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*[[Road Maps]]: suggestions of pages to browse
 
*[[Road Maps]]: suggestions of pages to browse
 
*[[About this Site]]: for more information about the site itself.
 
*[[About this Site]]: for more information about the site itself.
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==[[:Category:Wiki History]]==
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Themes in the history of wikis.
  
 
==[[:Category:Wiki People]]==
 
==[[:Category:Wiki People]]==
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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]].
 
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]].
  
==About this Website==
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==Is this Website a Wiki?==
For suggestions about pages to browse, see [[Road Maps]]. For more information about the site itself, see [[About this Site]]. An intermittent blog maintained on and about this site can be accessed at [[Wikis Blog List]].
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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. ([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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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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