Wiki, website that can be modified or contributed to by users Wikis can be dated to 1995, when american computer programmer ward cunningham created a new collaborative technology for organizing information on websites. See how to create and edit a wiki, and learn about different types of wikis you can create. In 2003, economics phd student andrea ciffolilli argued that the low transaction costs of participating in a wiki created a catalyst for collaborative development, and that features such as allowing easy access to past versions of a page favored creative construction over creative destruction. Wikipedia uses collaborative software known as a wiki that facilitates the creation and development of articles Although some highly publicized problems have called attention to wikipedia ’s editorial process, they have done little to dampen public use of the resource, which is one of the most visited sites on the internet.
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