About Wikis
History of the Wiki (Wikipedia as source)
- Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work".[4] "Wiki" (pronounced [ˈwiki][note 1]) is a Hawaiian word meaning "quick".
- Cito Maramba and Steve Wheeler write that the open wikis produce a process of Social Darwinism. " 'Unfit' sentences and sections are ruthlessly culled, edited and replaced if they are not considered 'fit', which hopefully results in the evolution of a higher quality and more relevant page. While such openness may invite 'vandalism' and the posting of untrue information, this same openness also makes it possible to rapidly correct or restore a 'quality' wiki page."
- Links are created using a specific syntax, the so-called "link pattern". Originally, most wikis[citation needed] used CamelCase to name pages and create links. These are produced by capitalizing words in a phrase and removing the spaces between them (the word "CamelCase" is itself an example). While CamelCase makes linking easy, it also leads to links in a form that deviates from the standard spelling. To link to a page with a single-word title, one must abnormally capitalize one of the letters in the word (e.g. "WiKi" instead of "Wiki"). CamelCase-based wikis are instantly recognizable because they have many links with names such as "TableOfContents" and "BeginnerQuestions."
- WikiWikiWeb was the first wiki.[12] Ward Cunningham started developing WikiWikiWeb in Portland, Oregon, in 1994, and installed it on the Internet domain c2.com on March 25, 1995.
- causes interesting issues in copyright
This just learned
if you forget to save/store and then try to pull up your work on another computer- it is gone. (hehe sigh) It doesn't happen on blogs.Editing, Refactoring & Summarising
Is always in motion on an active wiki page. The term refactoring; for always for seeing things in a different way, of making sense of lots of varied ideas and writing styles.Politeness and Social Norms
A note from wiki.2c.com "Please read widely on this Wiki before adding new wiki pages or editing an old one. This helps to reduce unnecessary clutter."Wiki politeness and rules are laid out very nicely. Heavy is the request to learn and not be a bighead while on the wiki. There needs to be more training in the word about respectfully disagreeing.
http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/MeatballMission read it if you haven't, please.
TheCollective reminds one of the Borg, but in this case, resistance is not futile, it is encouraged, as long as it is written respectfully.
