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5 interesting wikis 

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.
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.

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.)

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Green Wikia
Encyclopedia of everything green.
Scratchpad Wiki Labs
Add your own project or mini-wiki here
Wikianswers
Wikia's Q&A project, Wikianswers, aims to create the best answers collaboratively.

Wikis: Tools for Information Work and Collaboration 

A book I contributed to

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: $85.00 (as of 01/07/2010) Buy Now

Wikis: Tools for Information Work and Collaboration (Information Professional)

Hardback

Amazon Price: $99.95 (as of 01/07/2010) Buy Now

Other wiki books on Amazon 

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms

Amazon Price: $21.66 (as of 01/07/2010) Buy Now

Wikis For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

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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. :)
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by Angela

Angela Beesley Starling (@wikiangela) is a co-founder of Wikia. (more)

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