History: About WikiSym

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WikiSym is a symposium (conference) series dedicated to wiki and open collaboration research and practice. It is backed by a U.S.-based 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. Get on the low traffic wikisym-announce mailing list and follow us on Twitter (external link) to stay up-to-date on the events.

A wiki is a website-based collaboration tool and content management system where everyone with access to the website can read, edit, and organize the contents, usually through a simple browser interface. The technology is so flexible, however, that wikis are being used for almost any conceivable purpose.

  • If you wonder about the significance of wikis for societal progress, you need to look no further than Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, which tries to provide the knowledge of the world to everyone, without borders, without limits.

  • If you wonder about the significance of wikis for commerce and enterprises, we like to cite Shashi Seth, Sr. Product Manager at Google: “This company runs on wikis.” (A statement made at WikiSym 2005.) Shashi is refering to GooWiki and Sparrow.

Testimonials:


  • From a Wikipedia researcher (2009)
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History

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Date UserEdit Comment Version Action
Sun 21 of Mar., 2010 01:03 EDT psayers + link 10
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Sun 21 of Mar., 2010 00:58 EDT psayers   9  v  s  
Sun 21 of Mar., 2010 00:55 EDT psayers   8  v  s  
Sun 21 of Mar., 2010 00:44 EDT psayers +video 7  v  s  
Mon 11 of Jan., 2010 09:24 EST MarcLaporte page doesn't exist 6  v  s  
Sat 14 of Mar., 2009 19:22 EDT marclaporte I am guessing you want a wiki link [rollback version 3] 5  v  s  
Sat 14 of Mar., 2009 18:10 EDT DirkRiehle   2  v  s  
Thu 12 of Mar., 2009 19:29 EDT MarcLaporte Mostly taken from http://www.wikisym.org/about/ 1  v  s