Sunday, March 9, 2008

A checkpoint - wiki terms you may know


I've now spent a few weeks communicating how a wiki can be used by a group with common interests to collaborate and develop a website easily and quickly. Hopefully you have visited a number of wikis (maybe those identified on my Wiki'd Places blog). Maybe you've even had a chance to join a wiki community, update content, or even add a page to a wiki. I think it's time for a little checkpoint. :)

Try matching the following terms to their meaning and then check how you did.
1. camel case
2. NPOV
3. sandbox
4. wiki farm
5. wiki engine
6. wiklossary
7. wikitext

A. a wiki page where new wiki users can play around or experiment in creating or editing content
B. a server or collection of servers where wikis are hosted
C. a concise glossary of wiki terms
D. text without spacing and with mixed capitalization
E. text written in a wiki markup language (i.e., simplified alternative to HTML)
F. a type of software that runs a collaborative wiki system
G. an acronym for new people often victorious
H. an acronym for neutral point of view, a goal for reference wikis like Wikipedia

Don't peek at the answers before completing the task. For more information, visit the wiklossary on Everything Wiki. Post a comment or send me an e-mail to tell me how you did!


Image credit: artofthemix

Answers: D, H, A, B, F, C, E

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