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Everything about Wiki

Type of website edited collaboratively

A wiki is a form of hypertext publication on the internet which is collaboratively edited and managed by its audience directly through a web browser. A typical wiki contains multiple pages that can either be edited by the public or any organization. The name derives from the first user-editable website called WikiWikiWeb – wiki being a Hawaiian word meaning 'quick'. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: WikiA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: A Comprehensive Resource for Exploring Antiphage Defense: DefenseFinder Webservice,Wiki and DatabasesInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: WikipatternsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: miRDB: A microRNA target prediction and functional annotation database with a wiki interfaceCited 594 times
  5. Go sideways: Wiki softwareA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: WikiWikiWebA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

Verb To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.

Verb To contribute to a wiki.

Verb To participate in the wiki-based production of.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Characteristics
  2. History
  3. Alternative definitions
  4. Implementations
  5. Hosting
  6. Trust and security
  7. Communities
  8. Legal environment
  9. Conferences

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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