• A Wiki is a sharable online database that is accessed via the Internet and quickly and easily edited by multiple users. Wikis use a simplified mark up language called wikicode, for organizing content, adding links and formatting. A wiki is generally, but not always, edited by end-users and is open source. Although Wikipedia is the best-known example of a wiki, many other sites contain wiki elements.

• Fast Facts

  1. Term comes from the Hawaiian word wiki which means "fast"
  2. MediaWiki is the wiki software used by Wikipedia
  3. At least 265 official Wikipedias, affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation, exist on the InternetWikimedia: List of Wikipedias
  4. First wiki: WikiWikiWeb, developed by Ward Cunningham in 1994
  5. Many wikis started out as technical sites but have broadened scope and appeal
  6. Wikis can be viewed and edited regardless of Web browser being used
  7. Mahalo uses wiki code
  8. Well-known wikis include Wikipedia, Conservapedia, Dealipedia h2g2, Veropedia and Citizendium

• A Wiki Code Primer

  • Double brackets internally link to pages
  • Single brackets externally link to pages
  • Text framed by two apostrophes becomes italicized
  • Text framed by three apostrophes becomes bolded
  • Text framed by four apostrophes becomes bolded and italicized
  • Pound sign # indicates a numbered list

• Quotes

  "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.org What is Wiki?Wiki.org: What is wiki?

• Related Pages on Mahalo

  Wikipedia | Jimmy Wales | Web 2.0 | Search Engines | Conservapedia | Dealipedia | Mahalo | H2g2 | Veropedia | Citizendium

Categories

• View History
• Discuss on the Message Board
• Embed this Page
• Share this page