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A wiki is a website that provides collaborative modification of its content and structure directly from the web browser. In a typical wiki, text is written using a simplified markup language (known as "wiki markup") and often edited with the help of a rich-text editor. A wiki is run using wiki software, otherwise known as a wiki engine. There are dozens of different wiki engines in use, both standalone and part of other software, such as bug tracking systems. Some wiki engines are open source, whereas others are proprietary. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access); for example, editing rights may permit changing, adding or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Other rules may also be imposed to organize content. A wiki engine is a type of content management system, but it differs from most other such systems, including blog software, in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader, and wikis have little implicit structure, allowing structure to emerge according to the needs of the users.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki</ref> | |||
== | == characteristics of a wiki == | ||
I found this list on wikia<ref>http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/What_are_the_unique_characteristics_of_wikis</ref>. | |||
* Wikis can be edited by multiple approved people | |||
* All edits are tracked in the page's history | |||
* Linking between pages on a wiki is very simple | |||
* Pages are automatically placed in a list of all pages | |||
* A recent changes page shows all edits made to the wiki | |||
* Any bad edits can be easily reverted | |||
== wiki markup == | |||
There is a special syntax to use when you are editing a wiki. It is simple. It is called "wiki markup", and differs from one wiki engine to the next wiki engine. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup please click this link to learn about wiki markup] | |||
== | == link to learn more == | ||
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* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages Please click here for some excellent help to edit a wiki page] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:46, 10 January 2017
A wiki is a website that provides collaborative modification of its content and structure directly from the web browser. In a typical wiki, text is written using a simplified markup language (known as "wiki markup") and often edited with the help of a rich-text editor. A wiki is run using wiki software, otherwise known as a wiki engine. There are dozens of different wiki engines in use, both standalone and part of other software, such as bug tracking systems. Some wiki engines are open source, whereas others are proprietary. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access); for example, editing rights may permit changing, adding or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Other rules may also be imposed to organize content. A wiki engine is a type of content management system, but it differs from most other such systems, including blog software, in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader, and wikis have little implicit structure, allowing structure to emerge according to the needs of the users.[2]
characteristics of a wiki[edit]
I found this list on wikia[3].
- Wikis can be edited by multiple approved people
- All edits are tracked in the page's history
- Linking between pages on a wiki is very simple
- Pages are automatically placed in a list of all pages
- A recent changes page shows all edits made to the wiki
- Any bad edits can be easily reverted
wiki markup[edit]
There is a special syntax to use when you are editing a wiki. It is simple. It is called "wiki markup", and differs from one wiki engine to the next wiki engine. please click this link to learn about wiki markup
link to learn more[edit]