- One of the fastest ways to understand wikis is to see how wikis are different from many other tools for Internet-based communication such as e-mail, blogs, bulletin boards, forums, content management systems, and Web publishing systems.
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- Content management systems can only be used by expert programmers, whereas wikis can be used even by those lacking programming skills.
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- The growth of wikis was severely limited up until 2006 because the only way you could use a wiki was to first set up a wiki engine on a server.
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- Most of us are nervous about putting incomplete work in a public place. For wikis to work, though, this has to happen.
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- One of the reasons why ideas can flow so quickly when creating content in a wiki is that links to wiki pages can serve as placeholders for later thinking.
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- In wikis, the idea of one author is shattered. Because of this, unfinished content ends up being encouraged because it provides the opportunity for other authors to come in and help finish the job.
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- One of the cultural aspects that wikis embrace is the value of unfinished or half-finished content.
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- One of the reasons why ideas can flow so quickly when creating content in a wiki is that links to wiki pages can serve as placeholders for later thinking.
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- In wikis, the idea of one author is shattered.
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- Because of this, unfinished content ends up being encouraged because it provides the opportunity for other authors to come in and help finish the job.
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