Starting a wiki

Wiki resources

[edit] Starting and running your own wiki

How to start a wiki, from Wikibooks, a quick guide to starting your own wiki
Wikipatterns by Stewart Mader (2007, Wiley). ISBN 0470223626. Book about once you've got a wiki, how do you make it work? These are some ideas and patterns for making wikis work.
The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web by Bo Leuf and Ward Cunningham. (2001, Addison-Wesley). ISBN 978-0201714999. This original book about wikis is now dated technologically, but still offers good ideas about collaboration and how wiki software should be structured.

wikimatrix.org, a site that compares wiki software
comparison of software packages (if you want to install a wiki in your existing website)
comparison of hosting services(if you want another company to host your wiki for you)
key terms to search for: "wiki engine", "wiki software", "enterprise wiki", "hosted wiki"

pbwiki -- a wiki company that offers free hosted wikis, good for small groups
wikispaces -- a wiki company that offers hosted wikis, good for small groups or nonprofits
Confluence -- Wiki software designed for companies
Socialtext -- Wiki software designed for companies
Research papers

Both Socialtext and Confluence offer for-fee hosted wikis or wiki software that can be downloaded for a fee. Good for large, secure installations.

Wikipedia is possibly the best-known use of a wiki, but it is far from the only possibility. However, the software that Wikipedia uses (MediaWiki) is widely adopted outside of Wikipedia.

The generic help manual for MediaWiki sites
Wikipedia's help pages -- For any MediaWiki based site, Wikipedia's help resources can be useful.

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