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[[File:Oncyclopedia.png|thumb|right|200px|[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Uncyclopedia] is an endless parody of Wikipedia and more]] | [[File:Oncyclopedia.png|thumb|right|200px|[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Uncyclopedia] is an endless parody of Wikipedia and more]] | ||
The word '''''"wiki"'''' comes from Hawaiian expression ''"wiki wiki"'' == to do something quickly. Wikicode is perhaps the quickest way for a human to enter hypertext. There are more than one wikicode in existence but quite naturally the one used in [[w:Mediawiki|Mediawiki]], the software that runs Wikipedia and many other wikis. | The word '''''"wiki"''''' comes from Hawaiian expression '''''"wiki wiki"''''' == to do something quickly. The term was coined by inventor of the first wiki, http://c2.com, [[w:Ward Cunningham|Ward Cunningham]] in 1994-1995. | ||
Wikicode is perhaps the quickest way for a human to enter hypertext. There are more than one wikicode in existence but quite naturally the one used in [[w:Mediawiki|Mediawiki]], the software that runs Wikipedia and many other wikis. | |||
== How to wiki? == | |||
In mediawiki an external URL will have a small symbol after it to indicate a link not internal to the wiki or reached via the interwiki mechanism. | In mediawiki an external URL will have a small symbol after it to indicate a link not internal to the wiki or reached via the interwiki mechanism. | ||