: a website that allows visitors to make changes, contributions, or corrections
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Today, wikis are common stops on the information superhighway; however, they only date to 1995, after computer programmer Ward Cunningham introduced his software WikiWikiWeb to the world. The software, whose name is based on a Hawaiian term for "quick," allows website visitors to contribute content to its pages and comment on and make changes to information posted by others. A site using the software is referred to as a wiki.
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Marvel wikis lead down some interesting roads with that moniker, but who knows!
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
From every game that is dropped into the world, such accounts ripple outward: anecdotes, analyses, debates, and rumors, these days mostly online, in the form of wikis, Twitch streams, YouTube videos, and Reddit posts.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Atlassian builds a lot of collaboration software—mostly things like project management tools, knowledge management tools like company intranets, wiki or tools like Trello, Jira.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
The social media post contained an image of the character Sister, a trans woman and clone trooper who was first introduced in the Star Wars novel The Queen’s Hope, according to the Star Wars Fandom wiki.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 10 Oct. 2024
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
From every game that is dropped into the world, such accounts ripple outward: anecdotes, analyses, debates, and rumors, these days mostly online, in the form of wikis, Twitch streams, YouTube videos, and Reddit posts.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Atlassian builds a lot of collaboration software—mostly things like project management tools, knowledge management tools like company intranets, wiki or tools like Trello, Jira.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
The social media post contained an image of the character Sister, a trans woman and clone trooper who was first introduced in the Star Wars novel The Queen’s Hope, according to the Star Wars Fandom wiki.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Wiki.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiki. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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