Wiki features

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Needs to be merged with standard wiki features.

The big eight wiki features (source: http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WikiFeatures)

Features that almost all wikis share (Big Eight):

  • 1. EasyContribution: Wiki pages can be created and edited by any user quickly and easily.
  • 2. EasyWriting: Simple text formatting without the need to learn HTML.
  • 3. EasyLinking: Automatic linking converts written names of pages, images and websites to links
  • 4. A RecentChanges page (see what has happened).
  • 5. A diff function shows the latest changes (easily check whether changes are ok).
  • 6. A fulltext search for page titles and text (easily find any content).
  • 7. The BackLink function shows which pages link to the current page (find the context of this page).
  • 8. You can directly link deep into a wiki using readable names (easy starting points). (LinkIsLocation)

From the point of view of an engine developer this leads to:

  • WikiFormatting - like bulleted lists, headlines and such
  • WikiLinking - easy way to link to other (possibly deeply nested) wiki pages
  • RecentChanges - any usable way to track changes
  • Diff - ability to compare pages, usually called from RecentChanges
  • Search - as wikis a so unstructured, they need a powerful fulltext search
  • BackLinks - they are very important to 'tag' pages with categories

[edit] Detailed Wiki Features

source on 2004-08-31:

Some might not make sense, a lot might be missing.

See also Category:Wiki.

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