Editing Wiki (section)

== History ==

{{Main|History of wikis}}
[[File:Wikiwiki2008.JPG|thumb|Wiki Wiki Shuttle at Honolulu International Airport]]
[[WikiWikiWeb]] was the first wiki.<ref name="ebersbach10">{{harvnb|Ebersbach|2008|p=10}}</ref> Ward Cunningham started developing it in 1994, and installed it on the [[Domain name|Internet domain]] [[c2.com]] on March 25, 1995. Cunningham gave it the name after remembering a [[Daniel K. Inouye International Airport|Honolulu International Airport]] counter employee telling him to take the "[[Wiki Wiki Shuttle]]" bus that runs between the airport's terminals, later observing that "I chose wiki-wiki as an alliterative substitute for 'quick' and thereby avoided naming this stuff quick-web."<ref name="cunningham">{{cite web | last = Cunningham | first = Ward | url = https://c2.com/doc/etymology.html | title = Correspondence on the Etymology of Wiki | date = November 1, 2003 | publisher = WikiWikiWeb | access-date = March 9, 2007 | url-status=live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070317120823/https://c2.com/doc/etymology.html | archive-date = March 17, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="history">{{cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Ward |url=https://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory |title=Wiki History |publisher=WikiWikiWeb |date=February 25, 2008 |access-date=March 9, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020621221535/https://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory |archive-date=June 21, 2002  }}</ref>

Cunningham's system was inspired by his having used [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s hypertext software [[HyperCard]], which allowed users to create interlinked "stacks" of virtual cards.<ref name="artima">{{cite web |title=Exploring with Wiki: A Conversation with Ward Cunningham, Part I |author=Bill Venners |date=October 20, 2003 |url=https://www.artima.com/intv/wiki.html |publisher=artima developer |access-date=December 12, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205091836/https://www.artima.com/intv/wiki.html |archive-date=February 5, 2015  }}</ref> HyperCard, however, was single-user, and Cunningham was inspired to build upon the ideas of [[Vannevar Bush]], the inventor of hypertext, by allowing users to "comment on and change one another's text."<ref name="Britannica"/><ref name="hypercard">{{cite web | last = Cunningham | first = Ward | url = https://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiHyperCard | title = Wiki Wiki Hyper Card | publisher = WikiWikiWeb | date = July 26, 2007 | access-date = March 9, 2007 | url-status=live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070406064446/https://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiHyperCard | archive-date = April 6, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Cunningham says his goals were to link together people's experiences to create a new literature to document programming [[Pattern language|patterns]], and to harness people's natural desire to talk and tell stories with a technology that would feel comfortable to those not used to "authoring".<ref name="artima" />

Wikipedia became the most famous wiki site{{Clarification needed|date=October 2024}}, launched in January 2001 and entering the top ten most popular websites in 2007. In the early 2000s, wikis were increasingly adopted in enterprise as collaborative software. Common uses included project communication, [[intranet]]s, and documentation, initially for technical users. Some [[corporate wiki|companies use wikis]] as their collaborative software and as a replacement for static intranets, and some schools and universities use wikis to enhance [[group learning]]. On March 15, 2007, the word ''wiki'' was listed in the online ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''.<ref name="OED1">{{cite encyclopedia | url = https://www.oed.com/public/update0703/march-2007-update | title = March 2007 update | dictionary = [[Oxford English Dictionary]] | date = March 1, 2007 | last = Diamond | first = Graeme | access-date = March 16, 2007 | url-status=live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110107132110/https://www.oed.com/public/update0703/march-2007-update | archive-date = January 7, 2011 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>