What Are Wikis and Why Should You Use

What Are Wikis, and Why Should You Use Them? • The term "wiki" actually means quick in Hawaiian. • Wiki is a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users. • https: //business. tutsplus. com/tutorials/what-are-wikis-and-whyshould-you-use-them--cms-19540

List of wikis • There ara a lot of websites that use a wiki model. • These websites provide content management system for their users' needs. • they all share the same basic editing and viewing website model. • Examples: • Astro-Databank: www. astro. com, publishes the huge collection of astrological data. • Computer history: http: //gunkies. org/wiki/Main_Page, "Older" hardware &/or software. . • Here is a list of all wikis: https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/List_of_wikis

Wikipedia • Wikipedia was initially conceived as a feeder project for the Wales-founded Nupedia, an earlier project to produce a free online encyclopedia, volunteered by Bomis, a webadvertising firm owned by Jimmy Wales, Tim Shell and Michael E. Davis. • Wikipedia is a free, open content online encyclopedia created through the collaborative effort of a community of users known as Wikipedians. Anyone registered on the site can create an article for publication; registration is not required to edit articles. • Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Wikipedia can be edited by anyone at any time. This means that any information it contains at any particular time could be vandalism, a work in progress, or just plain wrong. . Wikipedia generally uses reliable secondary sources, which vet data from primary sources. • Anyone with Internet access can write and make changes to Wikipedia articles, except in limited cases where editing is restricted to prevent disruption or vandalism. Users can contribute anonymously, under a pseudonym, or, if they choose to, with their real identity.

Wikipedia projects • In addition to the encyclopedia, the non-profit Wikipedia foundation oversees several other open-content projects, including: • Wiktionary, a dictionary and thesaurus • Wikibooks, a collection of free texts and other books • Wikiquote, a collection of quotations • Wikisource, a collection of free source documents • Wikiversity, a collection of free learning materials • Wikispecies, a directory of species • Meta-Wiki, which coordinates all the other projects

How can I create a Wikipedia account? • First, click here. • Fill the boxes.

Why create an account on Wikipedia? • Choose an appropriate user name. • Create your own user page, to collaborate, share information about yourself. • Communicate with other editors via your own talk page. You can also opt in to exchanging emails with other users. • View a convenient list of all your contributions (edits), and use your watch list to monitor changes made to pages that interest you. • Use your unified login to work on Wikimedia's other projects • Use more advanced editing tools • Vote for the Picture of the Year and members of the Wikimedia Board. • How to create pages: https: //contentmarketinginstitute. com/2011/11/how-to-develop-a-wikipedia-page/

Editing Wikipedia • anyone can edit any unprotected page and improve articles immediately for all readers. • You do not need to register to do this. • Anyone who has edited is known as a "Wikipedian". • Wikipedia uses two methods of editing: • the new Visual Editor (VE), • classic editing through wiki markup (wikitext).

Protected pages • Some pages are protected from editing. • These pages are denoted by a lock icon on the top right of the page. • it will have a "View source" tab instead of an "Edit" tab. • You can still edit these pages indirectly, by submitting an edit request—an editor with the ability to edit the protected page will respond to your request. • You can submit a request by clicking on the "View source" tab on that page and using the "Submit an edit request" link at the bottom right.

Editing • https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Help: Editing