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What is a WIKI?





THIS WEBSITE IS A WIKI!

• Wikis are free, online writing spaces. Wikis use simple formatting rules, so you don't need to understand HTML.
• Wikis were named for the "Wiki-Wiki" or a Hawaiian adjective for "quick."
• For some, wikis convey a highly collaborative view of composing and creativity. People who contribute to a wiki need to understand that their words may be deleted and changed by others. Wiki authors do not claim ownership of a text.
• When writers contribute to a public wiki, their work could potentially be read by millions of readers.
• Wikis give focus to the last draft, yet wikis provide a history. Each time the text is changed, a new version is saved. Anyone can go back later and see previous versions. This allows teachers and students to see the writing process in action.
• Wikis are generally published online, though desktop and gated wikis are possible. Permissions can be set to limit the readers and writers who participate.
• Textual authority is dialogical. Revision is privileged in the wiki. Each new reader can suddenly become a writer. The draft that matters is the last draft. Power and authority are given to the community rather than an individual or official staff.
• Wikis are designed specifically as a writing space. They are not a presentation space nor a course management system. Wikis make it possible - and necessary - for writers to continually build upon, revise, and edit an emerging text.

TWiki is a structured wiki, typically used to run a collaboration platform, knowledge or document management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware application. Web content can be created collaboratively by using just a browser over the Internet or an intranet. TWiki allows users without programming skills to create wiki applications, and developers can extend its functionality with plugins.

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