Difference between revisions of "WikiSquatting"
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The [[WikiWikiWeb]] page on [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiSquatting WikiSquatting] defines it as: "WikiSquatting is when someone develops one's own separate community in the WikiWikiWeb." This page also says: | The [[WikiWikiWeb]] page on [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiSquatting WikiSquatting] defines it as: "WikiSquatting is when someone develops one's own separate community in the WikiWikiWeb." This page also says: | ||
| − | :This wiki doesn't provide a technology: it's a community using a technology. If you're not here to participate in the community - and since this community discusses programming and related topics, | + | :This wiki doesn't provide a technology: it's a community using a technology. If you're not here to participate in the community - and since this community discusses programming and related topics, it seems that you're not - please obtain your own wiki and start your own community. |
| + | WikiSquatting was a tag introduced on [[WikiWikiWeb]] pages that were considered off topic. The [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiSquatting WikiSquatting] page compares it to using someone else's bulletin board: | ||
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| + | :You're from the music department. One day, you come across this board. You're not really into computer science or anything, but you find the idea of this board quite intriguing; you want to bring this concept to your friends and peers; you believe that this is just what the music department needs. | ||
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