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This website is now devoted exclusively to people, websites, software and concepts in the realm of [[Wikis]].
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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]].
  
==History of this website==
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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.
This website was originally devoted to the broader theme of [[Convivial Tools]], with [[Wikis]] being treated as a specific example of [[Convivial Tools]].  
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At the same time, this website served as the principal working space for the sole user, who originally took the name [[User:RainDog]], and then changed to the name [[User:MichaelSlattery]].
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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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At the beginning of November 2007, much of the material on this website was moved to two other websites, which are:
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*Convivial Tools Database at: http://convivialtools.net
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*Michael Slattery' Personal Experimental Database at: http://xwiki.ouvaton.org
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All material on this website dealing with the theme of [[Convivial Tools]] in general has been moved to the [http://convivialtools.net Convivial Tools Database]. For the moment, this material can still be viewed here under [[:Category:Convivial Tools]], but one day it will all be deleted.
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The other personal material having little to to with either [[Wikis]] or [[Convivial Tools]] is being moved from this website to Michael Slattery' [http://xwiki.ouvaton.org Personal Experimental Database].
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==See also==
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*[[Old About this Site]]
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*[[Newer About this Site]]
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Latest revision as of 15:29, 14 July 2009