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i believe we should not use a screenshot of wikipedia as a citation but as a noncitation. that would be okay on a wiki, but not on an encyclopedia or in mexico.

currently the picture is of wikipedia's "vitamin c" article. unless there are any valid philosophical disagreements, i will take the inwanted inferior liberty of changing it to something from another wiki on tuesday.

--Harlequence 14:19, 7 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harlequence (talk • contribs)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Wiki/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Just a few things that need to be fixed before this is a GA:

• Fewer lists
  • Could you specify which lists strike you as problematic? Vicenarian ^{(T · C)} 20:28, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Looks OK to me now. -- Beland (talk) 17:10, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Fewer one-sentence paragraphs
  • Again, which in particular strike you as problematic? Vicenarian ^{(T · C)} 20:28, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• History doesn't mention Wikipedia. Maybe I am vain but I think this is important?
  • History of wikis is the main article and includes detail about the history of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is also mentioned (and wikilinked) in the lead and "Communities" section of this article. Vicenarian ^{(T · C)} 20:28, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I agree; Wikipedia is probably the most important thing that has ever happened to wikis, other than their invention. I added a quick mention to that paragraph. -- Beland (talk) 15:50, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Shii (tock) 16:38, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please see my responses above. Thank you for your time! Vicenarian ^{(T · C)} 20:28, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The "Characteristics" list could be written in non-list form. Ditto with "research communities". All one-sentence paragraphs are frowned upon unless necessary. Shii (tock) 03:46, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to close this since there have been no further responses. Shii (tock) 23:28, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Alignment of the rows within the table, giving examples of MediaWiki syntax vs Equivalent HTML and it's Rendered output would give greater clarity — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.106.149.130 (talk) 07:31, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this article semi-protected? Whatever the reason, surly this insanely ironic fact is worthy of mention in the 'Trust and security' section as a prime example of the problems with wiki's (talk) 20:48, 21 July 2009 (UTC)neil[reply]

In Reference [4] of the entry for "Wiki," it is noted that "wiki" is Hawaiian for "fast." More to the point, "wiki" is Hawaiian for "quick." Actually, "wiki" is a borrowed word in Hawaiian. It is a Hawaiianized pronunciation of the English work "quick." Doubling a word in Hawaiian intensifies it; therefore, "nui" is "big," and "nuinui" is "huge," and "wiki" is "quick," and "wikiwiki" is "Quick! Quick!" or "very quickly!" Hleatherse (talk) 15:53, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence that defines this term ("Wiki") defines it using by using itself. I'm not convinced this makes the article useful. Using a term to define itself has been identified as a "no-no" in each language and class where I've been a student, for -- a long time.

I intend to change it as soon as I find a defnition that is useful. The list of examples for describing "useful" 1) won't have "useful" in it, and 2) will allow it to be compared with, for example, "Content Management System". Kernel.package (talk) 17:26, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see how it's recursive. It uses the term "wiki software", but then immediately goes on to say what that software allows people to do. --Cybercobra (talk) 18:07, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can see how it could be read as ambiguous; it's not 100% clear whether a wiki is a subset of all sites running wiki software (namely, that subset that "allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked Web pages..."), or if that clause refers to all web sites running wiki software. It may be better to reverse the order of the clauses: "A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages, powered by wiki software." Powers ^T 13:36, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]