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<font size="5">'''Wikis Database'''</font>
 
<font size="5">'''Wikis Database'''</font>
  
This website is a database about people, websites, software and concepts in the world of [[Wikis]].
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This website is a database about people, websites, software and concepts in the world of [[Wikis]]. It is a work in progress, and some sections are more complete than others.
  
 
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.  
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==About this Website==
 
==About this Website==
This website is a work in progress, and some sections are more complete than others.
 
 
 
For suggestions about pages to browse, see [[Road Maps]]. For more information about the site itself, see [[About this Site]].  
 
For suggestions about pages to browse, see [[Road Maps]]. For more information about the site itself, see [[About this Site]].  
  
 
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."
 
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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