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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''Wiki''' or '''wiki''' is a website that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. "Wiki" also refers to the collaborative software used to create such a website.<br />
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''Wiki'' (with an upper case 'W') and ''WikiWikiWeb'' are both used to refer specifically to the Portland Pattern Repository, the first-ever wiki. This usage's proponents suggest a lower-case 'w' for wikis in general. The name was based on the Hawaiian term ''wiki wiki'', meaning "quick" or "super-fast". At Honolulu Airport, the inter-terminal coaches are called the Wiki Wiki Bus for this reason. Sometimes '''wikiwiki''' or '''WikiWiki''' are used instead of ''wiki''.<br />
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==Key characteristics==<br />
A wiki enables documents to be written collectively in a simple markup language using a web browser. A single page in a wiki is referred to as a "'''wiki page'''", while the entire body of pages, which are usually highly interconnected via hyperlinks, is called "'''the wiki.'''"<br />
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A defining characteristic of wiki technology is the ease with which pages can be created and updated. Generally, there is no review before modifications are accepted, and most wikis are open to the general public&mdash;or at least anyone who has access to the wiki server. In fact, even registration of a user account is not always required.<br />
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==Useful Links==<br />
* [[Welcome, newcomers]]<br />
* [[How to start]]<br />
* [[Starting a new page]]<br />
* [[How to edit a page]]<br />
* [[How to start a new Wikickoff]]<br />
* [[Complete your local Wickickoff]]<br />
* [[Wikiquette]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wikipedia] &mdash; The Web-based, free-content encyclopedia<br />
*[http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=7726 How did you come up with the idea for the Wiki?] &mdash; A video interview with Ward Cunningham<br />
*[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66382,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2: What are we thinking?] &mdash; Wired Magazine article on Liquid Information<br />
*[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wiki_Science Wiki Science]: [http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Wiki_Science:How_to_start_a_Wiki How to start a wiki] (on Wikibooks) &mdash; help write the book on starting a wiki<br />
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