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This will be a narrative presentation of basic Wiki Concepts.
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The following is a narrative presentation of basic Wiki Concepts.
  
==What is a wiki==
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==Basic Wiki Concepts==
The basic Wiki Concept is the idea of [[Wiki]] itself: a website where any visitor can edit pages.
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A [[Wiki]] is a website where any visitor can edit pages. The first Wiki was [[Ward Cunningham]]'s website [[WikiWikiWeb]]. Wikis were first brought to public attention by the collaborative on-line encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]].
  
 
==WikiModes and Editing==
 
==WikiModes and Editing==
*[[WikiModes]]
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[[WikiModes]] were first defined on the [[WikiWikiWeb]] as "modes of interaction and annotation" on the wiki. The principal modes are [[DocumentMode]], which is when a Wiki contribution is written in the third person and left unsigned, and [[ThreadMode]], which is a form of discussion where the wiki community holds a conversation.
*[[DocumentMode]]
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*[[ThreadMode]]
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[[Ward Cunningham]] advocated the use of [[DocumentMode]] rather [[ThreadMode]], in other words [[DissertationFavoredOverDialog]]. Each page was to begin with an [[OpeningStatement]], and visitors were encouraged to edit pages in the role of an anonymous [[WikiAuthor]].
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One form of editing is [[ReFactoring]], which is a programming term which has come to mean rearranging a wiki page to improve it's structure.
  
*[[Refactoring]]
 
*[[DissertationFavoredOverDialog]]
 
 
*[[ThreadMess]]
 
*[[ThreadMess]]
 
*[[WikiMaster]]
 
*[[WikiMaster]]
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*[[RecentChanges]]
  
 
==Wiki Tags and EditHints==
 
==Wiki Tags and EditHints==
 
*[[WikiBadge]]
 
*[[WikiBadge]]
*[[EditHint]]
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*[[WikiTag]]
*[[DeleteMe]]
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*[[DeleteWhenCooked]]
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*[[WikiSquatting]]
 
*[[WikiSquatting]]
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An [[EditHint]] is a marker set to point out places where edits would be of benefit, such as to clarify the original intent or to apply a second opinion.
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EditHint is the general tag, and there are numerous specialized refactoring tags, such as [[RefactorMe]], AnswerMe, [[DeleteMe]], [[DeleteWhenCooked]], DeleteThisPageSoon, TooLargeToGrasp, [[BrokenLink]], [[BrokenWhitespace]] and [[ToDo]].
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*[[OnTopic]]
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*[[OffTopic]]
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==Wiki Users==
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*[[RealNamesPlease]]
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*[[WikiCommunity]]
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==Wiki Welcome and Help==
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*[[OneMinuteWiki]]
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*[[RoadMaps]]
  
 
==Interwiki==
 
==Interwiki==
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==WikiHistory==
 
==WikiHistory==
*[[XpFreeZone]]
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*XpFreeZone
 
*[[WikiMindWipe]]
 
*[[WikiMindWipe]]
 
*[[WikiReductionists]]
 
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==Other==
 
==Other==
 
*[[AntiPattern]]
 
*[[AntiPattern]]
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*[[SocialSoftware]]
 
*[[WikiSpam]]
 
*[[WikiSpam]]
 
*[[Wikilandia]]
 
*[[Wikilandia]]

Latest revision as of 21:18, 28 October 2007