LFS:Workshops/Intro to Wikis

http://bit.ly/lfswiki

The world's most used wiki and largest encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

What's a wiki?

• "Wikis in Plain English"
  • Have you used a wiki?
• Editable
• Collaborative
• Simple to use

Wikis at UBC

• UBC's wiki server
• Set up for
• Push to & from Connect
• Push to Wordpress
• Edit once, change everywhere

Why wiki?

• Building up shared knowledge
• Simple set-up
• An archive to preserve institutional knowledge
  • Wikis in action: Heavy Metal Ümlaut

Drawbacks

• Better tools for collaboration
  • What do you use for collaboration?
• Reliability of information
• Vandalism and spam

Getting started

• UBC's Wiki FAQ
• How To Format in MediaWiki
• MediaWiki User's Guide
  • How could you use this?