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Conventions of wiki
By Munira Mohamed
Identifying the conventions
• Wikipedia is a online encyclopaedia that provides
people with information that they need. People
of all ages, cultures and backgrounds can add or
edit article prose, references, images and other
media here.
• It has lots of information for people that want to
learn about things
• The online encyclopedia uses pictures in every
single page to give people an image of what it is.
• In every page there is a title and sub heading to
tell people what the page is going to talk about.
Identifying the conventions
• There’s a Contents box listing headings it
jumps to relevant sections. Wiki has Side bar
with settings, preferences, content and
suggestions for the whole website. It also has
The page has Logo in top left were its
hyperlinked to front page. This

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Wikipedia conventions guide for adding and editing information

  • 1. Conventions of wiki By Munira Mohamed
  • 2. Identifying the conventions • Wikipedia is a online encyclopaedia that provides people with information that they need. People of all ages, cultures and backgrounds can add or edit article prose, references, images and other media here. • It has lots of information for people that want to learn about things • The online encyclopedia uses pictures in every single page to give people an image of what it is. • In every page there is a title and sub heading to tell people what the page is going to talk about.
  • 3. Identifying the conventions • There’s a Contents box listing headings it jumps to relevant sections. Wiki has Side bar with settings, preferences, content and suggestions for the whole website. It also has The page has Logo in top left were its hyperlinked to front page. This