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<big>'''User Guide to Convivial Tools'''</big>
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<font size="5">'''Wiki History Database'''</font>
  
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== Tips about Using Convivial Tools ==
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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].
  
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This website presents a collection of articles giving practical tips on how to find, use and develop tools, whether convivial or not. The emphasis is of course on tools that are perceived to be particularly convivial. However, help is also offered for those who find themselves confronted with the disasters provoked by tools that definitely lack conviviality.
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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.  
  
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== Companion Websites ==
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==About this Website==
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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:
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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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See also the following companion websites:
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==[[:Category:Wiki History]]==
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Themes in [[Wiki History]].
  
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[http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia]
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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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[http://ctwiki.ouvaton.org Convivial Projects Website]
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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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== Is this Website a Wiki? ==
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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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Since it functions under MediaWiki software, this website might appear to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki]. However, for a number of reasons it has been considered preferable to protect the site against random editing. Note however that the companion [http://ctwiki.ouvaton.org Convivial Projects Website] is a true wiki.
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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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== Main Categories ==
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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.")
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To see the list of Main Categories, click on this link: [[Main Categories]]
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