# WIKI.md
## Canonical URLs
BITwiki: https://bitwiki.org/Main_Page
MediaWiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
MediaWiki Help: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
## Core Units
Page: Durable MediaWiki knowledge entry.
Namespace: Page class. Examples include main, Talk, User, File, Template, Category, Help, and Special.
Category: MediaWiki grouping mechanism. Category pages act as automatic indexes of pages assigned to that category.
Template: Reusable page or wikicode component transcluded into other pages.
Redirect: Page that forwards to another page.
Talk Page: Discussion page attached to a wiki page.
Revision: Saved version of a wiki page.
History: Revision list for a wiki page.
Diff: Comparison between revisions.
Special Page: Software-generated operational page.
Watchlist: User-tracked page list.
## BITwiki Surface
BITwiki is the durable knowledge layer of the BITwiki ecosystem.
BITwiki holds stable pages, references, structured knowledge, hardened definitions, reusable documentation, and long-lived conceptual memory.
## BIThub to BITwiki
BIThub is the live forum and workspace layer.
BITwiki is the durable wiki layer.
BIThub discussions, guides, artifacts, glossary entries, research summaries, and workflow outputs can become BITwiki pages when stable enough for long-term reference.
## Discourse Wiki Post vs BITwiki Page
Discourse wiki post: a forum post on BIThub that multiple permitted users can edit. It remains a Discourse post.
BITwiki page: a MediaWiki page on bitwiki.org. It belongs to the wiki, has wiki revisions, wiki categories, wiki links, talk pages, and MediaWiki history.
A wiki post is not a BITwiki page.
A BITwiki page is not a Discourse topic.
## Wiki Page Mechanics
Pages are the primary knowledge units.
Namespaces separate page classes.
Categories group related pages and create category indexes.
Templates reuse structure or repeated content across pages.
Redirects preserve aliases, renamed pages, and continuity across terminology changes.
Talk pages hold page-specific discussion.
History and diffs preserve edit traceability.
## Common MediaWiki Syntax
Internal link: [[Page name]]
Internal link with display text: [[Page name|display text]]
External link: [https://example.com display text]
Category assignment: [[Category:Category name]]
Redirect: #REDIRECT [[Target page]]
Template transclusion: {{Template name}}
## BITwiki Categories
Systems Theory
Philosophy
Community
Navigation
Content Curation
Site Infrastructure
Transparency
Emergent Properties
Projects
Constructs
Applications
## Special Pages
Special:AllPages
Special:Categories
Special:RecentChanges
Special:Contributions
Special:Diff
Special:WhatLinksHere
Special:WantedPages
Special:BrokenRedirects
Special:DoubleRedirects
Special:Upload
Special:ListFiles
## References
https://bitwiki.org/Main_Page
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Diff