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| | 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 "Lame edit wars"]. | | 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 "Lame edit wars"]. |
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| - | One example of notable relevance to New Zealanders is a long running edit war on the origins of the pavlova: "which was invented in Australia[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=48848026&oldid=48838557 4], New Zealand [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=next&oldid=57435397 5], Australia [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=next&oldid=51738981 6], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=next&oldid=66646396 7], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=next&oldid=74867687 8], New Zealand [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=next&oldid=57435397 9]" | + | One example of notable relevance to New Zealanders is a long running edit war on the origins of the pavlova: "which was invented in Australia [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=48848026&oldid=48838557 4], New Zealand [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=next&oldid=57435397 5], Australia [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=next&oldid=51738981 6], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=next&oldid=66646396 7], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=next&oldid=74867687 8], New Zealand [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavlova_%28food%29&diff=next&oldid=57435397 9]" |
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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.
Edit Wars
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 "reverting" 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.
There is an amusing subsection on edit wars here, with a link through to a Wikipedia article on "Lame edit wars".
One example of notable relevance to New Zealanders is a long running edit war on the origins of the pavlova: "which was invented in Australia 4, New Zealand 5, Australia 6, 7, 8, New Zealand 9"
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