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|language        = English
|language        = English
|editmode        = ConfirmEmail
|editmode        = ConfirmEmail
|engine          = CustomEngine
|engine          = Custom engine
|license          = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
|license          = Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike
|maintopic        = Wiki
|maintopic        = Wiki
|backupurl        = <!--database dump backup file URL; found at '/Special:Statistics' on Wikia & some other MediaWiki sites; archived URL may also be used-->
|backupurl        = <!--database dump backup file URL; found at '/Special:Statistics' on Wikia & some other MediaWiki sites; archived URL may also be used-->
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'''Encycla''' isn't ''quite'' a [[wiki]], instead, it's sort of a 'next generation' wiki.  Unlike a traditional [[WhatIsWiki|wiki site]], where everyone [[edit]]s a single page, on Encycla, each [[user]] maintains their own personal copy of a page, and changes are suggested (pulled) between pages.
'''Encycla''' isn't ''quite'' a [[wiki]], instead, it's sort of a 'next generation' wiki.  Unlike a traditional [[WhatIsWiki|wiki site]], where everyone [[edit]]s a single page, on Encycla, each [[user]] maintains their own personal copy of a page, and changes are suggested (pulled) between pages.


Encycla is built on the same {{tag|Git}} technology used by [[:Category:Software development|software engineers]], and each page in Encycla is a git repository containing {{tag|markdown}}; all of which can be edited independently of the Encycla website, pushed to other services (such as [[GitHub]], [[GitLab]]), etc.
Encycla is built on the same {{tag|Git}} technology used by [[:Category:Software development|software engineers]], and each page in Encycla is a git repository containing {{tag|markdown}}; all of which can be edited independently of the Encycla website, pushed to other services (such as [[GitHub]], [[:Category:GitLab|GitLab]]), etc.


Encycla allows for easy import of [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] articles to start writing about a topic.
Encycla allows for easy import of [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] articles to start writing about a topic.