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<font size="5">'''Wiki History Database'''</font>

This website is a database about people, websites, software and concepts that played a role in the history of [[wiki|wikis]]. It is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress work in progress].

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. 

==About this Website==
This website contains pages about the history of wikis, organised into main categories as shown below on this page. To browse the site, see:
*[[Main Categories]]: structure of the site
*[[:Category:Root]]: go here to work down the branches of categories and sub-categories
*[[Road Maps]]: suggestions of pages to browse
*[[About this Site]]: for more information about the site itself.

==[[:Category:Wiki History]]==
Themes in [[Wiki History]].

==[[:Category:Wiki People]]==
People who played a role in the history of wikis. For an overview, see the [[Wiki People Narrative]].

==[[:Category:Wiki Websites]]==
Significant historical wiki websites. For an overview, see the [[Wiki Websites Narrative]].

==[[:Category:Wiki Engines]]==
Wiki engines are the software packages used to run wikis. For an overview, see the [[Wiki Engines Narrative]].

==[[:Category:Wiki Concepts]]==
The early users of wikis developed a range of specific terms and concepts related to the structure, functions and utilisation of wikis. For an overview, see the [[Wiki Concepts Narrative]].

==Is this Website a Wiki?==
This website operates under [[MediaWiki]] software and thus has the potential to be a [[Wiki]]. However, only registered users can create new accounts, and at the moment there is only one registered user. (As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Wiley David Wiley] says: "A wiki without contributors is nothing but a blog on steroids.")