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*But if you're reading somebody else's work, and you think, "Yeah, but there's another point," being able to drop in a paragraph that says, "Well, yeah, but there's actually this." There's an awful lot of counterpoint, the "Yeah, but..." kind of thought, on wiki. Discussion groups do the same thing, but with discussion groups it all gets lost. [http://www.artima.com/intv/wiki.html]
*But if you're reading somebody else's work, and you think, "Yeah, but there's another point," being able to drop in a paragraph that says, "Well, yeah, but there's actually this." There's an awful lot of counterpoint, the "Yeah, but..." kind of thought, on wiki. Discussion groups do the same thing, but with discussion groups it all gets lost. [http://www.artima.com/intv/wiki.html]
==History==
The first wiki created was "Ward's Wiki", named for its programmer [[Ward Cunningham]]. It focused on software engineering topics and is still in existence. Wikipedia was created using [[MediaWiki]] software, custom designed for encyclopedia authoring. From 10,000 articles and 500 users it has grown to be a top 10 website with over 1 million articles in English alone; each other language is a separate wiki, but with interwiki links. Related projects using the same software include [[Wiktionary]] and a huge image repository.
Some wikis are open to editing by the general public, but some have sign-up requirements.
The [[New World Encyclopedia]] is the most serious academic fork of Wikipedia, financed by Rev. Moon's [[Universal Peace Federation]]. Its writers must submit two writing samples and their real-life academic credentials; they are paid for their submissions (either new articles or substantial revisions of Wikipedia articles). Citizendium is an all-volunteer project founded by [[Larry Sanger]].