No, because while it might be set up such that you can edit things in common, it doesn't let you link them together conveniently and doesn't really help you present them to a wider audience.
(If you need to set up a wiki, I can point you at a very easy and customizable install.)
Nah, I'm good. I've used PBwiki when I've wanted a wiki service for myself since I don't have any hosting space at this time, and one of my friends set up a Twiki last summer when we needed to collaborate on something. I take it that PBwiki, Twiki, and Wikimedia are all different "installs" of wikis? What's your favorite?
It's more that I'm trying to puzzle out a working definition of the term "wiki" - I've always told people when they asked me that it's "a webpage that can be edited by anybody." Well, GoogleDocs can be edited by anybody, but while they're viewable and editable through a browser (other than Safari), they're not really webpages. I've also told people that the purpose of wikis is to create a collaborative document, and GoogleDocs has definitely got that down pat. Is the linking the characteristic that distinguishes GoogleDocs from wikis?
Linking things together (and the ability to use most HTML functionality without learning HTML) are the distinguishing features that GoogleDocs lack, yes. (http://www.pmwiki.org/)
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(If you need to set up a wiki, I can point you at a very easy and customizable install.)
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It's more that I'm trying to puzzle out a working definition of the term "wiki" - I've always told people when they asked me that it's "a webpage that can be edited by anybody." Well, GoogleDocs can be edited by anybody, but while they're viewable and editable through a browser (other than Safari), they're not really webpages. I've also told people that the purpose of wikis is to create a collaborative document, and GoogleDocs has definitely got that down pat. Is the linking the characteristic that distinguishes GoogleDocs from wikis?
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Linking things together (and the ability to use most HTML functionality without learning HTML) are the distinguishing features that GoogleDocs lack, yes. (http://www.pmwiki.org/)