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@@ -4,23 +4,28 @@ An overview of some of ikiwiki's features:
 ## Uses a real RCS
 
 Rather than implement its own system for storing page histories etc,
-ikiwiki uses a real Revision Control System. This isn't (just) because we're
-lazy, it's because a real RCS is a good thing to have, and there are
-advantages to using one that are not possible with a standard wiki.
+ikiwiki uses a real [[Revision_Control_System|rcs]]. This isn't (just)
+because we're lazy, it's because a real RCS is a good thing to have, and
+there are advantages to using one that are not possible with a standard
+wiki.
 
 Instead of editing pages in a stupid web form, you can use vim and commit
 changes via [[Subversion|rcs/svn]], [[rcs/git]], or any of a number of other
 [[Revision_Control_Systems|rcs]].
 
-ikiwiki can be run from a [[post-commit]] hook to update your wiki
+Ikiwiki can be run from a [[post-commit]] hook to update your wiki
 immediately whenever you commit a change using the RCS.
 
+It's even possible to securely let
+[[anonymous_users_git_push_changes|tips/untrusted_git_push]]
+to the wiki.
+
 Note that ikiwiki does not require a RCS to function. If you want to
 run a simple wiki without page history, it can do that too.
 
 ## A wiki compiler
 
-ikiwiki is a wiki compiler; it builds a static website for your wiki, and
+Ikiwiki is a wiki compiler; it builds a static website for your wiki, and
 updates it as pages are edited. It is fast and smart about updating a wiki,
 it only builds pages that have changed (and tracks things like creation of
 new pages and links that can indirectly cause a page to need a rebuild)
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ easily be added by [[plugins]]. For example it also supports traditional
 [[plugins/HTML]], or pages written in [[reStructuredText|plugins/rst]]
 or [[Textile|plugins/textile]].
 
-ikiwiki also supports files of any other type, including plain text,
+Ikiwiki also supports files of any other type, including plain text,
 images, etc. These are not converted to wiki pages, they are just copied
 unchanged by ikiwiki as it builds your wiki. So you can check in an image,
 program, or other special file and link to it from your wiki pages.
@@ -65,19 +70,20 @@ you would care to syndicate.
 
 ## Valid html and [[css]]
 
-ikiwiki aims to produce 
-[valid XHTML 1.0](http://validator.w3.org/check?url=referer). ikiwiki
-generates html using [[templates|wikitemplates]], and uses [[css]], so you
+Ikiwiki aims to produce 
+[valid XHTML 1.0](http://validator.w3.org/check?url=referer).
+(Experimental [[tips/HTML5]] support is also available.)
+
+Ikiwiki generates html using [[templates]], and uses [[css]], so you
 can change the look and layout of all pages in any way you would like.
 
 ## [[Plugins]]
 
-Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. The interface
-is quite flexible, allowing plugins to implement additional markup
-languages, register [[directives|ikiwiki/directive]], hook into [[CGI]] mode,
-and more. Most of ikiwiki's features are actually provided by plugins.
-Ikiwiki's backend RCS support is also pluggable, so support for new
-revision control systems can be added to ikiwiki.
+Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. The interface is
+quite flexible, allowing plugins to implement additional markup languages,
+register [[directives|ikiwiki/directive]], provide a [[RCS]] backend, hook
+into [[CGI]] mode, and much more. Most of ikiwiki's features are actually
+provided by plugins.
 
 The standard language for ikiwiki plugins is perl, but ikiwiki also supports
 [[plugins/write/external]] plugins: Standalone programs that can be written in
@@ -142,11 +148,12 @@ authentication, or other methods implemented via plugins.
 
 Thanks to subpages, every page can easily and automatically have a
 /Discussion subpage. By default, these links are included in the
-[[templates]] for each page.
+[[templates]] for each page. If you prefer blog-syle
+[[plugins/comments]], that is available too.
 
 ### Edit controls
 
-Wiki admins can lock_pages so that only other admins can edit them. Or a
+Wiki admins can lock pages so that only other admins can edit them. Or a
 wiki can be set up to allow anyone to edit Discussion pages, but only
 registered users to edit other pages. These are just two possibilities,
 since page edit controls can be changed via plugins.
@@ -158,9 +165,14 @@ Well, sorta. Rather than implementing YA history browser, it can link to
 
 ### Full text search
 
-ikiwiki can use the xapian search engine to add powerful
+Ikiwiki can use the xapian search engine to add powerful
 full text [[plugins/search]] capabilities to your wiki.
 
+### Translation via po files
+
+The [[plugins/po]] plugin allows translating individual wiki pages using
+standard `po` files.
+
 ### [[w3mmode]]
 
 Can be set up so that w3m can be used to browse a wiki and edit pages