Comments on: What is a Wiki? http://ldsmediatalk.com/2008/07/14/what-is-a-wiki/ Sharing technology ideas for LDS parents and youth Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:36:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wikipedia and the Cognitive Surplus | LDS Media Talk http://ldsmediatalk.com/2008/07/14/what-is-a-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-21132 Wikipedia and the Cognitive Surplus | LDS Media Talk Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:30:55 +0000 http://www.ldsmediatalk.com/?p=352#comment-21132 [...] like to expand on a blog post from earlier this year by Larry Richman called What is a Wiki? As Larry explains, the nature of a wiki is to enable just about anyone to contribute an article or [...] [...] like to expand on a blog post from earlier this year by Larry Richman called What is a Wiki? As Larry explains, the nature of a wiki is to enable just about anyone to contribute an article or [...]

]]> By: What is RSS? | LDS Media Talk http://ldsmediatalk.com/2008/07/14/what-is-a-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-17239 What is RSS? | LDS Media Talk Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:25:47 +0000 http://www.ldsmediatalk.com/?p=352#comment-17239 [...] is used to distribute regularly-updated Internet content (such as news headlines, blogs, and wikis). People subscribe for free to RSS feeds to automatically receive content from a Web site or [...] [...] is used to distribute regularly-updated Internet content (such as news headlines, blogs, and wikis). People subscribe for free to RSS feeds to automatically receive content from a Web site or [...]

]]> By: jacob http://ldsmediatalk.com/2008/07/14/what-is-a-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-16200 jacob Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:26:16 +0000 http://www.ldsmediatalk.com/?p=352#comment-16200 In the beginning, there was only <a href="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki" rel="nofollow">one wiki</a>, or at least one site that called itself a wiki. In those days, <em>wiki</em> was more about the ease of formatting text for the web, such as putting *stars* around a word to make it <strong>bold</strong> or /slashes/ around a word to make it <em>italic</em>. Since then the word <em>wiki</em> has changed to represent the idea of community editing more than a particular coding for text formatting. This difference continues to grow as many modern wikis use an in-brower rich-text editor for editing wiki pages, making the wiki-editing process much more real-person friendly. I'm just mentioning this because there are some people who still think about text-formatting patterns when they hear "wiki" while others think about collaborative editing. When a group visits their IT office to discuss setting up a wiki, they should make it clear what is really implied when they start throwing out the <em>wiki</em> word. In the beginning, there was only one wiki, or at least one site that called itself a wiki. In those days, wiki was more about the ease of formatting text for the web, such as putting *stars* around a word to make it bold or /slashes/ around a word to make it italic.

Since then the word wiki has changed to represent the idea of community editing more than a particular coding for text formatting. This difference continues to grow as many modern wikis use an in-brower rich-text editor for editing wiki pages, making the wiki-editing process much more real-person friendly.

I’m just mentioning this because there are some people who still think about text-formatting patterns when they hear “wiki” while others think about collaborative editing. When a group visits their IT office to discuss setting up a wiki, they should make it clear what is really implied when they start throwing out the wiki word.

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