I don't have the link for the one my Wicca group uses on me (yes, it's true, it's a Wicca wiki), but it's essentially a website which allows multiple users to edit pages, and it keeps track of what changes were made.
Think about Wikipedia, which is an online encyclopedia which can be changed by anyone who is viewing it. Which is why you have to be VERY careful about using it as a reference. Now, they do have people who monitor it to undo changes that are made either maliciously or in error. But it can still contain inaccurate info.
We used ours when designing a set of lessons for our new students to go through. Any of us could go to the wiki and change the structure or text of a lesson, and then say to everyone, "Hey, what do you think of this?" It's like a web-based development area.
Basically, a wiki is a website that can be edited by (some subset of) its end users. wikipedia is probably the biggest example. They run mediawiki, which was specifically written for their use. I run several wikis these days, one using twiki and the rest mediawiki, but none of them are accessible to the 'net-at-large for various reasons.
Mediawiki is really easy to set up, easy for the users, and looks good. It is my first recommendation for one to use.
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Think about Wikipedia, which is an online encyclopedia which can be changed by anyone who is viewing it. Which is why you have to be VERY careful about using it as a reference. Now, they do have people who monitor it to undo changes that are made either maliciously or in error. But it can still contain inaccurate info.
We used ours when designing a set of lessons for our new students to go through. Any of us could go to the wiki and change the structure or text of a lesson, and then say to everyone, "Hey, what do you think of this?" It's like a web-based development area.
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wikipedia is probably the biggest example. They run mediawiki, which was specifically written for their use. I run several wikis these days, one using twiki and the rest mediawiki, but none of them are accessible to the 'net-at-large for various reasons.
Mediawiki is really easy to set up, easy for the users, and looks good. It is my first recommendation for one to use.
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