Talk:History of wikis

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Good article. Some of it borders on original research, and using pages from WikiWikiWeb as a reference is a bit questionable, as a) wikis are often not considered reliable sources, and c2.com in particular lacks adequate version control. Also, the article as it stands is a bit long... an article on History of WikiWikiWeb is screaming to get out. Finally, some mention ought to be made of wiki farms such as Wikia and WikiSpaces, among others. --EngineerScotty 21:43, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the appreciation. I worried a bit about the original research aspect, but since there seems to be little out there on the history of wikis, I went ahead and used what I could find, leaning heavily on wiki sources. And I'm afraid that if I create a separate article on History of WikiWikiWeb some administrator will find it unjustified or suggest that it be merged back into the WikiWikiWeb article. I agree about adding wiki farms, but at the moment I'm a bit exhausted from my labours. I also thought of adding something about Wikimania, Wiki Symposium and RecentChangesCamp, but as you note the article is already rather long. - Redeyed Treefrog 22:25, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Another possibility would be to create a separate article on History of wiki engines, or even a separate one on History of wiki websites. - Redeyed Treefrog 08:23, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peter Merel or Peter Merrel?

An unsigned IP edit changed the spelling from "Peter Merel" to "Peter Merrel." I believe this is incorrect: a Google search for "Merel + CvWiki" returns a great many entries, but a search for "Merrel + CvWiki" returns nothing. Moreover, why was the spelling only changed in one spot, when Merel is mentioned three times in the article? I have used an "undo" to put the spelling back to "Peter Merel." - Redeyed Treefrog 22:37, 15 November 2007 (UTC)