What is a wiki?
AnswerA website that many users can edit together
A wiki lets many people create and edit linked pages collaboratively.
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The basics
The word 'wiki' comes from Hawaiian and means what?
AnswerQuick
In Hawaiian, 'wiki' means quick; 'wiki wiki' means very quick.
Going deeper
On a wiki, what is a 'stub'?
AnswerA very short article that needs expanding
A stub is an article with only basic information that needs more content.
What does it mean to 'revert' an edit on a wiki?
AnswerRestore an earlier version of the page
Reverting undoes an edit by returning the page to a previous version.
The first wiki, WikiWikiWeb, went online in which year?
Answer1995
WikiWikiWeb, the first wiki, was launched in 1995.
Expert level
On early wikis, what did typing a CamelCase word like FrontPage do?
AnswerCreate a link to a page with that name
Early wikis automatically turned CamelCase words into links to pages of the same name.
Software that runs a wiki site is commonly called what?
AnswerWiki engine
A wiki engine is the software that stores pages, tracks history and handles editing.
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