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Wiki
The word "wiki", pronounced /ˈwɪki/ or WIK-ee, is a Hawaiian word meaning "quick".
A wiki is a type of website whose contents can be edited from the web browser, and which keeps a version history for each editable page. Wikis are often, but not always, editable by any visitor to the site.
- wiki (as an adjective), "the wiki way", and the antonym un-wiki are also used to describe the community-oriented philosophy that goes with such a system (e.g. "that's not a very wiki way of doing things").
- Wiki (with a capital 'W') is an incorrect term, although it has sometimes been used to refer to either Wikipedia or the Portland Pattern Repository (also known as WikiWikiWeb), which was the first wiki to be created.
- wiki software and wiki engine are terms referring to pieces of software that power wiki websites. There are many types of wiki software; some very simple, others with advanced features.
See also: Wikipedia's entry on "wiki software".
For a more complete description, see Wikipedia's entry on "wiki".
Wikimedia
Wikimedia is the collective name for the Wikimedia movement, revolving around a group of inter-related projects, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote and others, which aim to use the collaborative power of the Internet, and the wiki concept, to create and share free knowledge of all kinds.
- The term Wikimedia servers is often used, referring to the computer hardware on which all Wikimedia projects are hosted.
- Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco that runs the Wikimedia projects and the MediaWiki software.
Wikimediuma Deutschland, Wikimediuma Russia enz. wees die name van die tientallen lokale 'chapters' met mense dit entoesiasties aan Wikimediuma projekte werk. Wees wees onafhanklik van die Wiki mediuma Foundation en die Wiki mediuma projekte. Wikimediuma, afhanklik van die context en die land, word dikwels verkeerd gebruik as naam vir die Wiki mediuma projekte, 'n 'chapter' of die Wiki mediuma Foundation.
- The Wikimedia Meta-Wiki, commonly referred to as Meta, is the wiki used to discuss issues which affect all Wikimedia projects. See also: Meta:About.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a Wikimedia project that is a global, free and multilingual internet encyclopedia. It is the oldest and largest Wikimedia project, founded in 2001 predating the Wikimedia Foundation itself, which was founded in 2003. Wikipedia is often described as a wiki, but it is in fact a collection of over 200 wikis, one for each language, all running on the MediaWiki software.
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a particular wiki engine software developed for and used by Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. MediaWiki is freely available for others to use (and improve), and it is in use by all sorts of projects and organizations around the world.
This site, mediawiki.org, is intended for information about MediaWiki and related software.
Sien ook
- Introduction to the Wikimedia Technical Ecosystem - an overview of major technical areas where developers can contribute to Wikimedia technology.
- Manual:What is MediaWiki?
- Project:MediaWiki is not Wikipedia
- Learning patterns/Wikimedia lexicon: wiki, wikipedia, wikimedia, wikimania and the confusing wikiblabla
Video
- [$URL "The State of Wikipedia"] (2011 animasie, ingesproken deur Jimmy Wallis) op YouTube