[GNHLUG] "Hey, Wiki, you're so fine..." CentraLUG, 7 June 2010, Hopkinton Public Library

[Tom Buskey]

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Jeffry Smith <jsmith at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Ted Roche <tedroche at tedroche.com> wrote:
> > Extra credit: on another list where I posted this announcement, we are
> > having a good discussion of "what defines a wiki versus a blog or a CMS"
> > Opinions welcomed. Venn diagrams for extra, extra credit ;)
> >
> 1.  The page IS the document (you see it when you open it, not when
> you download some .doc, .ppt, or other document).
> 2.  Anyone can edit any page (modulo some require login, others accept
> anonymous edits - but basically if you have edit privs to one page,
> you have them to all)
> 3.  Simplified markup - no need to know HTML
>

But you do need to learn wiki markup.  Knowing HTML doesn't help.


> 4.  History of the page / Ability to see past editions / ability to
> see what has changed
>


my quick list on wikis.
>
> Note this excludes SharePoint as a Wiki, AFAICS.  Unfortunately, I've
> had way too many people tell me SharePoint is  a wiki, even if it
> doesn't allow the editing / mainly stores documents.  Normally by
> declaring SharePoint a Wiki by fiat, not because it meets the
> definition.
>
>
SharePoint does have a wiki module.  We drank the koolaid at work & run
SharePoint.  We have a wiki section that works like a wiki.  Most of our
SharePoint is a CMS though.
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