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A '''wiki''' is a website that allows the | A '''wiki''' is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages, generally used to store information on a specific subject or subjects. This is done with a day-to-day web browser using a simplified markup language (HTML as an example) or a WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) text editor. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Wikipedia]] | * [[Wikipedia]] - arguably the largest and one of the oldest Wikis on the planet | ||
* [[Wikimedia Commons]] | * [[Wikimedia Commons]] - the owners of Wikipedia and other similar projects | ||
* [[Wikia]] | * [[Wikia]] - a website that allows the creation and hosting of wikis | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 12:52, 24 January 2011
A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages, generally used to store information on a specific subject or subjects. This is done with a day-to-day web browser using a simplified markup language (HTML as an example) or a WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) text editor.
See also
- Wikipedia - arguably the largest and one of the oldest Wikis on the planet
- Wikimedia Commons - the owners of Wikipedia and other similar projects
- Wikia - a website that allows the creation and hosting of wikis
External links
- List of largest wikis in the world
- Dump of nostalgia, an ancient version of Wikipedia from 2001, dump