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<font size="5">'''Wikis Database'''</font>
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<font size="5">'''Wiki History Database'''</font>
  
This website is a database about people, projects, concepts and websites in the world of [[Wikis]].
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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].
  
 
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.  
 
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.  
  
The present website presents information about wikis, organised into the categories shown below.
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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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==[[:Category:Wiki History]]==
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Themes in [[Wiki History]].
  
 
==[[:Category:Wiki People]]==
 
==[[:Category:Wiki People]]==
People who played a role in the history of wikis or who are currently active in the development or maintenance of wiki websites or software.
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People who played a role in the history of wikis. For an overview, see the [[Wiki People Narrative]].
  
 
==[[:Category:Wiki Websites]]==
 
==[[:Category:Wiki Websites]]==
Significant wiki websites.
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Significant historical wiki websites. For an overview, see the [[Wiki Websites Narrative]].
  
 
==[[:Category:Wiki Engines]]==
 
==[[:Category:Wiki Engines]]==
Wiki engines are the software packages used to run wikis.
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Wiki engines are the software packages used to run wikis. For an overview, see the [[Wiki Engines Narrative]].
  
 
==[[:Category:Wiki Concepts]]==
 
==[[:Category:Wiki Concepts]]==
The users of wikis have developed a range of specific terms and concepts related to the structure, functions and utilisation of wikis.
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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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==About this Website==
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This website is a work in progress, and some sections are more complete than others.
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For the structure of the site, see the '''[[Main Categories]]''' or go to '''[[:Category:Root]]'''. For suggestions about pages to browse, see [[Road Maps]]. For more information about the site itself, see [[About this Site]].  
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This website operates under [[MediaWiki]] software and thus has the potential to be a [[Wiki]]. However, when the website began to be spammed (see [[Spam Attack]]), the configuration was changed so that only [[WikiSysop]] can create new accounts. The site currently operates as the creation of a single person. But 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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==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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