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Wikis
By Joe Burgess, Haesung Kim,
Alexander Murray-Watters and
Cindy Zhu
What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a page or collection of Web Pages
designed to enable anyone who accesses
it to contribute or modify content, using a
simplified Markup Language
 Webpage that anyone can edit
 Useful for keeping databases of
information easily accessible
 Wikipedia
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History
WikiWikiWeb was the
first site to be called a
wiki
 Created by Ward
Cunningham
 WikiWiki means quick
 March 15, 2007 Wiki
entered Oxford
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English Dictionary
Pros for Wikis
Provides large scale collaboration
 It promotes correlation of information
through easy linking between pages
 Allows for very up-to-date database of
information
 Involves visitors in the process of creation
and editing of pages
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Cons for Wikis
Reliability
 Information is easily biased by opinions
 Government can control information
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Opinions
Wikis are self-correcting
 Good for general information
 Randy Pauch said “It’s ok to use wikipedia
even if others say it is unreliable because
[I] know who writes the World Book
entries”
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