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+The basewiki is a standard set of wiki pages that are included by default in
+all wikis that ikiwiki builds, unless the wiki overrides them with its own
+versions.
+
+It currently includes these pages:
+
+* index (not the one in this wiki)
+* sandbox (not the on in this wiki)
+* [[blog]]
+* [[HelpOnFormatting]]
+* [[markdown]]
+* [[openid]]
+* [[pagespec]]
+* [[PreprocessorDirective]]
+* [[shortcuts]]
+* [[smileys]]
+* [[subpage]]
+* [[wikilink]]
+
+As well as a few other files, like [[favicon.ico]], [[local.css],
+[[style.css]], and some icons.
ikiwiki is licensed under the terms of the GNU [[GPL]], version 2 or later.
-The parts of ikiwiki that become part of your own wiki (the basewiki pages
+The parts of ikiwiki that become part of your own wiki (the [[basewiki]] pages
and the [[templates]]) are licensed as follows: Redistribution and use in
source and compiled forms, with or without modification, are permitted under
any circumstances. No warranty.
See [[HelpOnFormatting]] for details about the markup language.
- Note that several standard wiki pages will be added to your wiki, from
- files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/`, so your wiki will automatically
- get a [[SandBox]], and some other useful pages.
+ Note that several [[standard_wiki_pages|basewiki]] will be added to your
+ wiki, from files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/`, so your wiki will
+ automatically get a [[SandBox]], and some other useful pages.
4. Build your wiki for the first time.
[[patchqueue/l10n]], but until that's complete, you'd need to copy and
translate the templates by hand.
-1. The basewiki itself needs to be translated. Whether to only translate
+1. The [[basewiki]] itself needs to be translated. Whether to only translate
the page contents, or also translate the page names, is an open
question.