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Contrast this with the fluidity of wikis, a giant force in the development of the participatory Web. A classic wiki allows anyone to edit pages, with a full 'audit trail.' In creating those pages, hypertext page sets can be easily created, with conventions allowing easy organization of documents, and functions like "what links here" enable discovery navigation. | Contrast this with the fluidity of wikis, a giant force in the development of the participatory Web. A classic wiki allows anyone to edit pages, with a full 'audit trail.' In creating those pages, hypertext page sets can be easily created, with conventions allowing easy organization of documents, and functions like "what links here" enable discovery navigation. | ||
To best use a wiki today (rather than using it as a Web based version of MS Word), one often should use the low level wiki markup. Many people are afraid of working in text, but it adds a lot of fluidity. Over time, better 'rich' interfaces will evolve, as well as the common pattern of an inexperienced user adding some information, and an expert adding semantic markup. But it's always going to be a benefit | To best use a wiki today (rather than using it as a Web based version of MS Word), one often should use the low level wiki markup. Many people are afraid of working in text, but it adds a lot of fluidity. Over time, better 'rich' interfaces will evolve, as well as the common pattern of an inexperienced user adding some information, and an expert adding semantic markup. But it's always going to be a benefit — digital literacy — to have an idea of how the underlying markup works. | ||
As an example, Wikipedia allows easily adding categories; documents can then be organized from any perspective. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Konstam random article] is not just about an actress, it is also about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1907_births 1907 births], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1976_deaths 1976 deaths], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deaths_from_myocardial_infarction deaths from myocardial infarction]. | As an example, Wikipedia allows easily adding categories; documents can then be organized from any perspective. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Konstam random article] is not just about an actress, it is also about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1907_births 1907 births], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1976_deaths 1976 deaths], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deaths_from_myocardial_infarction deaths from myocardial infarction]. | ||