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Using Live Documents

What is a wiki?

A wiki is a collaborative live document. Essentially it is a collection of webpages that can be edited, manipulated, and commented upon without working through a web editor and transferring files to a web server. There is a communal philosophy of allowing all users to maintain the content contained on the wiki pages.

How do I find a wiki?

Below is a sampling of our own wikies, popular wikis, and a few wiki search engines:

Wikipedia arguably the most popular wiki in the world, a virtual encyclopedia structured as a wiki

OSU Libraries Wiki a dashboard collection of wikis developed within OSU libraries

Wikitravel a project to create a reliable and up-to-date world travel guide

wikiHow a collaborative project with the goal of building the world's largest how-to manual

 

Now what ?

Some wikis allow subscription to updated content via RSS or Atom. For more information on setting up RSS feeds, see our RSS page

 

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