What´+s+a+wiki?

 Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organisation of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself. ** []    **1) Wikis Simplify Editing Your Website: Each page on a wiki has an Edit link. If you want to change something on the page, click the link, and the wiki will display a simple editing screen. When you finish making changes, submit them by clicking a button, and, Voila! Your changes show up on the Website.**  //**Two disadvantages of using a wiki... **//
 * What is a wiki? **
 * Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. 
 * Two advantages of using a wiki...**
 * 2) Wikis Use Simple Markup: Even for geeky types like me, thinking about  [|HTML]  and formatting gets in the way of good, clear writing. Wikis solve this problem by writing the HTML for you -- you only need to learn a few simple markup rules. These rules are designed to make wiki markup easy to write and read by real people. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #92d050; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> **


 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #92d050; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1) Wikis don't share data well **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #92d050; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">2) Wikis' major technology weakness are their substandard ability to import or export data from and to external data sources. Wikis aren't secure **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #92d050; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #92d050; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Even where IT uses wikis wisely, there is an underlying risk to having project information stored on wikis, says Data Portability's Brim-DeDorest: "It is often too easy to register and say that you are anyone. **

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