Wiki Wiki Web

A cgi-bin script written in perl pulled this page out of a dbm file and converted it to html on the fly. See MoreAboutMechanics. The point is to make the EditText form simple and the FindPage search fast. I've written a similar program several times as a stack, WikiWikiHyperCard, and found easy authoring and fast searching to be important. -- WardCunningham

Wiki wiki means quick in Hawai'ian, at least I think (you think?) it does. They call the shuttle at the Honolulu airport the wiki wiki bus[1]. For more Hawai'ian words, see [2].

In addition to being quick, this site also aspires to zen ideals generally labeled WabiSabi. Zen finds beauty in the imperfect and ephemeral.

Q: So what happens if two of us try to EditThePageSimultaneously?

A: The last save wins.

Q: What happens to the old version when you save over it? Do we have versioning?

A: The previous version from a different site is available under EditCopy.

Q: What is the best place - for a newbie - to start using/exploring a wikiwiki ?

A: Try StartingPoints.

Q: I cannot seem to get graphics to work. What do I do?

A: Just type the url of a gif or jpeg that has been posted on another server.

Q: Can just any bozo edit these pages?

A: Yes, if you read this it is true.

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