A tag-wiki is an editable page that briefly summarizes the topic of the tag and that may provide links to existing questions that are often useful to many people. Sometimes a tag-wiki also includes short guidelines about which questions are appropriate for the given tag. You are currently reading the excerpt of a tag wiki.
An editable page that briefly summarizes the topic of the tag and that may provide links to existing questions that are often useful to many people. Sometimes a tag-wiki also includes short guidelines about which questions are appropriate for the given tag. You are currently reading a tag wiki.
Tag wikis are made of 2 parts:
- The excerpt which is displayed on question lists and the tag hover menu. It is the part shown when clicking on the "show excerpt" link in a tag wiki.
- The body which contains detailed information about a tag wiki.
When the excerpt is displayed there is a clickable item, usually labelled "info" or "learn more" that will cause the body to be displayed.
The tag-excerpt is displayed, for example, at the top of the list of questions tagged with a specific tag. It is also shown when tag is being added to a question:
The tag-excerpt is also part of the information shown if you hover above a tag:
