What Is a Wiki And How Do I Use it?

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What Is a Wiki And How Do I Use it? — page 2 — INTRODUCTION visitors case review en cases Ve wiki is a type of Internet website that can be modified or contributed to by users More possibly specifically wikis are collections of web pages full of red information about a particular subject provided by visitor CE the visitors that go to that web page SQSince the creation of the first wiki in 1995 wikis differ have grown in popularity and today there are count a less wikis on the Internet Some are specialist sites 8 and discuss only one topic while others are more gen instantly al eral and address a variety of subjects Wikis include information about almost every subject imaginable cific While wikis are similar in format to online ency clopedias the information on most wikis can be written edited and modified by anyone Whereas acteristic 9 encyclopedias rely on content written and edited ndscape 2 by experts not all users of wikis are thorough about providing accurate information The wiki policy of inviting readers to serve as contributors creates the potential for problems showing systems Issues range from poorly written articles those that 8 up are heavily based on personal opinions and deliber 3 BSE ately obscene or defaced content Wikis must rely on S 5 trusted contributors to monitor and clean up articles A contrast In this way wikis are a collaborative effort everyone ongoing a a can add to and comment on the content requiring O updated a intend A UD numb Private S entire

What Is a Wiki And How Do I Use it? — page 3 — CHAPTER1 WIIKI HISTORY merican computer programmer Ward Cunningham created the first wiki in 1995 Sunningham's wiki was a new collaborative technology for organizing information on websites Cunningham named his new software WikiWikiWeb based on a Hawaiian term meaning quick Cunningham used his wiki to share knowledge with other programmers WIKI INSPIRATION Wikis were inspired in part by a program made by the computer company Apple that was called HyperCard It allowed users to create virtual card stacks of information with a host of connections or links among the various cards HyperCard's stacks created a program wherein the users created both texts and links THE SPREAD OF WIKIS When Cunningham created Wiki Wiki Web he developed a computer program to build the pages He wanted his website to be accessible to all but only a few computer experts and academics tried it out at first A few years later other people developed their own wiki software for everyone to use As wikis became more

What Is a Wiki And How Do I Use it? — page 4 — WIKI HISTORY popular more sites appeared on the Internet In fact the number of new wiki sites doubled in size every year between 1995 and 2000 WIKI TIMELINE As more wiki sites were launched they offered new improved services and features Some of the changes introduced between 1995 and 2000 include the following 1995People Index a list of users who have contributed to the wiki 1996Edit Copy now called Page History a time stamped list of when contributors made changes to the wiki 1996 Thread Mode a forum for users to discuss changes to the wiki 1999 Change Summary a list that summarizes changes made to the wiki 2000User Name identifies contributors by a user name rather than a computer IP address Wikis take their name from the first wiki website called WikiWikiWeb a play on the World Wide Web and the Hawaiian word wiki which means

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