Short definitions of the words this wiki uses, with a link to the fuller page for each. If a term sends you somewhere unfamiliar, this is the place to start.
Anonymous editing — Editing without an account, credited to a derived nickname rather than a name. See Anonymous editing.
Backlink — The set of pages that link to a given page; the reverse of an ordinary link. See Links and references.
Category — A topic that pages are filed under, so the wiki can be browsed by subject. See Categories.
CDN — A content delivery network: the global file host that serves Wikigit pages for reading. See Architecture.
Engine — The small Bun server that saves edits and serves the dynamic parts of a wiki — the only custom infrastructure Wikigit runs. See Architecture.
Hatnote — The short italic pointer above a page’s first line, used for “for X, see Y.” See Anatomy of a page.
Infobox — The boxed table of facts beside a page’s opening. See Anatomy of a page.
Interwiki link — A link out to Wikipedia, written with a w: prefix. See Links and references.
Maintenance category — A housekeeping label like “draft” or “needs sources,” kept apart from real topic categories. See Categories.
Markdown — The plain-text formatting Wikigit pages are written in. See Formatting.
Protection — A page’s edit restriction: open, auto, extended, or maintainer. See Trust and moderation.
Red link — A link to a page that doesn’t exist yet, shown in red, that offers to create it. See Links and references.
Redirect — A page that forwards a reader to another, left behind automatically when a page is renamed. See Organizing.
Revision — One saved version of a page; the history is the page’s Git commits. See Revision history.
Special page — An auto-generated report about the wiki, like recent changes or wanted pages. See Special pages.
Talk page — The discussion area attached to every page. See Talk pages.
Transclusion — Pulling one page’s content into another with {{name}}. See Formatting.
Translation group — The shared label that ties an article’s versions in different languages together. See Multilingual wikis.
Trust tier — A contributor’s standing, earned through accepted edits, that decides whether their changes publish on their own. See Trust and moderation.
Wiki — A website a group writes together, one linked page at a time. See Wikigit.
Wikilink — A link between pages, written in [[double brackets]]. See Links and references.