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<big>'''MediaWiki has been successfully installed.'''</big>
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<font size="5">'''Wiki History Database'''</font>
  
Consult the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
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This website is a database about people, websites, software and concepts that played a role in the history of [[wiki|wikis]]. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress work in progress].
  
== Getting started ==
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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.
  
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
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==About this Website==
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
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This website contains pages about the history of wikis, organised into main categories as shown below on this page. To browse the site, see:
* [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
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*[[Main Categories]]: structure of the site
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*[[:Category:Root]]: go here to work down the branches of categories and sub-categories
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*[[Road Maps]]: suggestions of pages to browse
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*[[About this Site]]: for more information about the site itself.
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==[[:Category:Wiki History]]==
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Themes in [[Wiki History]].
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==[[:Category:Wiki People]]==
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People who played a role in the history of wikis. For an overview, see the [[Wiki People Narrative]].
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==[[:Category:Wiki Websites]]==
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Significant historical wiki websites. For an overview, see the [[Wiki Websites Narrative]].
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==[[:Category:Wiki Engines]]==
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Wiki engines are the software packages used to run wikis. For an overview, see the [[Wiki Engines Narrative]].
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==[[:Category:Wiki Concepts]]==
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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]].
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==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, 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.")

Latest revision as of 14:46, 14 July 2009