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A wiki is a CMS for collaborative content creation, typically with a flat content structure and heavy cross-referencing. Consider using a more specific tag.

A wiki is a type of content-management system designed to let users build content rapidly, typically with thorough cross-referencing.
Editing is facilitated by text markup and template-based paging.
Wikis are usually intended for collaborative editing, so many applications offer tools such as revision control to enable curation.
Most depend on a browser for user interface.

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On GitHub, can I fork just a wiki?

If I fork repository joe/foo, and it has a Wiki, I won't get the wiki. Right now I'm just interested in forking the wiki to add pages to it. Is that possible without forking the repository? If not, is it possible at all?
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GitHub Wiki pages sort order?

I don't seem to be able to give a sort order to the Wiki pages of a project on GitHub. Does this option even exist?
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Most useful Rails plugins, Ruby libraries and Ruby gems?

I have seen many sites which provide the whole list of Rails plugins, Ruby libraries and Ruby gems, but we hardly use few of them and some may not suit our requirement and we spend a whole lot of time searching for useful Plugins which suits our…
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Inline Code in DokuWiki

I'm looking for a way to include code as part of a paragraph in DokuWiki like I can by adding backtick escapes in StackOverflow like _so_. Simply adding bla puts code on it's own line.
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Wiki or Markdown-like syntax for simple forms?

Is there any simple language similar to Markdown or one of the Wiki Markups that gets converted into HTML form elements? For example: name* = ___________ sex = (x) Male () Female phones = [] Android [x] iPhone [] Blackberry city = {BOS, (SFO),…
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LaTeX math in github wikis

Is it possible to include LaTeX-style math in any way with github repo wikis? Googling implies github no longer allows things like MathJax, but most references are years old. What (if any) alternatives are there to including LaTeX-formatted math in…
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What tools does your team use for writing user manuals?

Basic requests are: human readable / text format (for easy version control) online (for collaboration) easy formatting (markdown ok, html is too much) strict formatting (so authors don't invent new types of titles, bullets etc.) exportable to PDF,…
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How to remove Github's Wiki default sidebar

Since a few weeks, Github wikis present a compulsory side bar to the right of wiki pages that take up some space for writing. Example: I could not find any button nor instructions on the net to remove this sidebar. Is there a command or…
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What's the easiest way to add a quote box to mediawiki?

I installed mediawiki on my server as my personal knowledge base. Sometimes I copy some stuff from Web and paste to my wiki - such as tips & tricks from somebody's blog. How do I make the copied content appear in a box with border? For example, the…
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Wiki Database, is there one?

I was searching the net for something like a wiki database, just like wikipedia but instead stores structured content, editable by users. What I was looking for was an online database accessible by everyone where people can design the schema and…
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Python module for wiki markup

Is there a Python module for converting wiki markup to other languages (e.g. HTML)? A similar question was asked here, What's the easiest way to convert wiki markup to html, but no Python modules are mentioned. Just curious. :) Cheers.
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What documents should be stored in version control and how should they be stored?

I've found some similar questions (here, here, and here) asking about storing documents into version control. I have a more specific requirement and general question. The specific requirement is that I want to use Git. The more general question is,…
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Compare TinyMCE and CKeditor for a Wiki

For a custom wiki django-wakawaka, i want to be able to add a WYSIWYG support. TinyMCE is obviously the most popular plugin, used even by Wordpress. But CK-editor seems more feature full. Those who have used either of these or both, which is better…
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GitHub link from Issue to Wiki

I want link wiki-page to issue text. []() syntax links into issues pool. [[text|page]] doesn't work. How to do it?
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Download a file and redirect it to another page via ajax

I have a simple contact form for download excel file . Main issue happen , When ajax load .I want to download excel file then redirect user to a next page.. Below is my code with dummy data.. Ajax code.. $.ajax({ type: "POST", url:…
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