What+is+a+Wiki?

What is a WIKI?... A wiki is a web site that allows any visitor to become a participant.
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 * **__Wikis are free, online writing spaces.__** Wikis use simple formatting rules, so you don't need to understand HTML or an HTML authoring tools, such as Microsoft [|FrontPage] or Dreamweaver to contribute.
 * For some, wikis convey a **__highly collaborative view of composing and creativity__**. People who contribute to a wiki need to understand that their words may be deleted and changed by others. Wiki authors do not claim ownership of a text.
 * When writers contribute to a public wiki, their work could potentially be read by millions of readers.
 * **__Wikis give focus to the last draft__, yet wikis provide a history. Each time the text is changed, a new version is saved. Anyone can go back later and see previous versions. This allows teachers and students to see the writing process in action.**
 * Wikis are generally published online, though desktop and gated wikis are possible. __**Permissions can be set to limit the readers and writers**__ who participate.
 * Textual authority is dialogical. Revision is privileged in the wiki. **__Each new reader can suddenly become a writer.__** The draft that matters is the last draft. **__Power and authority are given to the community__** rather than an individual or official staff.
 * **__Wikis are designed specifically as a writing space__**. They are not a **__presentation space nor a course management system__**. Wikis make it possible - and necessary - for writers to continually build upon, revise, and edit an emerging text.