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<font size="5">'''Wikis Database'''</font>
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<font size="3">See the '''[[Main Categories]]'''</font> or go to '''[[:Category:Root]]'''. See also '''[[User:MichaelSlattery/Blog|Michael Slattery's WikiBlog]]'''.

This website is a database about people, projects, concepts and websites in the world of [[Wikis]]. 

For information about the site itself, see [[About this Site]]. For suggestions about pages to browse see [[Road Maps]]. See also the companion websites the [http://convivialtools.net Convivial Tools Database], the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia] the [http://ctwiki.ouvaton.org Convivial Projects Wiki] and [http://xwiki.ouvaton.org Michael Slattery's personal website].

==[[:Category:Wikis]]==
A [[wiki]] is a website whose pages can be edited by any visitor. The first wiki, called [[WikiWikiWeb]], was created by [[Ward Cunningham]] in 1995. Wikis were brought to the attention of the general public by the success of [[Wikipedia]], an online collaborative encyclopedia created in 2001. This website presents numerous pages with information about wikis, organized into the following categories: 

*[[:Category:Wiki People]]
*[[:Category:Wiki Websites]]
*[[:Category:Wiki Engines]]
*[[:Category:Wiki Concepts]]

==Other Categories==
*'''[[:Category:This Site]]''' -- pages and sub-categories about this website

==Is this Website a [[Wiki]]?==
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This website operates under [[MediaWiki]] software and thus has the potential to be a [[Wiki]]. However, the site was initially configured to require users to create an account before they can edit articles. In addition, when the wiki began to be spammed (see [[Spam Attack]]), the configuration was changed so that only [[WikiSysop]] can create new accounts. The site thus currently operates as the personal database of [[User:MichaelSlattery|Michael Slattery]]. The companion site the [http://ctwiki.ouvaton.org Convivial Projects Wiki] is still a [[Wiki]], although as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Wiley David Wiley] says: "A wiki without contributors is nothing but a blog on steroids."

==Blog==
See also [[User:MichaelSlattery/Blog|Michael Slattery's WikiBlog]].