you'd like to contribute something but you don't know what, try browsing the [[VrlWiki:Pages that need attention\|list of pages that need attention]].

			=== How to Request Things to be Added to the Wiki ===

			Sometimes you know that something is missing from the wiki, but you yourself can't fill in the gap. That's okay; we use [[#Discussion / "Talk" Pages\|discussion pages]] to write down content suggestions.

			If you have a small or abstract suggestion about the content of a particular page, rather than something actionable that you can edit the page itself about, click the "discussion" tab and add a new section for your suggestion. If you think a page should exist but you don't have anything to put on it, go to [[Talk:Main Page\|the main discussion page]] and make your suggestion there.

	If the ''software'' of the wiki itself is missing a feature you'd like it to have (say, easier syntax for some common task), please add it to the [[VrlWiki/feature requests\|VrlWiki feature requests page]] and hopefully the wiki administrator will be able to implement it.		If the ''software'' of the wiki itself is missing a feature you'd like it to have (say, easier syntax for some common task), please add it to the [[VrlWiki/feature requests\|VrlWiki feature requests page]] and hopefully the wiki administrator will be able to implement it.

Jadrian Miles at 17:08, 23 January 2009

2009-01-23T17:08:21Z

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	This article explains the information that we store in the wiki and [[#Content Policy and Wiki Structure\|how we structure it]], how you can [[#How to Contribute to the Wiki\|add the information you know]] to this repository, and technical details about the [[#Security Features\|access protections]] we use.		This article explains the information that we store in the wiki and [[#Content Policy and Wiki Structure\|how we structure it]], how you can [[#How to Contribute to the Wiki\|add the information you know]] to this repository, and technical details about the [[#Security Features\|access protections]] we use.

			If you need editing help, please check out [[Help:Editing\|the online documentation]]. If the ''software'' of the wiki itself is missing a feature you'd like it to have (say, easier syntax for some common task), please add it to the [[VrlWiki/feature requests\|VrlWiki feature requests page]] and hopefully the wiki administrator will be able to implement it.

	== Content Policy and Wiki Structure ==		== Content Policy and Wiki Structure ==

Jadrian Miles: New section: User Pages

2009-01-13T20:56:04Z

New section: User Pages

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	Every page has a tab at the top labeled "discussion". This is the page's "Talk page", where discussion about the content of a page should go. Generally speaking, notes about future content for a page should be placed on the Talk page (in a separate section, created using the "+" tab at the top of the Talk page) rather than on the page itself. The rule of thumb is that the audience of an article page is readers interested in the topic described by the title of the page, while the audience of a Talk page is the editors of the associated article page. For example, if you are addressing people interested in CavePainting itself, you should be writing on the [[CavePainting]] page; if you are addressing people interested in maintaining the [[CavePainting]] page, you should be writing on the [[Talk:CavePainting]] page.		Every page has a tab at the top labeled "discussion". This is the page's "Talk page", where discussion about the content of a page should go. Generally speaking, notes about future content for a page should be placed on the Talk page (in a separate section, created using the "+" tab at the top of the Talk page) rather than on the page itself. The rule of thumb is that the audience of an article page is readers interested in the topic described by the title of the page, while the audience of a Talk page is the editors of the associated article page. For example, if you are addressing people interested in CavePainting itself, you should be writing on the [[CavePainting]] page; if you are addressing people interested in maintaining the [[CavePainting]] page, you should be writing on the [[Talk:CavePainting]] page.

			=== User Pages ===
			''See [[Help:User page]] for more details about user pages.''

			Every registered user on the VrlWiki has a corresponding "user page", the title of which has the format "User:<username>", as in [[User:Jadrian Miles]]. User pages should contain information about the particular user, including links to other websites and perhaps a short profile. Pages related to the user, such as planning documents and draft documents, should be [[#Subpages\|subpages]] of the user page. A rule of thumb is that if an article's title would have your name in it, it should be a subpage of your user page instead of a standalone page.

	== How to Contribute to the Wiki ==		== How to Contribute to the Wiki ==