Wiki (was) Re: beginner's docs missing on RT's website
[1/4] from: gchiu::compkarori::co::nz at: 23-Jun-2001 8:13
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:02:09 -0500
"Dr. Louis A. Turk" <[louisaturk--eudoramail--com]> wrote:
> I have read about Wiki many times on this list, but I
> have no idea what
> Wiki is or does. I am getting more and more curious.
> Would someone please
> educate me?
I have a wiki running here
http://www.compkarori.co.nz/reb/vidwiki.r
It contains FAQs etc.
But you need to know a little VID to contribute.
Only 105 pages at present. 2161 page accesses since I
started counting - ? last month
--
Graham Chiu
[2/4] from: louisaturk:eudoramail at: 22-Jun-2001 14:19
Hi David,
At 12:49 PM 6/22/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>A Wiki is a collection of linked pages. Everyone is free to:
> (1) read the pages and follow the links as they wish;
> (2) edit the material in any way they feel appropriate, usually
> by adding further information, but occasionally also by removing
> erroneous text, etc.
Sounds like a very useful program if used with the right group of
people. But couldn't one bad guy mess up all the work of the group?
Thanks for the info!
Louis
[3/4] from: louisaturk:eudoramail at: 22-Jun-2001 12:02
I have read about Wiki many times on this list, but I have no idea what
Wiki is or does. I am getting more and more curious. Would someone please
educate me?
At 11:52 AM 6/22/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Petr Krenzelok wrote:
>Christian Langreiter has done a wonderful (IMO) implementation of a
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>might not serve as a good way to collect and manage this kind of information.
>If anyone is interested I'll be happy to provide URLs etc...
Please do, Petr.
Thanks,
Louis
[4/4] from: dness:home at: 22-Jun-2001 12:49
Dr. Louis A. Turk
wrote:
> I have read about Wiki many times on this list, but I have no idea what
> Wiki is or does. I am getting more and more curious. Would someone please
> educate me?
>
I'll take a shot at it.
A `Wiki' is an idea apparently attributable to Ward Cunningham, one of the
principals in the `Extreme Programming' business.
A Wiki is a collection of linked pages. Everyone is free to:
(1) read the pages and follow the links as they wish;
(2) edit the material in any way they feel appropriate, usually
by adding further information, but occasionally also by removing
erroneous text, etc.
Over time the pages just `grow' and occasionally someone will tackle the
problem of reorganizing.
So far there's no mystery to it. The unusual aspect of the contribution,
however, is the use of `Wiki Names'. These are words that have unusual
capitalization. For example `DavidNess' is such a word, as is `RebolLanguage'
Words of this kind are _automatically_ cross-indexed and hyperlinked.
So basically a `wiki' serves as a collection of hyperlinked text pages, all
modifiable and cross-linked, that can `grow' to express our understanding
of some particular subject.
For an introduction see:
http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors
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