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'''WikiWikiWeb''' is the first {{tag|Wiki Engine|wiki engine}} and wiki forum ever! The wiki engine has been developed in the {{tag|Perl}} programming language since 1994 by [[WardCunningham]], and is based on a HyperCard stack that Cunningham designed for {{tag|collaboration}} with his former colleagues at Tektronix in Portland, Oregon. | '''WikiWikiWeb''' is the first {{tag|Wiki Engine|wiki engine}} and wiki forum ever! The wiki engine has been developed in the {{tag|Perl}} programming language since 1994 by [[WardCunningham]], and is based on a HyperCard stack that Cunningham designed for {{tag|collaboration}} with his former colleagues at Tektronix in Portland, Oregon. | ||
As of 2014.12.26 23:46 C2 is effectively locked | As of 2014.12.26 23:46 C2 is effectively locked by a world wide [[RangeBlock]], which was instated minutes after a WikiWikiWeb user sent a message to [[WardCunningham]] expressing concern about the nearly-continuous automated page creation by [[user:Manorainjan]] (see below) of off-topic material and pages with names consisting of strings of repeated characters and no meaningful content. The HomePage does not mention it and pages appear to be editable until one tries to save the edit. | ||
The wiki forum was inaugurated in the Internet domain of Cunningham's {{tag|software}} consultancy Cunningham & Cunningham, Incorporated, also in Portland, on March 25, 1995, as an automated add-on to its [[Portland Pattern Repository]], a directory for publication of programming patterns which programmers sent by E-mail. | The wiki forum was inaugurated in the Internet domain of Cunningham's {{tag|software}} consultancy Cunningham & Cunningham, Incorporated, also in Portland, on March 25, 1995, as an automated add-on to its [[Portland Pattern Repository]], a directory for publication of programming patterns which programmers sent by E-mail. | ||