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Everything about WikiWikiWeb
First user-editable website (launched 1995)
The WikiWikiWeb is the first wiki, or user-editable website. It was launched on 25 March 1995 by programmer Ward Cunningham and has been a read-only archive since 2015. The name WikiWikiWeb originally also applied to the wiki software that operated the website, which was later renamed to "WikiBase". Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: WikiWikiWebA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Essays on Free KnowledgeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: WikiWikiWeb as a Tool for CollaborationCited 2 times
- Go sideways: History of wikisA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Ward CunninghamA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Essays on Free KnowledgeLarry Sanger · 2020
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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