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A '''federated wiki''' is one that is in which [[user]]s help to host the content of the [[wiki]] themselves. They can either [[mirror|mirror]] the entire site, or some portion of the pages they find relevant or choose to [[forking|fork]] part of it and accept or reject certain edits that they find more or less constructive.
A '''federated wiki''' is one that is in which [[user]]s help to host the content of the [[wiki]] themselves. They can either [[mirror]] the entire site, or some portion of the pages they find relevant or choose to [[fork]] part of it and accept or reject certain edits that they find more or less constructive.


In 2012, [[Ward Cunningham]] decided to [http://www.wired.com/2012/07/wiki-inventor/ introduce] the [[Smallest Federated Wiki]] on [[Github]] to allow users to help federate [[Ward's Wiki]], or any other projects. (see [https://github.com/WardCunningham/Smallest-Federated-Wiki here]).  This is similar to [[interwiki]], and [[MeatBallWiki]]'s idea of [[OneBigWiki]].
In 2012, [[Ward Cunningham]] decided to [https://www.Wired.com/2012/07/wiki-inventor/ introduce] the [[Smallest Federated Wiki]] on [[GitHub]] to allow users to help federate [[WikiWikiWeb |Ward's Wiki]], or any other projects. See [https://GitHub.com/WardCunningham/Smallest-Federated-Wiki here].  This is similar to [[interwiki]], and [[MeatballWiki]]'s idea of 'OneBigWiki'.


Since February 2015, a sample implementation is online: http://c2.fed.wiki.org/
Since February 2015, a sample implementation is online: http://c2.fed.wiki.org/{{DeadEL}}


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