Wiki

Wikipedia Definition & Overview – Wiki
A wiki (i/ˈwɪkiː/ wik-ee) is a website which allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser usually using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor.

 

Create a Wiki
What is a wiki and how it is created.

How to solve your Wikipedia problem. (Yes, you have one.)
Wikipedia has become the new thorn in the side of countless startups, small businesses, celebrities, and prominent executives. Here’s how to take control of the situation.

Manual: Backing up a Wiki
This page provides an overview of the backup process for a typical MediaWiki wiki.

Paul Ryan, ‘Brown Noser’? The Wikipedia Edit Wars Begin for Romney’s Running Mate
In high school, Paul Ryan’s classmates voted him as his class’s “biggest ‘brown noser.'” This little tidbit is a source of delight for political opponents of the Wisconsin representative-turned-Romney-running mate; to his supporters, in general, it’s an irrelevant piece of youthful trivia.

Simple Wikipedia
A greatly simplified version of Wikipedia with much smaller summaries, condensing explanations and information wherever possible.

TED Video: TEDxPortland 2012 – Ward Cunningham – The Federated Wiki
Ward is best known as the inventor of wiki technology. Now, as the Nike Open Data Fellow, he has set out to change the world by doing for numbers what he’s done for words: use technology to give them depth and meaning that ordinary people can depend on every day.

Wiki.com Website
Search thousands of wikis, start a free wiki, compare wiki software.

Wiki Drives a Wedge into the Tandem
Article from Moscow Times, discusses how Wiki is used in the “Wikileaks” scandal to spread “rumors” about Russian heads of state.

WikiLeaks Website
WikiLeaks is a not-for-profit media organisation. Our goal is to bring important news and information to the public. We provide an innovative, secure and anonymous way for sources to leak information to our journalists (our electronic drop box). One of our most important activities is to publish original source material alongside our news stories so readers and historians alike can see evidence of the truth.

Wikipedia
The website that made a wiki& a household term. It is an extremely large network, with nearly three million different articles in the English language alone.

Wikipedia Tutorial
A tutorial for using the tools of Wikipedia. The design and format of most wikis are similar, allowing these skills to be used for other wikis.

Wikis
A tool to compare the features of various popular wiki engines in comfortable side-by-side tables.

Wikispaces
As an example of the popularity of wikis, businesses have been created with the purpose of maintaining wikis for various groups. Wikispaces cites businesses, non-profits, and schools as potential clients.

WikiTubia
The YouTube video wiki that anyone can edit. Wikitubia is a community site that anyone can contribute to. Discover, share and add your knowledge.