SikhiWiki:Introduction
Introduction to Sikhi Wiki
The SikhiWIKI encyclopedia is our brand new experiment - A web based encyclopedia of the Sikh Way of Life written collaboratively by many of its readers. Lots of people are constantly improving SikhiWIKI, by constantly making changes, all of which are recorded on the page history and the Recent Changes page. Nonsense and vandalism are usually removed quickly. Feel free to dive in take a look at the Tutorial, play in the sandbox, get comfortable and start contributing the our SikhiWIKI!
The whole point of SikhiWIKI is that you don't have to be a scholar, a pundit or a gyani to contribute. We all have the experience of what it means to live as a Sikh. Now's the time to share our wisdom, insights and experiences with each other.
The basis of a WIKI is trust and respect for each other. The beauty of a good WIKI is that it is self-regulating and self-cleansing. You can post anything of value that you wish to contribute, but all contributions will need to be in good taste. If you want to stand on a soapbox and lecture, preach, advocate your personal or political view - this isn't the place to do that. If your stuff gets erased, that's probably why.
Those who want to use SikhiWIKI to advance their personal agenda will not be allowed to participate.
Let's build something new and beautiful that is of use to everyone to understand the Sikh Way of Life and what it means in today's world.
See the "edit this page" tab at the top of each article? On SikhiWiki you can edit pages whenever you want, logged in or not.
What is SikhiWIKI?
SikhiWIKI is an encyclopedia of the Sikh Way of Life written collaboratively by many of its readers. Lots of people are constantly improving SikhiWIKI, by constantly making changes, all of which are recorded on the page history and the Recent Changes page. Nonsense and vandalism are usually removed quickly.
Why a Wiki?
We are all familiar with traditional websites and most of us are familiar with Blogs (online journals). Wiki is a new concept originally developed by Ward Cunningham. It's a set of web pages which can be edited by anyone without any special tools. All you need is a web browser. The word "wiki" comes from the Hawaiial word "wiki", which means "really quick." This technology has given rise to Wiki communities on the internet, the most well known of which is the Wikipedia. With most websites you come to read and perhaps listen or download. With a Wiki you can jump right it and change anything that is on the page. We feel that this is a marvelous opportunity for Sikhs everywhere, young and old alike, to share their knowledge, experience, thoughts, and poetry, and to generally inspire each other with an ongoing, ever-growing narrative.
How can I help?
Don't be afraid to edit pages on the SikhiWIKI - anyone can edit, and we encourage users to be bold! Find something that can be improved, either in content, grammar or formatting, then fix it. Worried about breaking SikhiWIKI? Don't be: it can always be fixed or improved later. So go ahead, edit an article and help make SikhiWIKI the best source for information about Sikhs on the Internet!
Editing is very easy:
- Click edit this page (the link is at the top of the page). You can test your first edit right here on this page.
- Type a message.
- Click save page to save your writing ... or "show preview" to test your changes.
When you're finished testing, find out more about editing
