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{{Wiki_Tutorial_Menu}}{| class="plainlinks" cellspacing=Introduction"0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="background:#eaecf0; color:#54595d; margin-top: 0; width: 100% !important;"A '''wiki''' ({{IPAc-en|audiostyle=en"padding-us-wiki.oggleft: 1em;" |ˈ|wstyle="padding: 1em;" |ɪ[[File:Ward Cunningham, Inventor of the Wiki.webm|kthumb|i}} {{respell|WIK|ee}}) Interview with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham Ward Cunningham], inventor of the wiki.]]A wiki is a [[hypertext]] publication [[Collaborative editing|collaboratively edited]] and managed by its own audience directly using a [[web browser]]. A typical wiki contains multiple pages for the subjects or scope of the project and may be either open to the public or limited to use within an organization for maintaining its internal [[knowledge base]], as we are doing it for University Innovation Fellows program. It is important to remember that this site is different from that of the UIFs main website. The website has information about the program and other details which are mostly showcase it to external folks, but whereas the Wiki, can kind of internal site for the fellows community, to interact, collaborate, discuss, and create resources which everyone can share, use and contribute to.
Wikis are enabled by [[wiki software]], otherwise known as wiki engines. A In our case, we are using [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki engine, being a form /MediaWiki MediaWiki]. Some important features of a [[content management system]], wiki platform are;*It differs from other [[web application|web-based]] systems such as [[blog software]], in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader, and wikis have .*It has little inherent structure, allowing structure to emerge according to the needs of the users.<ref name="Easy Wiki Hosting "/> *Wiki engines usually allow content to be written using a simplified [[markup language]] and sometimes edited with the help of a [[Online rich-text editor|rich.You might be wondering might what this has to do with one of the most popular Wiki-text editor]].<ref name="Britannica">{{citation|title=wiki|encyclopedia=names we hear, [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|volume=1|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]]|year=2007|location=London|url=httphttps://www.britannicawikipedia.com/EBchecked/topic/1192819org/Wikipedia]. Yes, the online encyclopedia project Wikipedia is the most popular wiki|accessdate=April 10-based website, and is one of the most widely viewed sites in the world, having been ranked in the top ten since 2007. In addition to Wikipedia, 2008|url-status=live|archiveurl=there are [https://weben.archivewikipedia.org/web/20080424074513/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1192819/wiki|archivedate=April 24, 2008}}</ref> There are dozens List_of_wikis hundreds of thousands of different wiki engines other wikis in use], both standalone public and part private, including wikis functioning as knowledge management resources, notetaking tools, community websites, and intranets. Ward Cunningham, the developer of other the first wiki software, such WikiWikiWeb, originally described wiki as [[bug tracking system]]s"the simplest online database that could possibly work." "Wiki" is a Hawaiian word meaning "quick."|}<div style="float:right; margin-top: 0.0em; margin-bottom:3px; background-color: #cee0f2; padding: .2em . Some wiki engines are [[open6em; font-source software|open source]], whereas others are size: 130%; border:1px solid #A3B1BF;">'''Continue to''' '''[[proprietary softwareHelp:Wiki_Tutorial/Navigation|proprietaryNavigation]]. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access)''' <span style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold; for example, editing rights may permit changing, adding, or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Other rules may be imposed to organize content.">→</span></div>
The online encyclopedia project [[Wikipedia]] is the most popular wiki-based website, and is one of the most widely viewed sites in the world, having been ranked in the top ten since 2007.<ref name="Alexa Top Sites">{{citation|url=httpCategory://www.alexa.com/topsites|title=Alexa Top Sites|accessdate=December 1, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302173920/http://www.alexa.com/topsites|archivedate=March 2, 2015}}</ref> Wikipedia is not a single wiki but rather a collection of hundreds of wikis, with each one pertaining to a specific language. In addition to Wikipedia, there are hundreds of thousands of other wikis in use, both public and private, including wikis functioning as [[knowledge management]] resources, [[notetaking software|notetaking]] tools, [[Web community|community websites]], and [[intranet]]s. The English-language Wikipedia has the largest collection of articles: as of February 2020, it has over 6 million articles. [[Ward Cunningham]], the developer of the first wiki software, [[WikiWikiWeb]], originally described wiki as "the simplest online database that could possibly work."<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki|title=What is a Wiki|accessdate=April 10, 2008|publisher=WikiWikiWeb|last=Cunningham|first=Ward|date=June 27, 2002|authorlink=Ward Cunningham|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416212802/http://www.wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki|archivedate=April 16, 2008}}</ref> "[[wikt:wiki#Hawaiian|Wiki]help pages]" (pronounced {{IPA-haw|ˈwiki|}}{{refn|group=note|The realization of the Hawaiian {{IPA|/w/|lang=haw}} [[phoneme]] varies between {{IPA|[w]|lang=haw}} and {{IPA|[v]|lang=haw}}, and the realization of the {{IPA|/k/|lang=haw}} phoneme varies between {{IPA|[k]|lang=haw}} and {{IPA|[t]|lang=haw}}, among other realizations. Thus, the pronunciation of the Hawaiian word ''wiki'' varies between {{IPA|['wiki]|lang=haw}}, {{IPA|['witi]|lang=haw}}, {{IPA|['viki]|lang=haw}}, and {{IPA|['viti]|lang=haw}}. See [[Hawaiian phonology]] for more details.}}) is a [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] word meaning "quick."<ref>{{vcite web|url=http://www.mauimapp.com/moolelo/hwnwdshw.htm|title=Hawaiian Words; Hawaiian to English|publisher=mauimapp.com|accessdate=September 19, 2008|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914154748/http://www.mauimapp.com/moolelo/hwnwdshw.htm|archivedate=September 14, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Hasan|first=Heather|title=Wikipedia, 3.5 million articles and counting|year=2012|isbn=9781448855575|page=[https://archive.org/details/wikipedia35milli0000hasa/page/11 11]|url=https://archive.org/details/wikipedia35milli0000hasa/page/11|publisher=New York : Rosen Central|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026122531/https://archive.org/details/wikipedia35milli0000hasa/page/11|archive-date=October 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Andrews|first=Lorrin|title=A dictionary of the Hawaiian language to which is appended an English-Hawaiian vocabulary and a chronological table of remarkable events|year=1865|publisher=Henry M. Whitney|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofhawa00andrrich/|page=514|access-date=June 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815064248/https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofhawa00andrrich/|archive-date=August 15, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Structure=====Namespaces======Categories=====User account maintenance==