+{v-short="Editing"}
+# editing this wiki
+
+This wiki follows proper wiki philosophy, meaning that ⓐ all content
+ is subject to change and deletion by members at any time, ⓑ it is
+ assumed that people will put the most time and effort into things
+ they are most passionate or knowledge·able about, ⓒ the
+ generally‐accepted _goal_ is in making the wiki _better_ or _more
+ interesting_ and not in being _right_ or _wrong_, and ⓓ the result
+ should be taken as a slightly‐inaccurate consensus opinion of the
+ current moment which captures nobody’s worldview correctly but
+ never·the·less is fun, useful, or meaningful to spend time with.
+It should go without saying that nobody believes everything on this
+ site and everybody believes some of it.
+
+Be aware of the [][Meta:Licence] for this site; when you contribute,
+ you do so under these terms.
+
+Wiki editing is done using Git; the git repository is located at
+ `ssh://wiki@git.ladys.computer/srv/git/Wiki`.
+Obviously, only people who have s·s·h keys registered with the `wiki`
+ user to be able to edit.
+Registration is by invitation only.
+
+The file structure of the wiki is as follows :`⁠`{=html}—
+
+```
+Sources/
+↳ Category/
+↳ Editor/
+↳ Meta/
+↳ Namespace/
+↳ Page/
+↳ Special/
+```
+
+The directories inside of `Sources/` are the wiki
+ [Namespaces][Special:Namespaces]; `Pages/` is the namespace for
+ ordinary pages.
+Pages are written in [Djot][]{title="Djot (/dʒɑt/)"} with support for
+ the additional features documented below.
+
+Filenames…
+
+- *must not* include spaces.
+- _should_ be PascalCase.
+- _should_ closely match the title of the page (but _need not_ match it
+ exactly).
+
+They also need to end in the extension `.djot`.
+
+The first thing you should do is set up one or more [Editor][Editor:]
+ pages describing yoursel{f∣ves}.
+
+The website is rebuilt on every push; Git _should_ warn you if there
+ are any errors.
+Contact me ([][@:Lady]{.sig}) if things go horribly wrong.
+
+{#djot-ext}
+## extensions to the Djot syntax
+
+{id="djot.links-internal"}
+### internal links
+
+A reference link which contains a colon is an internal link.
+Typically, you should not include link text and just let it be
+ autogenerated from the page title.
+
+- For any page, its full reference is `[][NamespaceName:FileName]`.
+
+- Some namespaces have an abbreviated syntax :`⁠`{=html}—
+
+ - Pages in the `Page` namespace can be referred to as just
+ `[][:FileName]`.
+
+ - Namespaces themselves can be linked as `[][NamespaceName:]`; this
+ is short for `[][Namespace:NamespaceName]`.
+ *Namespace pages are not implemented yet.*
+
+ - Editor pages can be linked as `[][@:YourName]`.
+ Add the class `sig` to format the link as a signature.
+
+ - Category pages can be linked as `[][#:Category]`. *Category pages
+ are not implemented yet.*
+
+- The `v` attribute can be used to select an alternate title for the
+ page.
+ For example, `[][:FileName]{v=plural}`.
+ Variant titles must be specified on the title of the page being
+ linked, for example `{v-plural=FileNames}`.
+
+- To link a section within a page, follow its filename with a hash and
+ the section i·d: `[][:FileName#section]`.
+ *This isn’t implemented yet.*
+
+- If a page doesn’t exist, it will generate a “redlink” to
+ [][Special:NotFound] and the page will appear on the list at
+ [][Special:ToDo].
+ *The latter isn’t implemented yet.*
+
+{id="djot.links-external"}
+### external links
+
+For the most part these work exactly as expected.
+Both reference links and inline links are allowed.
+
+You should give external links a `@title`, like
+ `{title="Some External Document"}`.
+This is used to generate the title to use for the link in the listing
+ at the bottom of the page.
+If the title matches the link text, you can leave the link text blank,
+ as in `[](https://example.com){title="Example Page"}`:
+ [](https://example.com){title="Example Page"}.
+
+{#bcp}
+## best practices
+
+{id="bcp.writing" v-full="best practices while {writing ∣ editing}"}
+### while {writing ∣ editing}
+
+- *Use Unicode* to the best of your ability.
+ You can escape special characters using the following
+ syntax :`⁠`{=html}— `` `&#xNN;`{=html}`` (where `NN` = the
+ codepoint in hexadecimal).
+ However, it is generally best to just input the characters directly
+ if you are able.
+
+- *Wrap lines* to (at most) 71 characters.
+
+- *Indent with spaces,* not tabs.
+
+- *Put each sentence on its own line.*
+ This helps to keep git diffs clean and means that only sentences, not
+ entire paragraphs, will need to be reflowed.
+
+- *Don’t capitalize titles,* unless they begin with a proper noun.
+ (*Do* capitalize filenames.)
+
+- *Sign opinions,* ideally with a link to your [Editor][Editor:]’s
+ page, like this: [][Editor:Lady]{.sig}.
+ This offers them some protection against other people removing them
+ just because they disagree.
+
+- *Communicate in‐band,* again with signatures; if you want to talk
+ about the contents of a page, there is no better place to do that
+ than the page itself.
+
+- *Feel free to copy·edit* other people’s words (including and up to
+ deleting and re·writing the whole thing), but *try to preserve
+ ideolect* (e·g don’t change someone else’s typography for no
+ reason).
+
+{id="bcp.git" v-full="best practices using git"}
+### using git
+
+- *Use descriptive commit names.*
+ These don’t have to be long, but they should be informative enough
+ that someone following the [Atom feed][] has a general idea of
+ what the change entails.
+
+- *Rebase, don’t merge.*
+ We want to preserve a linear commit history.
+ You should probably set `git config --global pull.ff only` if you
+ haven’t already.
+
+- *Only force push [with lease][git push --force-with-lease].*
+ Ideally, don’t force push at all, but there are some cases where it
+ might be necessary (e·g, if you accidentally make a merge commit).
+
+- You can work on changes you don’t want to be live yet in a branch,
+ but *branching is discouraged* and it’s better to just work messily
+ on `live`.
+
+[Djot]:
+ https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/jgm/djot/blob/maste
+ r/doc/syntax.html
+[Atom feed]:
+ https://git.ladys.computer/Wiki/atom
+[git push --force-with-lease]:
+ https://git-scm.com/docs/git-push#Documentation/git-push.txt---no-for
+ ce-with-lease
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