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Manetta at 09:30, 19 September 2025

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Manetta at 13:24, 23 May 2025

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Manetta at 10:55, 23 May 2025

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Manetta at 14:47, 8 May 2025

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	==Writing==		==Writing==
	In a wiki, writers become contributors~~. This shifts~~ the ~~act~~ of writing from a traditional understanding of an individual (genius) author, towards someone contributing to a distributed practice of writing text.		In a wiki, writers become contributors, shifting the understanding of what writing can be from a traditional understanding of an individual (genius) author, towards someone contributing to a distributed practice of writing text.

	This text is written in a wiki with {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages, made through {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits, written by {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} contributors, of which {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} are considered active, and in the middle of {{NUMBEROFFILES}} uploaded files. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the [[Special:Version]] page to find the name of this text editor.		This text is written in a wiki with {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages, made through {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits, written by {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} contributors, of which {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} are considered active, and in the middle of {{NUMBEROFFILES}} uploaded files. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the [[Special:Version]] page to find the name of this text editor.

Manetta at 14:24, 8 May 2025

2025-05-08T14:24:47Z

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	==Writing==		==Writing==
			In a wiki, writers become contributors. This shifts the act of writing from a traditional understanding of an individual (genius) author, towards someone contributing to a distributed practice of writing text.

	This text is written in a wiki with {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages, made through {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits, written by {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} contributors, of which {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} are considered active, and in the middle of {{NUMBEROFFILES}} uploaded files. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the [[Special:Version]] page to find the name of this text editor.		This text is written in a wiki with {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages, made through {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits, written by {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} contributors, of which {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} are considered active, and in the middle of {{NUMBEROFFILES}} uploaded files. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the [[Special:Version]] page to find the name of this text editor.

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	In a wiki, writers are contributors. This shifts the act of writing from a traditional understanding of an individual (genius) author, towards someone contributing to a distributed practice of writing text.

	==Rendering layout==		==Rendering layout==

Manetta: /* Writing */

2025-05-08T14:23:58Z

Writing

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	==Writing==		==Writing==
	This text is written in a wiki with {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages, made through {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits, written by {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} contributors, of which {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} are active, and in the middle of {{NUMBEROFFILES}} uploaded files. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the [[Special:Version]] page to find the name of this text editor.		This text is written in a wiki with {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages, made through {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits, written by {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} contributors, of which {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} are considered active, and in the middle of {{NUMBEROFFILES}} uploaded files. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the [[Special:Version]] page to find the name of this text editor.

	Who else has been around on this wiki recently?		Who else has been around on this wiki recently?

Manetta: /* Writing */

2025-05-08T14:23:44Z

Writing

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	This text is written in a wiki with {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages, made through {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits, in the middle of {{NUMBEROFFILES}} uploaded files ~~and {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} contributors~~. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the [[Special:Version]] page to find the name of this text editor.		This text is written in a wiki with {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages, made through {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits, written by {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} contributors, of which {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} are active, and in the middle of {{NUMBEROFFILES}} uploaded files. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the [[Special:Version]] page to find the name of this text editor.

	Who else has been around on this wiki recently?		Who else has been around on this wiki recently?

Manetta: /* Writing */

2025-05-08T14:22:50Z

Writing

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	==Writing==		==Writing==
	This text is written in a wiki. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the [[Special:Version]] page to find the name of this text editor.		This text is written in a wiki with {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages, made through {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits, in the middle of {{NUMBEROFFILES}} uploaded files and {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} contributors. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the [[Special:Version]] page to find the name of this text editor.

	Who else has been around on this wiki recently?		Who else has been around on this wiki recently?
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	~~{{Special:Contribute}}~~		...

	In a wiki, writers are contributors. This shifts the act of writing from a traditional understanding of an individual (genius) author, towards someone contributing to a distributed practice of writing text.		In a wiki, writers are contributors. This shifts the act of writing from a traditional understanding of an individual (genius) author, towards someone contributing to a distributed practice of writing text.

	==Rendering layout==		==Rendering layout==

Manetta at 14:14, 8 May 2025

2025-05-08T14:14:26Z

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	This text is written in a wiki. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the Special:Version page to find the name of this text editor:		==Writing==
			This text is written in a wiki. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the [[Special:Version]] page to find the name of this text editor.

	~~{{Special:Version}}~~		Who else has been around on this wiki recently?

	~~Shift~~: ~~a writing infrastructure in flux~~		{{Special:RecentChanges/5}}

			Who else has an account?

			{{Special:ListUsers}}

	~~Shift~~: ~~non-linear workflow~~		What were the latest pages that were made?

			{{Special:NewPages/5}}

			Which are pages yet to be made?

			{{Special:WantedPages}}

			What are the 5 last files that have been uploaded?

			{{Special:ListFiles\|limit=5}}

			And who contributed to this page?

			{{Special:Contribute}}

			In a wiki, writers are contributors. This shifts the act of writing from a traditional understanding of an individual (genius) author, towards someone contributing to a distributed practice of writing text.

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	~~Shift:~~

	~~{{Special:RecentChanges}}~~

	==Wiki-to-print as a practice==		==Wiki-to-print as a practice==

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This text is written in a wiki. We're writing in the WikiEditor, which is the simple text editor that is enabled by default when you install a new MediaWiki instance. I had to check the Special:Version page to find the name of this text editor: {{Special:Version}} Shift: a writing infrastructure in flux Shift: non-linear workflow Shift: {{Special:RecentChanges}} ==Wiki-to-print as a practice== Wiki-to-print is part of a broader..."

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==Wiki-to-print as a practice==

Wiki-to-print is part of a broader interest in making publications using code and layout engines, instead of canvas and GUI based tools, as it allows us to work in collective modes and explore what this means, while being entangled with other communities of practice through the open standards (HTML and CSS) and tools (Mediawiki, Paged.js) we use. This means that books are being generated through scripts, newspapers rendered from multiple networked sources, or zines written HTML and CSS.

Using a wiki as an editing-design environment shifts multiple things around. What we currently refer to as wiki-to-print or wiki-layouting [i think we need a cute catchy name!] is actually a genealogy of practices of generating publications through a wiki. The trail includes work done at Constant in Brussels, Open Source Publishing in Brussels, the making of the book Volumetric Regimes in between Barcelona-Brussels-London-Rotterdam by Possible Bodies and Manetta Berends, the setup at The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest (TITiPI) by Femke Snelting and Martino Morandi in Brussels, the book Making Matters made by Hackers & Designers in Amsterdam, the making of the research newspapers Toward a Minor Tech and Content/Form with Geoff Cox, Christian Ulrikson, Winnie Soon and Varia/CC represented by Simon Browne and Manetta Berends in London-Rotterdam-Berlin. In all these occasions, wiki is used as a shared place for materials, editorial work and the making of the layout. Writing and design work can happen in a non-linear way and evolve parallel to each other, which invites to rethink editorial production workflows. Publications can be re-rendered over time, embracing the changes and transformations that might have emerged in between now and the previous edition. The versioning tracker and features like transclusion challenge traditional notions of authorship and modes of writing. Often a wiki becomes a rich messy archive and plays an important role as community infrastructure.

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