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The information about convivial tools presented on this website is review information rather than detailed how-to information.
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I initially created this website in mid-2007 hoping that it would become a [[Wiki|wiki]] devoted to the promotion of [[Convivial Tools]].
  
Review information is the type of information found for example on [[Review Sites]]. Wikipedia defines "review site" as "a website on which people can post reviews for products or services".
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In late 2007 I created a separate [http://convivialtools.net Convivial Tools website]. At that time I had already created a significant number of pages about wikis on the present site (wikis being a good example of a "convivial tool"). It thus seemed appropriate to consacrate the present site entirely to the subject of [[Wiki|wikis]], and to the people, websites, software and concepts relating thereto.
  
Detailed how-to information is found on [[How-to Websites]].
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However, my attention soon turned elsewhere, and the present site stagnated during all of 2008 and much of 2009. Meanwhile I realized that wikis have gone mainstream, and that the subject has become both banal and overly vast. In coming back to the site today (in July 2009) to do a bit of [[ReFactoring]], it seems more appropriate to limit the scope of the site to [[Wiki History]].
 
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Despite the name "Convivial Tools User Guide", the present site is closer to a review site than to a how-to site. Detailed how-to information should be posted to one of the [[How-to Websites]].
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