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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: thirsty moore on August 02, 2007, 03:46:00 pm

Title: Why are wikis important?
Post by: thirsty moore on August 02, 2007, 03:46:00 pm

Wiktionary and Wikipedia aside, why are wikis important?

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: Chip Chanko on August 02, 2007, 04:33:00 pm

So companies don't have to pay for their own tech support sites?

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: thirsty moore on August 02, 2007, 04:35:00 pm

What exactly is a wiki though?  Please post in lay terms.

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: ggw on August 02, 2007, 04:38:00 pm

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Originally posted by econo:
  What exactly is a wiki though?  Please post in lay terms.

It's the background noise to old-school hip-hop.
 
 wiki wiki wiki

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: miss pretentious on August 02, 2007, 04:40:00 pm

so that all of my nerdy needs to be fed for 'heroes' is compact into one user-friendly database.
 
  see? i'm a terrible nerd. (http://heroeswiki.com/Main_Page)

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: thirsty moore on August 02, 2007, 04:43:00 pm

So wikis are compact user interfaces?  A single point to get information?

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: vansmack on August 02, 2007, 04:44:00 pm

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Originally posted by econo:
  What exactly is a wiki though?  Please post in lay terms.

Why don't you just wiki it?
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki)

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: crevers on August 02, 2007, 04:46:00 pm

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Originally posted by econo:
  What exactly is a wiki though?  Please post in lay terms.

From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki), no less...
 
 A wiki is a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. Ward Cunningham, developer of the first wiki, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work."
 
 Say you have documentation for "Task A" at your workplace.  A paper copy of that documentation can be easily lost, hard to find, rarely updated, and often out-dated.  On the other hand, a wiki can be accessed anywhere you have online access, can be easily found via bookmarking, and readily updated whenever the procedures for Task A change.

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: 6949 on August 02, 2007, 04:47:00 pm

I had no idea this world of wikis existed.  The quote one could be useful.
 
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wikis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wikis)

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: Random Citizen on August 02, 2007, 04:47:00 pm

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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
 It's the background noise to old-school hip-hop.
 
 wiki wiki wiki

Alas, today's hip-hop is wikity wikity wikity wack.  :D

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: Marty666 on August 02, 2007, 06:10:00 pm

wiki = communism

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: thirsty moore on August 02, 2007, 07:51:00 pm

Awesome.  Thanks dhinojwala.
 
 

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Originally posted by dhinojwala:
 Say you have documentation for "Task A" at your workplace.  A paper copy of that documentation can be easily lost, hard to find, rarely updated, and often out-dated.  On the other hand, a wiki can be accessed anywhere you have online access, can be easily found via bookmarking, and readily updated whenever the procedures for Task A change.

Title: Re: Why are wikis important?
Post by: ggw on August 03, 2007, 01:02:00 pm

Dude, you're totally missing Wikimania2007 (http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)