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authorPeter Thoeny <web-hurd@gnu.org>2000-11-27 09:04:00 +0000
committerPeter Thoeny <web-hurd@gnu.org>2000-11-27 09:04:00 +0000
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+**FAQ:**
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+Everybody can edit any page, this is scary. Doesn't that lead to chaos?
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+**Answer:**
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%WIKITOOLNAME% is one of many [[WikiWikiClones]], the first one was built by Ward Cummingham. Collaborating the Wiki way is different from other collaboration tools like Usenet. A distinct **_Wiki culture_** forms around these tools:
* Any and all information can be deleted by anyone. Wiki pages represent nothing but discussion and consensus because it's much easier to delete flames, spam and trivia than to indulge them. What remains is naturally meaningful.
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* Wiki is far from real time. Folk have time to think, often days or weeks, before they follow up some wiki page. So what people write is well-considered.
-(Quoted from _WhyWikiWorks_ at Ward's original Wiki system, the Portland Pattern Repository, <http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhyWikiWorks)>
+(quoted from _WhyWikiWorks_ at Ward's original Wiki system, the Portland Pattern Repository, <http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhyWikiWorks)>
-Related topics: [[TWikiWeb]], [[WelcomeGuest]], [[GoodStyle]], [[WikiSyntax]]
+Related topics: [[TWikiWeb]], [[WelcomeGuest]], [[GoodStyle]], [[WikiSyntax]], [[TWikiFAQ]]
--- %MAINWEB%.PeterThoeny - 05 Nov 2000 <br />
+-- %MAINWEB%.PeterThoeny - 27 Nov 2000 <br />