English 242: The Romantic Audience
[ start | index | login ]

Definition of a Wiki

Created by mphillip. Last edited by mphillip 2298 days ago. Viewed 2750 times.
[google] [daypop] [edit]
What's a Wiki?

Half of a Hawaiian term for quick. Any other questions?

Ok, a Wiki is a collaborative website comprised of the collective work of many authors.

A Wiki allows users to easily upload, edit, and interlink pages. At their best, Wikis foster vibrant online discussion, proceeding in unpredictable, interactive ways.

The first wiki was created by >>Ward Cunnigham in 1995. They're increasingly popular with scientists, software engineers, knowledge communities, & others collaborating on projects.

Blogs vs. wikis

Blog users can post, modify, or delete their own content on a website using a browser interface.

Wiki users can modify any entry, even material posted by others.

Notable wikis

>>Wikipidia: an open content encyclopedia

>>Everything2: a community-edited "microsociety"

Still curious? Proceed to Characteristics of a Wiki, or jump back to general information about this website

no comments | post comment

Starting points:

About this website
>>Index of entries
>>RAP2

Recent demos:

CCNMTL demo
Wide Open demo

Assignments:

Weekly posting
E1 index
E2 index
Project index

Users: (1)
… and 17 Guests

Author pages:

Lyrical Ballads
William Blake
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Lord Byron
John Clare
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Felicia Hemans
John Keats
Caroline Lamb
L.E.L.
Mary Robinson
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Charlotte Smith
Dorothy Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

Total number of entries

644

Posting info:

Assignments on the >>Eng. 242 site. Formatting codes in snipsnap-help.

XHTML 1.0 validated
CSS validated
RSS 2.0 validated
RSS Feed

Powered by SnipSnap 0.3.2a

snipsnap.org | Copyright 2000-2002 Matthias L. Jugel and Stephan J. Schmidt