A Pirates' Glossary
From Pirates@Home
Welcome aboard the Pirates@Home Glossary!
|
This is not the |
The primary purpose of this wiki is to test integration of the MediaWiki software
(the same software used by the Wikipedia) with the
BOINC web site and discussion forum software.
The long term goal is to provide an integrated glossary for e-Labs for
Interactions in Understanding the Universe.
In the shorter term, we will see if a crew of scurvy monkeys can put together a Pirates' Glossary, something like a Wikipediaaargh!
Authentication
To be logged in to the wiki (required for editing but not for reading) you must be logged in to the Pirates@Home project. If you are already logged in to Pirates@Home then you will automatically be logged in to the glossary with the same user name. You can use the link in the upper right corner to log in or log out.
Navigation
Recent Changes
|
Use the sidebar links to the left to take a tour of the glossary pages, or to get back to the Pirates@Home main pages. Use the "Quick Help" links to the right to learn more about how to get around and how to edit pages or create new ones.
Use the 'search box to the left to quickly find a glossary entry.
If a page is missing, you can be the one who creates it!
Permissions
One of the first things to be tested here are the user permissions. Right now anybody on the Internet can read this glossary, but you must be logged in to Pirates@Home to be allowed to edit. Any member of the crew who is in good standing (has RAC > 1.0) is considered to be an able bodied seaman and may edit the glossary and create new pages. A user who has recent credit but does not meet the threshold for able seaman is considered to be just a seaman, and may edit the glossary, but may not create new pages. BOINC moderators have the rank of Chief Petty Officer and may patrol and rollback edits, move or protect pages, and block users. Users who misbehave will be put in the brig, which blocks reading as well as writing to the glossary.
June 2007 - one small modification from the policy we have had for a while now (described above) is to allow edits to talk pages from anonymous users (basically anybody on the Internet). If abuse becomes a problem we'll turn that off.
