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The line between [[wiki]], [[:Category:Blog|blog]], and other kind of [[:Category:Web|website]] can be blurry. Suppose a person has a static [[:Category:HTML|HTML]] website, and gives a few friends FTP accounts and passwords to let them [[edit]] the HTML files. Does that make it a {{tag|WikiConcept|wiki}}? The {{Wp|wiki}} article on the [[English Wikipedia]] states: <blockquote>"While a wiki is a type of content management system, it differs from a blog or most other such systems in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader, and wikis have little implicit structure, allowing structure to emerge according to the needs of the users."</blockquote> | The line between [[wiki]], [[:Category:Blog|blog]], and other kind of [[:Category:Web|website]] can be blurry. Suppose a person has a static [[:Category:HTML|HTML]] website, and gives a few friends FTP accounts and passwords to let them [[edit]] the HTML files. Does that make it a {{tag|WikiConcept|wiki}}? The {{Wp|wiki}} article on the [[English Wikipedia]] states: <blockquote>"While a wiki is a type of content management system, it differs from a blog or most other such systems in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader, and wikis have little implicit structure, allowing structure to emerge according to the needs of the users."</blockquote> | ||
That doesn't even sound like an accurate description, because [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] always have a defined [[owner]] or [[leader]]. Also, a static HTML website has little implicit structure too, aside from the constraints of its markup language. [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] and its many extensions impose quite a bit of structure on how wikitext is to be interpreted. A wiki {{Mw|Manual:Using MediaWiki as a content management system|can also be configured}} to make it not much different from another [[:Category:Content management system|content management system]] (CMS). | That doesn't even sound like an accurate description, because [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] always have a defined [[owner]] or [[leader]]. Also, a static HTML website has little implicit structure too, aside from the constraints of its markup language. [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] and its many extensions impose quite a bit of structure on how [[wikitext]] is to be interpreted. A wiki {{Mw|Manual:Using MediaWiki as a content management system|can also be configured}} to make it not much different from another [[:Category:Content management system|content management system]] (CMS). | ||
Some features commonly implemented by wiki software, also known as a [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki engine]], include the storing of [[History|page histories]] so that edits can be easily [[revert]]ed, and existence-detecting [[wikilink]]s. | Some features commonly implemented by wiki software, also known as a [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki engine]], include the storing of [[History|page histories]] so that edits can be easily [[revert]]ed, and existence-detecting [[wikilink]]s. | ||