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WikiWikiWeb

• James Parrish
• Submission G

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What is wiki?

• Wikis are script-driven Web sites that allow
  visitors to edit their pages. Not only is
  everyone a reader, anyone can be an author too.
• The first and oldest wiki, created and maintained
  by Ward Cunningham. The Wiki Wiki Web hosts the
  Portland Pattern Repository, and is an Informal
  History Of Programming Ideas. It is one of
  several wikis hosted on Ward's domain,
  http//c2.com/.

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Why wiki?

• Different from other editorial systems like
  Blogger or PHP-Nuke, wiki is open to one and all,
  thus the system most open with the least
  obstacles to instant participation.
• Wiki feels like a backup for your
  brain/installation of You 1.0 on the Web (people
  reading your input start thinking like you even
  if they don't fully agree since they see your
  thoughts in context of others). You in turn
  revise your thought patterns based on other's
  changes/responses helps to develop You 2.0.

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Wiki Community

• Wiki Community is more like our human world -
  open to change, which is the spice of life. The
  changes may be good or evil, depending on one's
  viewpoint, but only the most suitable will
  prevail. This is what nature is all about. -- Raj
  
• The Wiki Community, however is not composed of
  each and every member interacting on each and
  every point. Since interaction is possible by
  every member on every page, but is practiced by
  only about 1/70th of the members on a limited
  number of the pages, the potential of the
  community is greater than one might think.

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WikiZens

• What are the basic requirements to become a
  citizen and respected member of this community?
• Let's make a start
• use your real name and identity, create a home
  page
• contribute to the Wiki (reading makes you only a
  Wiki Lurker)
• stay with the Wiki for a longer period of time
  (at least for a year?)
• consider the Wiki your home, feel responsible for
  it and do your share of housekeeping (Typical
  Housekeeping Tasks)
• Privileges of a Wiki Citizen
• civil treatment even when foolish (please)
• exposure to tens of thousands of readers
• advertising free environment
• Sometimes called a WikiZen, although that term
  also means something else.

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Demo

• http//c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors
• www.wikipedia.org