There's a variety of types of wiki software where comments are integrated into the body of the page itself, generally below the content of the page; Mediawiki is notable in separating the two functions (discussion & article) but I don't know if it was the *first* wiki software to do so. History pages for content (any kind of content) have been around for a long time though, as Brion notes.
-- phoebe
On 4/2/07, Nicholas Moreau nicholasmoreau@gmail.com wrote:
Okay, maybe it wasn't you, but I remember hearing (don't remember the source) that before Wikipedia was launched, everybody discussed everything on the mainpage, mainly because there was no talk page feature. I guess I'm just spreading stories.
Nick
On 4/2/07, Brion Vibber brion@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nicholas Moreau wrote:
Yes...
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sesame_Street&action=hist...
Or are you meaning the actual steps that led to the creation of history pages--I believe it was one of Brion Vibber's first major additions to the MediaWiki software.
Eh... no? That not only predates my involvement, it predates the existence of Wikipedia.
- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
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