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Visual Space manual, Spaces, Wiki

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Visual Space manual, Spaces, Wiki

Visual Space manual, Spaces, Wiki

Wiki gives a space a calm, curated place to read the published articles that deserve a longer life. Instead of asking readers to search every feed or browse the whole document library, maintainers can collect durable guidance, decisions, explanations, and reference material in one space-level knowledge tree.

Wiki gives a space a calm, curated place to read the published articles that deserve a longer life. Instead of asking readers to search every feed or browse the whole document library, maintainers can collect durable guidance, decisions, explanations, and reference material in one space-level knowledge tree.

Curated Knowledge, Grounded in the Space

Wiki is an article-only reading surface. It does not create another kind of page or copy content into a separate publishing system. Each Wiki page is an existing published article, with the same title, body, author context, and reading experience it has elsewhere in Visual Space.

That narrower scope gives Wiki a clear job beside the space's other content surfaces:

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Documents is the broad library of folders, files, articles, and supported app work collected across the space.
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Articles owns writing, drafts, publishing, and the complete article experience.
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Wiki selects published articles that should be easy to return to as shared knowledge.
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Expo showcases a broader selection of notable work, with its own presentation and curation state.

Because Wiki belongs to the whole space, it can bring together selected pages from the space root, its subspaces, its activities, and folders nested below those areas. It remains one coherent reference surface even when the community's work is spread across several teams or topics.

Open Wiki and Follow Its Tree

Open the space Apps menu and choose Wiki. You can also return directly to a bookmarked Wiki page.

The left side of Wiki presents an expandable tree built from the space's existing organization:

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The current space supplies the overall context without an extra enclosing row.
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Subspaces and activities provide the shared area structure.
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Relevant Documents folders preserve the context around curated pages.
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Published article leaves are the pages you can open.

Select an arrow or structural row to expand or collapse that branch. Area and folder rows organize the tree; they do not open content. Only an article title opens in the reading area. This keeps the tree predictable: branches reveal where knowledge belongs, while leaves hold the knowledge itself.


Browse the hierarchy or choose an article from the alphabetical collection index.

When no article is selected, the center lists all readable Wiki articles alphabetically. Choose a title here for a quick start, or use the tree to understand where it belongs. Opening Wiki again from the Apps menu returns to this collection index rather than reopening the previous article. An empty Wiki explains that published articles will appear in their current Documents folders after they are added. If the tree cannot load, use Retry in the Wiki panel.

The tree and collection list show only pages you can read. Adding a page to Wiki does not open a private activity or subspace to other readers. The number beside an activity counts its readable Wiki pages, including those in nested folders.

For a complete reader journey, see Browse and Read a Wiki.

Read an Article in Wiki Context

Selecting a page opens the normal article reader in the center while keeping the Wiki around it. The article's summary and body remain the source of truth; Wiki supplies a different navigation context for moving through the space's curated knowledge.

On the left, the Wiki tree replaces the normal Topics or article index. This means the panel navigates between curated pages and their folders rather than jumping between headings inside the current article. On the right, the existing About panel continues to provide space context.


The selected page keeps its place in the Wiki tree while you read.

The Wiki route is intentionally read-only. Edit, publish, and delete actions are suppressed even when the current reader could change that article through its normal Articles route. Wiki is where people consult the curated collection; article authoring remains with Articles.

Curate the Collection

The space owner and members with the Manage Content permission can add or remove eligible pages. The action appears as Add to Wiki or Remove from Wiki in the menu for a published article, including its supported Documents menu.

An eligible Wiki page must be:

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A published article in the current space.
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Represented as an article document, with a stable page link.
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Located at the space root or within one of that space's subspaces, activities, or nested Documents folders.

Draft articles, folders, raw files, and other document types are not eligible Wiki pages. Adding an article to Wiki does not publish a draft, move the article, or grant it new visibility.

After adding or removing a page, wait for the menu to reflect the saved result. If the action fails, its previous Wiki membership stays in place; retry once the problem is resolved.

Removing a page only removes it from the Wiki collection. The source article remains published and stays in its current Documents location. Use Curate a Wiki for the complete maintenance workflow and its success checks.

Let Documents Control Placement

Wiki does not ask maintainers to organize the same page twice. It reads each curated article's current Documents placement and includes only the folder ancestors needed to show that location in the tree.

As a result, normal organization work flows through automatically:

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Move an article in Documents, and its next Wiki view follows the new location.
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Rename or move a containing folder, and the Wiki branch reflects that updated structure.
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Rename the article, and its current title is used in the Wiki tree.
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Remove the article from Wiki, and its Documents placement is left untouched.

Organize and rename source material in Documents, then use Wiki membership to choose the published articles readers should find. Wiki has no separate folder creation, ordering, or drag-and-drop controls. If you already had Wiki open during a change, leave it and reopen it to load the updated collection.

Wiki and Expo Stay Independent

Wiki and Expo are both curated, but they answer different questions. Wiki helps readers navigate durable article knowledge. Expo showcases selected space work. Expo can include several supported content types and presents them as a showcase; Wiki accepts only published articles and presents them in a Documents-derived tree.

Their membership is independent. Adding an article to Wiki does not add it to Expo, and adding it to Expo does not add it to Wiki. Removing it from either surface has no effect on the other. A space can choose the same article for both when it serves both purposes, but each decision must be made separately.


Separate menu actions make the two curation decisions independent even when one article belongs to both collections.

Common Questions

Can every document become a Wiki page?

No. Wiki accepts published articles only. Drafts, folders, raw files, and other document types remain outside the collection.

Why does selecting a folder not open its contents in the center?

Folders and space areas are navigation branches. Expand them to reveal descendants, then select an article leaf to read it.

What happens when a Wiki article or its folder moves in Documents?

Wiki follows the current Documents placement. The page appears under its updated area and folder path on the next Wiki read; no separate Wiki move is needed.

Does removing a page from Wiki delete or unpublish it?

No. Removal changes only Wiki membership. The published source article and its Documents location remain intact.

Why does a saved Wiki link show the collection instead of an article?

The linked page may no longer belong to this Wiki or be available to you. Choose a current title from the collection, or ask a maintainer to check the page and your access.

Why did Add to Wiki or Remove from Wiki appear not to change?

The visible state changes only after the request succeeds. If it stays unchanged, the operation was not confirmed; check your connection and try again.

Can I edit an article while reading it in Wiki?

No. The Wiki route keeps the article reader read-only. Open the article through its normal Articles context to use authoring actions available to you.

Does adding an article to Expo also add it to Wiki?

No. Expo and Wiki are independent collections with different purposes and eligibility rules.

Who can curate the Wiki?

The space owner or a member with the Manage Content permission can add and remove eligible published articles. Readers who can open the space's Wiki do not receive curation controls unless they also have that authority.

Continue Exploring

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Browse and Read a Wiki follows the tree-to-reader journey.
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Curate a Wiki explains eligibility, add and remove actions, and confirmed results.
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Documents covers the folders and placement that Wiki follows.
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Articles covers authoring, publishing, and the normal reading experience.
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Expo explains the independent showcase for selected space work.
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Spaces explains the hierarchy and permissions that frame a space-level Wiki.


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