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| − | == Welcome! ==
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| − | Welcome to the Pratt FAQ, hosted at pundit.pratt.duke.edu. We currently have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] mainspace articles along with several policy and special pages for a total of [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}]] pages. If you are new here, you may want to start out by reading the [[PrattWiki:Introduction|Pratt Wiki Introduction]]. You will join the {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} users who have already registered on the site!
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| − | == NEWSFLASHES == | + | == Getting started == |
| − | Anything of urgent concern will go here. Also see [http://oit.duke.edu/service-outages/ OIT Alerts]
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| − | * 10/13/2010: An unusually high number of Hudson and Teer machines are non-responsive. See Dr. G's [http://dukeegr93.com/UTILS/sites.html Machine States] page for details.
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| − | *11/29/2010: The information for the VCL test at 11:40 is at [[User:DukeEgr93/VCL Test]]
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| − | * 11/29/2010: MATLAB was not starting up anywhere on the OIT system. This was obviously a major problem and they were alerted! The problem seems to have been fixed as of 8:51 AM on 11/29/2010...
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| − | * 10/26/2010: xmaple is currently down (license file issue) - it has been called in...
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| − | * 9/20/2010: The AFS system has been having some issues. If you log in and Hudson or Teer tell you that your home directory doesn't exist and your prompt is a "/" instead of "~" - that's the problem. It has been taking around 20 minutes for the system to resolve the problem.
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| − | * 9/11/2010: "xmaple" is currently not working - you must use "xmaple14" to get Maple to work graphically.
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| − | ** Resolved on 9/13/2010 - <code>xmaple</code> works again
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| − | == Purpose ==
| + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list] |
| − | This wiki is specifically devoted to asking and answering questions Pratt students may have about computational methods, [[MATLAB]], [[LaTeX]], and other software or hardware tools typically used in engineering classes. As a start, there is an [[EGR 53 Startup]] page for people new to Pratt and in EGR 53 and there is a [[Welcome Back]] page for people who need some reminders about how things work or where they are.
| + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] |
| − | | + | * [http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list] |
| − | We will also include Pratt-specific information about [[Student Groups]], [[Recommended Hardware]], and things of that nature. Finally, some classes will use pages on the wiki as reference material - these classes will show up as categories on the bottom of relevant pages, and the pages will be collected in a category page, such as the one at [[:Category:EGR 53]]. Note, however, that this is ''not'' a general Duke wiki - for that, please see the [http://www.dukewiki.com Duke Wiki], hosted by [http://www.dukewiki.com/wiki/User:DuikiSysop Andrew Tutt].
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| − | == Class Pages ==
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| − | For Fall 2010, there is currently a class pages for [[EGR 53]].
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| − | [[File:2008-07-24 Vinik Building of the Fitzpatrick Center.jpg|3000x200 px|thumb|Top entrance to Vinik Building<ref name="WM2">[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], by [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Specious Specious]</ref>]]
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| − | == Getting Help Working With Wikia ==
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| − | This wiki uses [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki], the same program used by [[wikipedia:|Wikipedia]]. If you are familiar with that program, you are pretty much good to go here. If not, the [[wikipedia:wikipedia:tutorial|Wikipedia Tutorial]] should come in very handy, especially the parts on [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Editing%29|editing]], [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Formatting%29|formatting]], and [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Talk_pages%29|talk pages]]. [http://meta.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia] also has a list of help pages [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_editors for editors].
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| − | == Asking Questions ==
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| − | Post your questions by editing the discussion page of an article - just click on the '''discussion''' tab at the start of the article. Edit the page, then scroll to the bottom and add a question by putting in the characters <nowiki>{{Q}}</nowiki>, followed by your question and finally your signature (with four tildes, i.e. <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). Using the <nowiki>{{Q}}</nowiki> will automatically put the page in the category of pages with questions - you can see this page at [[:Category:Questions]]. Other editors hoping to help out can then go to that category page to see where the questions are. See the page for the [[Template:Q|Q Template]] for details and examples.
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| − | For general questions, go to the [[General Questions]] page. You should still use the <nowiki>{{Q}}</nowiki> template as well as your signature.
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| − | == What Can You Do? ==
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| − | At present, there are three places to check out areas identified as needing help. One is the [[PrattWiki:To Do|To Do list]], which will be a running update of wiki-centric tasks such as which templates and categories have been added. Another is the [[PrattWiki:Projects|Projects]] page, where people can either request additions to the site or look to see possible new pages to create. With respect to the latter, the [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]] page will automatically list any dead-end links that need pages.
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| − | Finally, people can use the [[Template:Q|Q Template]] on talk pages to place the page on a category page called [[:Category:Questions]] - go there and you will see pages with as-yet open questions. If you answer a question, please consider using the [[Template:A|A Template]] to let folks know you have answered a question.
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| − | == What Can We Do? ==
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| − | The [[PrattWiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]] is a good place to discuss the future of this site. As an example, the first discussion in the portal concerns how best to organize "frequently asked questions" - feel free to jump into that conversation or start a new one!
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| − | This site is primarily a project of [http://fds.duke.edu/db/pratt/ECE/faculty/mrg Dr. Michael Gustafson] (whose typical screen name is [[User:DukeEgr93|DukeEgr93]]). If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, you can contact him via e-mail at mrg(at)duke(dot)edu or by leaving a message on DukeEgr93's [[User_talk:DukeEgr93|talk page]].
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