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I'm [[User:Michael|Michael Slattery]]. This is my guide to using the [[Internet]]. You will find here information about what I personally know how to do on the Internet (which is pretty little) using a computer running [[Microsoft Windows]]. See also my [http://interdb.org Internet Database] about specific people, sites and services on the Internet.
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This website is [[User:Michael|Michael Slattery]]'s personal guide to using the [[Internet]]. It reflects my limited experience of using the Internet, mostly via a computer running [[Microsoft Windows]]. The site is currently a rudimentary, incomplete [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_in_progress work in progress].
  
This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_in_progress work in progress]. Work on the site is going slow. The starting points are the (incomplete) pages [[How to use a web browser]] and [[How to make a website]].
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The companion to this site is my [http://interdb.org Internet Database], which contains information about people, websites and other stuff connected with the Internet.
  
Pages that are linked to but not yet created appear as [[red link]]s. All Categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]]. See also the [[Site Map]].
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All Categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]]. Pages that are linked to but not yet created appear as [[red link]]s.
  
"Learning to use the Internet is a full-time job." (You can quote me on that.)
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==Stuff to move elsewhere==
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[[Category List]]
  
==Main categories and sub-categories==
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Main categories and sub-categories:
 
'''[[:Category:Internet protocols]]'''
 
'''[[:Category:Internet protocols]]'''
 
*[[:Category:Network protocols]]
 
*[[:Category:Network protocols]]
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*[[:Category:Narratives]]: introductory or explanatory texts
 
*[[:Category:Narratives]]: introductory or explanatory texts
 
*[[:Category:Scaffolding]]: used to construct the site
 
*[[:Category:Scaffolding]]: used to construct the site
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See also the [[Site Map]].
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See pages:
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*[[How to use a web browser]]
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*[[How to make a website]].
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"Learning to use the Internet is a full-time job."
  
 
==Is this website a wiki?==
 
==Is this website a wiki?==
This website runs on [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] software, which is the wiki software used by Wikipedia. This might give the false impression that the website is a wiki. But in fact only registered users can edit pages, and the only registered user at the moment is [[User:Michael|Michael Slattery]].
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This website runs on [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki], the wiki software used by Wikipedia. This might give the impression that the website is a wiki. But in fact the only authorized user is [[User:Michael|yours truly]].
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==
Address comments or questions to: slatteraz(at)gmail(dot)com
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Send email to: slatteraz(at)gmail(dot)com

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