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What Does Wiki Mean?

Question

What is the "wiki" in WikiGardens all about? What does wiki mean and what does it have to do with a gardening site?

Answer

"Wiki" is Hawaiian for "quick" and is the name of the software that the WikiGardens site is build on. Wiki-based web sites were designed to enable collaboration and knowledge-sharing in the quickest, simpliest way possible. Basically, wikis allow users to create and edit web pages using only their web browser. This means you can directly participate in building and improving WikiGardens to become the best source of garden-related information on the web!

The particular wiki software that WikiGardens.com runs is called "TWiki" (http://twiki.org). This is a very powerful wiki engine that offers unique tools for organizing and finding content on our site. To learn more about TWiki, visit the TWiki web which has complete documentation or visit http://twiki.orglink-outside.gif.

To learn how to get started contributing to WikiGardens.com in mere minutes, visit QuickStartTutorial!

See also: Wikipedia:Wiki

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SubjectArea WikiGardens
Summary "Wiki" means "quick" and is the secret for why WikiGardens.com offers more options for you to help this become the best gardening site on the web.
Related Topics QuickStartTutorial
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