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Wikis
Julia, Adam, Sarah G, Sarah K
Definition
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By definition a wiki is…
a website that allows the creation
and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a
web browser using a simplified markup language
The Beginning
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WikiWiki Web
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Ward Cunningham
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He used the name “wiki”
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According to Cunningham, "I chose wikiwiki as an alliterative substitute for 'quick'
and thereby avoided naming this stuff
quick-web."
Who Uses Wikis?
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For collaboration in business, etc.
Examples of Use
Project Management
 Checklists
 Log Client Work
 Track Invoices
 Goals
 Contacts
 Reference
 FAQ’s
 One place for everything
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How Do You Make a Wiki?
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Wiki software
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Set up your pages and upload it onto the
server
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Wiki farm
How Much Is This Going To Cost Me?
Can be free!
 Downside- ads
 If you don’t use a wiki farm then you have
to pay the cost for software and the use of
a server yourself
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Advantages
Anyone can edit
 Easy to learn
 Instantaneous
 People all over the world can work on the
same document
 Keeps track of edits so that you can easily
undo posts if necessary
 Widens access of web publishing to the
average person
 A very flexible tool, it has no
predetermined structure
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Disadvantages
Since anyone can edit, the wiki could
become “too” open
 Open to spam and vandalism if it’s not
under close supervision
 Requires an internet connection to
collaborate
 As a wiki grows it can become very
disorganized
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Statistics
Wiki farms began in the early 2000’s
 21,000,000 hits on Wikipedia daily.
 7,665,000,000 hits on Wikipedia annually
 This does not even account for other
smaller wikis
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Videos
How to create a wiki page…
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMhiC
hLLJ3M&safety_mode=true&persist_safety
_mode=1
 PB Wiki- What is a wiki?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmBy
B0sIPog&safety_mode=true&persist_safet
y_mode=1
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