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LAN Party Forums => Support Group => Started by: Pride on March 15, 2006, 06:53:36 AM

Title: What is Wiki?
Post by: Pride on March 15, 2006, 06:53:36 AM

I have seen this all over the place, but I dont get it.

(I figured I would ask here to start convo, rather than googling it)

Title: What is Wiki?
Post by: The Shoctor on March 15, 2006, 08:18:17 AM

From http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki

Wiki is in Ward's original description:

The simplest online database that could possibly work.

Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.

Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself.

Like many simple concepts, "open editing" has some profound and subtle effects on Wiki usage. Allowing everyday users to create and edit any page in a Web site is exciting in that it encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes content composition by nontechnical users.

Historical Note. The first ever wiki site was created for the Portland Pattern Repository in 1995. That site now hosts tens of thousands of pages.

    * http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors
    * http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory
    * http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiDesignPrinciples

Title: What is Wiki?
Post by: Mercy on March 15, 2006, 08:48:05 AM

The name is based on the Hawaiian term wiki, meaning "quick", "fast", or "to hasten" (Hawaiian dictionary). Sometimes the reduplication wikiwiki (or Wikiwiki) is used instead of wiki (Hawaiian dictionary)

Title: What is Wiki?
Post by: Anonymous on March 15, 2006, 09:40:36 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

This is SERIOUSLY one of, what i think to be, the most informative websites ever.

Title: What is Wiki?
Post by: Pride on March 15, 2006, 10:09:52 AM

Thanks Guest! haha

Title: What is Wiki?
Post by: Billabond1 on March 15, 2006, 03:35:06 PM

wiki is a very good idea.  it allows anyone to provide/edit information.

Title: What is Wiki?
Post by: Biggles on March 15, 2006, 03:35:53 PM

Quote from: "Anonymous"

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page[/url]

This is SERIOUSLY one of, what i think to be, the most informative websites ever.

An essential for your firefox search box :) at least mine.