Wikis: How Community Documentation Works

Wikipedia has been around for quite a while; an exceptionally useful resource that I think most of us use on a regular basis. The website was founded in January 2001, which was around the same time as similar website ideas, such as H2G2, or the ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’. Whilst H2G2 still exists today, it’s Wikipedia that we really talk about when we think about community documentation.

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November 19, 2018 | Categories: Technology | Tags: Administrators, Community, Documentation, Editing, History of Encyclopedias, How Wikipedia Works, Moderation, Wikia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia Administration | Leave a comment