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[[File:MediaWiki.svg|thumb|right|200px|[[ | [[File:MediaWiki.svg|thumb|right|200px|[[mw:Mediawiki|Mediawiki]] is by most metrics the most widely used wiki implementation.]] | ||
[[File:Wikimedia logo family complete-2013.svg|thumb|right|[[w:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] wikis as of 2013, clockwise from [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]: [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]], [[w:Wikibooks|Wikibooks]], [[w:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]], [[w:Wikiquote|Wikiquote]], [[w:Wikispecies|Wikispecies]], [[w:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], [[w:Incubator Wiki|Incubator Wiki]], [[w:Wikidata|Wikidata]], [[w:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]], [[w:Wikiversity|Wikiversity]], [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], [[w:Wikinews|Wikinews]], [[w:Wikisource|Wikisource]] and [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]]]] | [[File:Wikimedia logo family complete-2013.svg|thumb|right|[[w:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] wikis as of 2013, clockwise from [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]: [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]], [[w:Wikibooks|Wikibooks]], [[w:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]], [[w:Wikiquote|Wikiquote]], [[w:Wikispecies|Wikispecies]], [[w:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], [[w:Incubator Wiki|Incubator Wiki]], [[w:Wikidata|Wikidata]], [[w:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]], [[w:Wikiversity|Wikiversity]], [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], [[w:Wikinews|Wikinews]], [[w:Wikisource|Wikisource]] and [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]]]] | ||
[[File:Oncyclopedia.png|thumb|right|200px|[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Uncyclopedia] is an endless parody of Wikipedia and more]] | [[File:Oncyclopedia.png|thumb|right|200px|[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Uncyclopedia] is an endless parody of Wikipedia and more]] | ||
The word '''''"[[w:wiki|wiki]]"''''' comes from Hawaiian expression '''''"wiki wiki"''''' == to do something quickly. The [[w:Ward Cunningham|inventor of the first wiki, Ward Cunningham]]'s wiki http://c2.com from | The word '''''"[[w:wiki|wiki]]"''''' comes from Hawaiian expression '''''"wiki wiki"''''' == to do something quickly. The [[w:Ward Cunningham|inventor of the first wiki, Ward Cunningham]]'s wiki http://c2.com from 1995 is still running. | ||
Wikitext is perhaps the quickest way for a human to enter hypertext. There are more than one wikitext in existence but quite naturally the one used in [[w:Mediawiki|Mediawiki]], the software that runs Wikipedia and many other wikis. | Wikitext is perhaps the quickest way for a human to enter hypertext. There are more than one wikitext in existence but quite naturally the one used in [[w:Mediawiki|Mediawiki]], the software that runs Wikipedia and many other wikis. | ||