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The Wiki Idea

Addressing

In a few words, if someone editing a wiki page writes a "WikiName" (consisting of an upper-case letter followed by one or more lower-case letters, another upper-case letter, and zero or more lower-case letters), then if a page of that name exists in the wiki, then a link will appear when the edited page is displayed. Otherwise, a question mark will be displayed next to the name; clicking on the question mark will bring up an editor that will allow the user to add content and save it, thereby creating the page.

Wiki Addressing

All WikiNames in the system are automatically linked in the text.

InterWiki Addressing

With the aid of the list of external URLs, it is possible to link to pages on other wikis and web sites. Any reference of the form "ExternalSite:Destination" will automatically link to the appropriate page of the external site. Example: Google:Wiki.
(See full list of active /Inter Wiki services in this Wiki.)

Formatting concept

Formatting in wiki follows the principle of WYTIWYG (what you think is what you get), and consists of a pseudovisual markup.

For example, the following:

* test
* test1

is displayed as:

• test
• test1

while
1. test
1. test1

is displayed as

1. test
2. test1

Authorship concept

Multiuser Access

Well, what can we say? Double-click anywhere here and start editing this page.
You can even save your changes. So, how does one deal with vandals (or accidents)?

Version control and diff

Version control turns out to be an excellent defense against vandals (and is pretty useful on its own, too). Every version of a page is saved in the database and you can view the difference between any two versions

How can all this be used?

Methods of Use

1. Collaboration for 
   • documentation (and its presentation format)
   • texts (books, articles) (and the format of a hyperbook)
   • what else?
2. Managing ToDo lists
3. Creating web sites
4. Organizing one's thoughts
5. Learning how to use real hypertext

FAQ 

What does “Wiki” mean?

“Wiki wiki” is a Hawaiian word meaning “quick.”

I still don't understand: What's the point of using a wiki?

The point is this:

1. you can create an environment for collecting and organizing knowledge
2. you can use an environment that is convenient to collaborate on documents and todo lists
3. you get an environment that allows convenient intersection of contexts (see: classical hypertext)

Still, what does a wiki SPECIFICALLY do? What do I get if I set up a wiki and use it for the first time?

You get a wiki site with a minimum set of pages. It won't do anything except serve users with that minimum set of pages and give them the ability and sense to edit them and create new pages.

Oh yeah? How does that happen? Everyone can create their own content?

That depends on the settings.

There were no restrictions in the original implementation of the wiki concept: anyone could change anything. This is of limited utility in real life, and this wiki provides for flexible management of reading and writing rights.

Here – by default, only our staff everyone can cee, create and add coments to pages.