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Chapter 9

Wikis

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        by its readers without the need to access the

back-end content management system. e basic concept is that a webpage is served

with a clearly marked ‘edit this page’ button that gives the reader access to a simple text

editing facility. is idea, of a collection of webpages that can be edited by many dier-

ent people, has meant that wikis have become very popular as online publishing tools to

facilitate collaboration. ere are two main uses of a wiki: those that are used in closed

workgroups (say within the connes of a company’s intranet

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) and ‘open’ wikis, which

anyone on the Web c