Welcome to Wiki Life Wednesday ! So what does YouTube have to do with TechNet Wiki? Well using YouTube with TechNet Wiki is a great way to display a video within an article. View that video in this article: Wiki: About TechNet Wiki In the example above, we have an interview or commentary...

Wednesday is Wiki Life... what's it like actually using TechNet Wiki? We'll explore tools, processes, and oh so much more! So let's get started by talking about... TABLE OF CONTENTS!!! (I'm a former Technical Writer and Ed itor, so maybe I'm excited about this topic.) =^) How easy is it to add a table...

This post was supposed to be a reflection on the importance of social networks. But while thinking about what to write, i thought... i would first do an analysis of what we have today. Tord published a post ' Who is the community '. He has categorized three types the different people in the community...

As a Wiki fan you probably have compiled a nice set of articles to be proud of. If that's you, then good job! That's fantastic! But how do you manage your collection? To keep statistics you need good data. It seems easy but think of a title that make sense. It's important to choose the right key...

TechNet Wiki life is "organised chaos" "Chaos" Anyone can add anything they like, whenever they like, however they like! However, many people don't include a table of contents, follow the style guidelines , understand how to use the Editor or include the common tags Some articles are pure...

Hello and welcome everybody to our Wednesday - Wiki Life post. Today I want to continue on a topic I started a few weeks ago: How to write your first article . The last time we have seen how to write your first article on your own. Now I want to show you how you can easily translate an article into...

Let's review the new section added to TechNet Wiki: Engage! Wiki Ninjas Blog Wiki Ninjas on Twitter TechNet Wiki Discussion Forum You can find the section here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/ We added it on the right side, under the "Help & Feedback" section...

Welcome to Wiki Life Wednesday ! This is the fourth article in the Social Synergy series: TNWiki + TechNet Gallery TNWiki + CodePlex TNWiki + TechNet Forums TNWiki + Blogs (this article) So... Why should I use TechNet Wiki if I already blog about Microsoft technologies? ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Wednesday - Wiki Life series again! Screenshots are useful, aren't they? Giving a visual example in the middle of the explanation of a more or less complex technical feature makes understanding easier for the readers. But what can you do when you have (or someone...

When you've published an article on Wiki, don't think your job as author is over... It's a healthy tactic to check back on your articles once in a while. And it also applies to articles which you aren't initial author of, but which you've been largely contributing to. To facilitate the check, I...

Welcome again to Wednesday Wiki Life ! Well, the question in the title is incorrect... There's no "my". Pages on TechNet Wiki are not owned - they are shared! :) But of course, you can follow the changes of any Wiki articles. First, there is a History link above each Wiki page. Just follow it...

We had some folks asking how this blog got its name, so for this edition of Wiki Life Wednesday, we're going to talk about why this blog is named Wiki Ninjas! Actually, we're going to do it with a multiple choice question. We will only tell you what the answer is if you guess first in the comments...

One of the most often used features of the Wiki is the ability to create tables. There are many different ways to do it, some easier than others depending on the experience of the person creating the table. I'll go through a few different options available on the TechNet Wiki. Insert Table Once...

Hello and welcome everybody to our Wednesday - Wiki Life post. The last time I spoke about how you can build a community. That's a good starting point, but wouldn't it be easier to join an existing community? Luckily, Craig Lussier started an article a week ago which should help you with that. On...

Welcome to Wiki Life Wednesday ! Today we're going to look at a neat trick where you can filter your tag results by more than one tag whilst in TechNet Wiki. Journey with me to Top 10 Wiki Ninjas: Craig Lussier (SharePoint Architect MCC) and his 2K en-US tags . In that blog post, I mentioned how...

Hi ! Today I will show you how to calculate your belt ranking. Belt ranking ? You don't know what the belt ranking is ? You should begin by looking at the blog posts What is a Wiki Ninja? And Why? and Wiki Ninjas - Why ninjas? . Then take a look at the Wiki article Wiki Ninja Belt Rankings for...

You can submit your feature requests for TechNet/MSDN profiles and social platform tools! To submit a request... Go here: Feature Requests for TechNet and MSDN Profiles and Social Platform Tools Create a new row at the bottom of the specific table on that page (corresponding to your social...

One thing that can hold people back from contributing on a Wiki is the uncertainty of what they can add to the community. There are numerous ways to contribute and not all of them mean that you have to be the most knowledgeable person in any technology. Below we present a few ways that YOU can contribute...

Welcome everyone to todays Wiki Life. Todays topic will be ratings. Ratings can be a nice tool to measure the usefulness/quality of content. This blog uses them for example, people can rate the blog entries, giving feedback to the authors what topics they liked and in that way influence what topics...

The next time you find something helpful in community, say thank you. It is one of the most powerful tools we community members have to inspire, encourage, expand and evolve our communities and the information experience. Acknowledge the contribution wherever it is made and then Tweet a quick note...

Hello! Welcome to Wiki Life Wednesday ! Did you know that we feature articles on the front page of TechNet Wiki? http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/ They're under the blue portal rectangles. For example, we featured the Test Lab Guides a few weeks back: Test Lab Guides So how...

Hello and welcome everybody to our Wednesday - Wiki Life post. Did you ever have faced the following problem: You are on your profile page, checking your latest activities. Ok, I have answered a question in forum y, I commented on blog post x and...what's that? "The article z on the TechNet Wiki has...

Are you a User Group Member, Leader, or Presenter? Does the TechNet Wiki come up in group discussions, Q&A or in presented resource materials? Calling all members of Microsoft User Groups worldwide - make an effort to promote the TechNet Wiki as a go to resource for technology solutions! Everyone...

Hello and welcome everybody to our Wednesday - Wiki Life post. Before I start: That is my first post in 2013 and with that I wish you all a happy new year. I hope you had a nice Christmas and a good start into the new year. But lets get back to topic: How do you learn new technologies? Do you invest...

Hello Ninjas and welcome everybody to our Wednesday - Wiki Life post. In my last post here on the WikiNinjas Blog, I talked to you about the principle of invisibility . Today I present a principle again. But unlike the principle of Invisibility, this principle we already we use in our articles...