This document provides an overview of wikis, including: - A wiki allows users to create, add, edit, or remove content from a website. The best known wiki is Wikipedia. - The word "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian word meaning "quick". It was named after the wiki-wiki bus at a Hawaiian airport. - The first wiki was created by Ward Cunningham in 1994 to allow for quick sharing and collaboration of ideas. - Wikis make it easy to share and collaborate on knowledge across borders with features like simple formatting, easy linking between pages, and ability to track changes. However, they also risk spreading misinformation if not properly monitored. - Wikis can be used in libraries for

1. WIKIS
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2. What is a Wiki ?
 A Wiki is a website which allows
User to create,add,edit,or
remove.
 Simply A Wiki is an easy-to-use
free webpage that multiple
people can edit.
 Best known wiki is wikipedia.

3. What does wiki mean?
• Wiki is a Hawaiian word which means
“fast ”or “quick”,or “to hasten”.
How the wiki got its name?
• Wiki-wiki is the name of the bus line in the
Honolulu international Airport.

4. History of wiki
The first wiki was created by
“Ward Cunningham”.
He started creating wikiwikiweb in 1994
He planned it to create and share ideas in
a quick way.
Ward’s wiki is still active today.

5. Why use a wiki ?
Easy to learn- no HTML required
Easy to share knowledge
Easy way to collaborate across borders
Ability to revert back to old versions
Ability to track who’s done what&where
Fostering collaboration among friends
and/or colleagues
Peer editing and writing

6. Characteristic’s of wiki
Simple hypertext format
Openness and accessibility encourages
participation
Changeable ownership
Unending content
Easy linking from one page to another
Not only a contributor edit their own
work,but also edit the work of others

7. Types of wiki’s
There are millions of
wikis available to users
on the web ranging in
a wide variety of
subjects,topics and
information

8. What can you do with a wiki ?
Easily create and edit webpages,including
styled
text,hyperlinks,pictures,audio,video,etc.,
Easy for a group to collabarate on creating
online documents.

9. Advantages
 Any one can edit
 No HTML required
 Changes are immediate
 Pages and links are instant & automatic
 No one knows everything, but every one
knows something
 Use web standards
 People can store their folders,pictures,their
discussion

10. Disadvantages
Any one can edit
Misinformation may not get fixed
immediately
Unfamiliar style(no HTML)

11. Wikis for libraries
 Simply as a library webpage/site
 Create,edit&provide free content/articles for research
 For sharing ideas
 Provide information about reference books,
databases,websites,etc
 Help for research by recommending
articles,websites,etc
 Answering reference questions(add/change
answers,FAQ)
 Online group study
 Multimedia information

12. Examples of wikis
 The largest and most talked about wiki on the
Internet is Wikipedia
• It free online encyclopedia with over 2 million articles in
english on a variety of topics
• 25 languages
• 2 million entries
• Five times more popular than Google news ,yahoo news or
BBC(hit wise)
 Wiki News
 wikiBooks
 Wikispaces
 Pbwiki
 Wikidot
 Mediawiki,etc,.

13. Examples of libray wikis
LIS wiki
Library success
EDCO wiki