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5 wikis you must visit
- Wikipedia
- The international portal of Wikipedia, the world's largest and best known wiki; a free, collaboratively-created, wiki encyclopedia.
- Wikia
- Develop or create a wiki community of your own with free wiki hosting from Wikia.
- Portland Pattern Repository
- The original wiki, created in 1995. Mostly focuses on software-related topics.
- MeatballWiki
- A community of wiki practitioners striving to teach each other how to organize people using online tools. And some of the best advice you'll find about managing a wiki.
- English Wikinews
- A sister project to Wikipedia and one of the most important projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Wiki-style citizen journalism where you can write the news.
Information about wikis
- How to start a new wiki
- Information on starting a wiki hosted by Wikia, with advice and tips on where to start.
- Wiki Wiki Web FAQ
- Frequently asked questions about Wikis, how they work, and a history of them.
- How to start a wiki
- Information on how to start a wiki from Wikibooks, free-content educational textbooks.
- Wiklossary
- A concise glossary of wiki terms and practices, for the new wiki user.
- WikiFeatures
- Discussion of real, imaginary and under-development features for wikis.
Wiki hosting: finding a place for your wiki
- Wikia
- Develop or create a wiki community of your own with free wiki hosting from Wikia. Using the same MediaWiki software that Wikipedia uses, and with full technical and community support, you'll be able to join a community that includes some of the world's largest wikis.
- Socialtext
- If you're looking for an open source Enterprise Wiki rather than a public community-focused wiki, Socialtext is available as a hosted service or installed on a hardware appliance.
- WikiMatrix
- Can't decide what sort of wiki you need? WikiMatrix can help guide you through the process.
Wiki engines: for when you want to install your own
- WikiEngines
- A list of wiki engines at c2.com sorted by language the engine is written in.
- List of wiki software
- Wikipedia's list of the different software available for running your own wiki. (See also the definition of "wiki software".)
- MediaWiki
- One of the most widely used wiki engines. Developed for Wikipedia and now in use by Wikicities and thousands of other sites. (Wikipedia article on MediaWiki.)
- TWiki
- A very extensible engine that is popular on corporate wiki sites. (Wikipedia article on TWiki.)
- UseModWiki
- An early Perl wiki, developed in 1999. (Wikipedia article on UseModWiki.)
- Kwiki
- The wiki software used by Socialtext is based on this open source engine, which is designed to be easy to install. (Wikipedia article on Kwiki.)
- DokuWiki
- A relatively new engine aimed at the documentation needs of small companies. (Wikipedia article on DokuWiki.)
- TikiWiki
- Open source CMS/Groupware. (Wikipedia article on TikiWiki.)
- XWiki
- Claims to have the features needed for enterprise usage. (Wikipedia article on XWiki.)
- PhpWiki
- An easy-to-install PHP wiki engine. (Wikipedia article on PhpWiki.)
- PmWiki
- Apparently easy to install and to customize. (Wikipedia article on PmWiki.)
- WakkaWiki
- No longer maintained, but a once popular engine with many clones. (Wikipedia article on WakkaWiki.)
- MoinMoin
- A commonly used wiki engine which relies on flat files rather than a database. (Wikipedia article on MoinMoin.)
- TiddlyWiki
- A client-side application well suited for use as a personal notebook. (Wikipedia article on TiddlyWiki.)
Latest info on wikis
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From wikia.com
These are wikis on topics I find interesting... they're the ones I'd edit if I had time! Not all of these are great wikis yet, but they all have great potential. Look at the list of Wikia and make your own list of favorites. Why not create a new lens for your list - let me know and I'll link it from here!
These are just my top 10. See my user page on Wikia for a longer list.
These are just my top 10. See my user page on Wikia for a longer list.
- Anti-censorship wiki
- This wiki is a database of everything related to censorship past and present, in news media, film, artwork, and literature. The current focus is on online Internet censorship.
Are you aware of Internet censorship? Please create a new page on this wiki and document the problem. - Collaboration wiki
- Meta Collab is an open research, meta collaboration (a collaboration on collaboration) with the aim to explore the similarities and differences in the nature, methods and motivations of collaboration across any and every field of human endeavour.
- Community Communication Wiki
- The Community Communication Project is an attempt to find better ways for communities to interact, to share information -- to communicate.
- Conference wiki
- Have you ever been to a conference where someone suggested you all needed a wiki to collaborate on? If so, this Wikia is for you. This space can be used for planning and documenting any conference, and used for the follow-up discussions and activities that take place after the event.
- The Unofficial Google Wiki
- Share the latest google news and document your favorite Google appliances. A place for all Google fans to collaborate.
- How To?
- Wikihowto is a new wiki-style site offering open and free know-how, do it yourself guides, independent solutions and tutorials in a diverse range of subjects and languages.
- Internet wiki
- This wiki aims to cover the entire Internet! Write about your favorite site. Write about your favorite browser. Write about your favoite Internet personalities. Anything to do with the Internet is welcome here!
- Open Source Software Wiki
- Free and Open Source Software
This wiki is for describing, discussing, and documenting open source software. The wiki also aims to bring together communities of developers as well as give some background information about free software.
Feel free to create pages about your free and open source software project. - Anti-spam wiki
- A brand new wiki that documents the fight against spam - on wikis, blogs, forums, and email. This wiki needs new users, so if you have something to say about SPAM - please join in! Do you have some anti-spam tips to share?
- Startup wiki
- Are you running a startup? This under-developed wiki needs your help. Please join us to share what you've learnt.
- The Top 10 Wiki
- A list of my top 10 wikis wouldn't be complete without the Top 10 Wiki itself! This wiki is simply a place for "top 10" lists - of everything!
Top 10 Australian Songs Of All Time
Top 10 Baseball Players of 2006
Top 10 Castles in Britain
Top 10 Cities in the USA
What's your Top 10? - Web 2.0 Wiki
- A new wiki for documenting all that is, or claims to be, Web 2.0! Write about your favorite web 2.0 sites or explain what you think the term Web 2.0 means on your own user page after logging in.
Wikis: Tools for Information Work and Collaboration
A great book on wikis
Angela Beesley, a founder of Wikia co-authored the chapter on managing a wiki for this book
Wikis: Tools for Information Work and Collaboration (Information Professional)
Paperback
Amazon Price: $53.95 (as of 10/07/2008)
Wikis: Tools for Information Work and Collaboration (Information Professional)
Hardback
Amazon Price: $99.95 (as of 10/07/2008)
Other wiki books on Amazon
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
Amazon Price: $50.36 (as of 10/07/2008)
Wikis For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 10/07/2008)
Wikipatterns
Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 10/07/2008)
Professional Wikis (Programmer to Programmer)
Amazon Price: $26.39 (as of 10/07/2008)
Blogs, Wikis, MySpace, and More: Everything You Want to Know About Using Web 2.0 but Are Afraid to Ask
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 10/07/2008)
Wiki pancakes
A different sort of wiki...
Remember that wiki means quick in Hawaiian, so not everything "wiki" you find on Amazon is about an editable website. Here's some pancake mix to keep your strength up when fighting the vandals on your wiki. :)
