[Mediawiki-l] [OT] Terminology: Wikis vs. WikiWikiWebs

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Tue Jan 9 12:03:07 UTC 2007


On 09/01/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> I treat "wiki" as the generic and "Wikipedia" as Wikipedia. I'm a
> volunteer press contact for the Wikimedia Foundation, so get a
> reasonable number of opportunities to use soundbites implying this
> usage.


Oh, and I do try to point out we didn't invent it, or even close, and
give due credit to Ward Cunningham!


- d.



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