When most people hear “wiki”, they immeidately think of “Wikipedia“. Well, there are many more out there than that, and we hope to let you know a bit more about what exactly they are.
Essentially a wiki is a website that is made up of a series of web pages that are editable by multiple people, and easy to roll back revisions in case something is overwritten or changed that is incorrect. There are many, many uses outside of the idea of encyclopedias, such as:
- Teams can work on projects together from anywhere
- Families can set up pages about themselves, reunions, weddings and more
- Sports teams can use them to track practices, progress, schedules and so on.
- Build informational sites about a hobby you have, television shows you enjoy, comic books or anything you can imagine.
The nice thing is that the learning curve for a wiki is very low with no design knowledge needed, and usually a fairly intuitive language for linking to other pages. There are numerous wiki solutions out there, but the most popular, by far, is MediaWiki which is the software that powers Wikipedia. Even if you don’t want to run the software on your own, there are many hosted solutions out there that can take care of the technical side of things for you.
What are you waiting for? Set up a wiki and start sharing your information with the world or just your family!
