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A '''pseudowiki''' is a site that calls itself a wiki or imitates a popular wiki skin (such as Vector) but is not actually a wiki. Examples would be [[Ensis wiki]], which calls itself a wiki, and which may use a private wiki, and http://blog.wikimedia.org/ (WordPress). With reference to this trend, [[Karsten Hoffmeyer]] noted, with regard to 12 of the 17 [[Wikimedia chapter]]s,[http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wiki.wikiapiary.general/74]
A '''pseudowiki''' is a site that calls itself a [[wiki]] or imitates a popular wiki skin (such as Vector), but is not actually a [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]]. Examples would be [[Ensis wiki]], which calls itself a wiki, and which may use a [[:Category:Private|private wiki]], and [[Wikimedia blog]] (WordPress). With reference to this trend, [[Karsten Hoffmeyer]] noted, with regard to 12 of the 17 [[:Category:Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia chapters]],[http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wiki.wikiapiary.general/74]
{{cquote|The other chapters do not have the dignity to use MediaWiki. Well, this is imho a bit shameful but basically it is none of my business. So ... One funny thing though I had a jolly good laugh about: one chapter sort of imitates the Vector skin using another CMS.}}
{{cquote|The other chapters do not have the dignity to use [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]. Well, this is imho a bit shameful but basically it is none of my business. So ... One funny thing though I had a jolly good laugh about: one chapter sort of imitates the Vector skin using another [[:Category:Content management system|CMS]].}}


==See also==
;See also
*[[:Category:NotAWiki]]
*[[:Category:NotAWiki]]
[[Category:Glossary]]