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| + | The following is a narrative presentation of basic Wiki Concepts. | ||
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| − | + | A [[Wiki]] is a website where any visitor can edit pages. The first Wiki was [[Ward Cunningham]]'s website [[WikiWikiWeb]]. Wikis were first brought to public attention by the collaborative on-line encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]]. | |
==WikiModes and Editing== | ==WikiModes and Editing== | ||
| − | + | [[WikiModes]] were first defined on the [[WikiWikiWeb]] as "modes of interaction and annotation" on the wiki. The principal modes are [[DocumentMode]], which is when a Wiki contribution is written in the third person and left unsigned, and [[ThreadMode]], which is a form of discussion where the wiki community holds a conversation. | |
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| + | Ward Cunningham advocated use of [[DocumentMode]] in preference to [[ThreadMode]] | ||
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| + | [[DissertationFavoredOverDialog]] | ||
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| + | Visitors were thus encouraged to edit pages. | ||
[[ReFactoring]] improves the structure of code without changing the functionality of the application. The term has also come to mean rearranging a wiki page to improve it's structure. | [[ReFactoring]] improves the structure of code without changing the functionality of the application. The term has also come to mean rearranging a wiki page to improve it's structure. | ||
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*[[ThreadMess]] | *[[ThreadMess]] | ||
*[[WikiMaster]] | *[[WikiMaster]] | ||
