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A Wiki or wiki is a website that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. "Wiki" also refers to the collaborative software used to create such a website.

Wiki (with an upper case 'W') and WikiWikiWeb are both used to refer specifically to the Portland Pattern Repository, the first-ever wiki. This usage's proponents suggest a lower-case 'w' for wikis in general. The name was based on the Hawaiian term wiki wiki, meaning "quick" or "super-fast". At Honolulu Airport, the inter-terminal coaches are called the Wiki Wiki Bus for this reason. Sometimes wikiwiki or WikiWiki are used instead of wiki.

Key characteristics

A wiki enables documents to be written collectively in a simple markup language using a web browser. A single page in a wiki is referred to as a "wiki page", while the entire body of pages, which are usually highly interconnected via hyperlinks, is called "the wiki."

A defining characteristic of wiki technology is the ease with which pages can be created and updated. Generally, there is no review before modifications are accepted, and most wikis are open to the general public—or at least anyone who has access to the wiki server. In fact, even registration of a user account is not always required.

Useful Links

• Welcome, newcomers
• How to start
• Starting a new page
• How to edit a page
• How to start a new Wikickoff
• Complete your local Wickickoff
• Wikiquette

External links

• Wikipedia — The Web-based, free-content encyclopedia
• How did you come up with the idea for the Wiki? — A video interview with Ward Cunningham
• What are we thinking? — Wired Magazine article on Liquid Information
• Wiki Science: How to start a wiki (on Wikibooks) — help write the book on starting a wiki