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<p>Dath001: /* The Usefulness of Wiki */</p> <hr /> <div>A wiki is a web page able to be contributed to and edited by many users, as such it is a collaborative system. An interesting article on the background of how a wiki works can be found at http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wiki.htm.<br /> ===The Usefulness of Wiki===<br /> <br /> Wiki's are useful for cataloguing information on many different topics (such as Wikipedia[http://www.wikipedia.org/]) or information on a specific topic (such as Narutopedia[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Narutopedia]). Anyone can edit a wiki, which has advantages and disadvantages. An advantage of this is that someone who finds a wiki page whcih is lacking in information and who has knowledge on this subject can add to the page, increasing its usefulness to the general public. A disadvantage of this is that people can edit in wrong information or offensive comments, so called 'page vandalism'. Due to this wiki's a rarely seen as a useful source of information for scholarly work.<br /> <br /> ===What is a ''wiki''..?===<br /> <br /> A wiki is a system that permits users to generate and edit web pages. The contents of a wiki page can be edited by ''anyone'' - this allows the adding of useful information or improving or correcting of the content of a page already created by someone else. Wiki is designed to be easy to use and available to everyone, therefore providing the opportunity for anyone who wants to present information.<br /> <br /> ===Edit Wars===<br /> When people create or modify an article, they can become quite possessive about the content, and when an article is edited, previous contributors/creators can be automatically alerted to any changes, and have the option of &quot;reverting&quot; the article to a previous version. This can set up what is known as an edit war (or revert war), where an article is repeatedly edited/reverted between two versions.<br /> <br /> There is an amusing subsection on edit wars [http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wiki3.htm here], with a link through to a Wikipedia article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars_ever &quot;Lame edit wars&quot;].<br /> <br /> One example of notable relevance to New Zealanders is a long running edit war on the origins of the pavlova: &quot;which was invented in Australia [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&amp;diff=48848026&amp;oldid=48838557 4], New Zealand [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&amp;diff=next&amp;oldid=57435397 5], Australia [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&amp;diff=next&amp;oldid=51738981 6], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&amp;diff=next&amp;oldid=66646396 7], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&amp;diff=next&amp;oldid=74867687 8], New Zealand [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&amp;diff=next&amp;oldid=57435397 9]&quot;</div>

Dath001 https://wiki.cs.auckland.ac.nz/stageonewiki/index.php?title=User:Dath001&diff=3600 2009-08-12T09:11:32Z

<p>Dath001: /* About Me */</p> <hr /> <div><br /> == Dominic Atha ==<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> == About Me ==<br /> '''Me''' huh? Well I'm a second year student currently doing a BA but I'm hoping to switch to a BSc/BA conjoint.<br /> Currently I'm studying<br /> -Phsy107<br /> -Phys130<br /> -FTVMS211<br /> -CompSci[[Main Page]]</div>

Dath001 https://wiki.cs.auckland.ac.nz/stageonewiki/index.php?title=User:Dath001&diff=3599 2009-08-12T08:58:16Z

<p>Dath001: </p> <hr /> <div><br /> == Dominic Atha ==<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> == About Me ==</div>

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