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| − | [[Wikihack]] is a '''wiki'''; it is a web site that allows all readers, including [[you]], to edit almost any page. The process is simple: click "edit" at the top of a page, make some changes in the box that appears, and then save them. | + | [[NetHackWiki]] is a '''wiki'''; it is a web site that allows all readers, including you, to edit almost any page. The process is simple: click "edit" at the top of a page, make some changes in the box that appears, and then save them. |
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| − | ''If this seems strange (or if wiki seems familiar, but Wikihack seems strange), you might want to experiment by editing the [[Wikihack:Sandbox]]. If you want to learn about this wiki, read [[Wikihack:About]]. The remainder of this page concerns the origin of wiki, from the perspective of this wiki.'' | + | ''If this seems strange (or if wiki seems familiar, but NetHackWiki seems strange), you might want to experiment by editing the [[NetHackWiki:Sandbox]]. If you want to learn about this wiki, read [[NetHackWiki:About|About]]. The remainder of this page concerns the origin of wikis, from the perspective of this wiki.'' |
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| | == Founding of this wiki == | | == Founding of this wiki == |
| − | This wiki has an entry in the Central Wikicity at [[w:NetHack]]. It was founded at 11 October 2005 by [[User:Sgeo]]. Users immediately began the task of [[Meatball:SeedPosting|SeedPosting]] the wiki with new articles.
| + | Though many other wikis have had pages about NetHack, we are not aware of any attempts to start a NetHack wiki before 2004. |
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| − | == Origin of wiki ==
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| − | The wiki concept starts with the WikiWikiWeb, nominally the "Portland Pattern Repository". You can find it at [[Wiki:WelcomeVisitors]]. The intention was to discuss "[[Wiki:PeopleProjectsAndPatterns|PeopleProjectsAndPatterns]] in [[Wiki:SoftwareDevelopment|SoftwareDevelopment]]" by letting users write and edit wiki pages. As the WikiWikiWeb grew, people established several [[Wiki:SisterSites|SisterSites]] for other topics.
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| − | One of those sister sites was Meatball, which you find at [[Meatball:MeatballWiki]]. Meatball is about online communities and [[Meatball:BarnRaising|BarnRaising]]. Their wiki script, [[Meatball:UseModWiki|UseModWiki]], became the basis for online reference site Wikipedia, which you find at [[Wikipedia:Main Page]] -- an attempt to use wiki to build a free encyclopedia, distributed through the [[Wikicities:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]]. They took many features from UseMod and put it in their wiki script, [[Wikicities:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]].
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| − | === MediaWiki ===
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| − | Wikipedia and MediaWiki advanced the wiki concept several ways. To make a link, WikiWikiWeb editors [[Meatball:SmashWordsTogether|SmashWordsTogether]] to form a [[Wiki:WikiWord|WikiWord]]. Wikipedia instead adopted the UseMod support for the [[Meatball:FreeLink|FreeLink]]; you use two pairs of square brackets, such as <tt><nowiki>[[soldier ant]]</nowiki></tt> for [[soldier ant]]. The other advancement to implement a [[Meatball:CopyLeft|CopyLeft]], the GNU FDL, thus causing the wiki to be [[free]] and giving users the [[Meatball:RightToFork|RightToFork]].
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| − | Wikipedia also introduced the concept of [[MetaWikipedia:neutral point of view|neutral point of view]] or NPOV, an attempt to produce a useful reference from editors who disagree. However, NPOV introduces some serious restrictions on content. One result of this was Wikinfo, which you find at [[Wikinfo:Main Page]], an encyclopedia and fork of Wikipedia which drops the NPOV restriction by switching to [[Wikinfo:sympathetic point of view|sympathetic point of view]].
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| − | As it is, Meatball chose to retain its [[Meatball:CamelCase|CamelCase]] WikiWords, and recommended against the [[Meatball:FreeDocumentationLicense|FreeDocumentationLicense]].
| + | Magnus Nilsson started a different NetHack wiki, formerly at riters.com, on 3 September 2004, in response to an [[rgrn]] suggestion by xanthian. Though not much content appeared there, its "recent changes" page did feature a random (true!) NetHack [[fortune]]. Within a few months, spammers overran the wiki. |
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| − | === Wikipedia is not typical ===
| + | [[User:Sgeo]] started this wiki (then called [[WikiHack]]) on [[wikipedia:Wikia|Wikia]] on 11 October 2005. Editors immediately began the task of [[Meatball:SeedPosting|SeedPosting]] the wiki to encourage the development of many detailed articles. |
| − | Wikicities, which you find at [[w:Wikicities]], and of which Wikihack is a part, takes the MediaWiki engine from Wikipedia, and applies to a collection of hundreds of wikis. Wikicities also has ''free links'', and it also uses the ''GNU FDL copyleft''.
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| − | Some wikis at Wikicities tend to emulate Wikipedia by calling themselves encyclopedias. The Star Wars wiki, ''Wookieepedia'' -- at [[w:c:StarWars]] -- does this extremely. A read through [[w:c:StarWars:Wookieepedia:Welcome, newcomers]] shows Wookiepedia not only considers "neutral point of view" to be policy, but links to Wikipedia for the policy.
| + | When Wikia changed their terms and their wiki skin, the admins of the WikiHack decided to make a change, and on 8 November 2010 the wiki was moved to the server where [[nethack.alt.org]] resides. It continues to live in Amazon AWS next to the NAO instances. |
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| − | Though some wikis apparently do want to follow Wikipedia policy, this approach has several problems. It requires consensus among wiki users that they want to be like Wikipedia. It causes problems, because Wikipedia has a community that wants to build a free encyclopedia, and that is not the purpose of most other wikis. Some editors at Meatball stated that [[MeatBall:WikipediaIsNotTypical|WikipediaIsNotTypical]], but not necessarily for the same reasons mentioned here.
| + | Right now we have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]. |
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NetHackWiki is a wiki; it is a web site that allows all readers, including you, to edit almost any page. The process is simple: click "edit" at the top of a page, make some changes in the box that appears, and then save them.
If this seems strange (or if wiki seems familiar, but NetHackWiki seems strange), you might want to experiment by editing the NetHackWiki:Sandbox. If you want to learn about this wiki, read About. The remainder of this page concerns the origin of wikis, from the perspective of this wiki.
Founding of this wiki
Though many other wikis have had pages about NetHack, we are not aware of any attempts to start a NetHack wiki before 2004.
Magnus Nilsson started a different NetHack wiki, formerly at riters.com, on 3 September 2004, in response to an rgrn suggestion by xanthian. Though not much content appeared there, its "recent changes" page did feature a random (true!) NetHack fortune. Within a few months, spammers overran the wiki.
User:Sgeo started this wiki (then called WikiHack) on Wikia on 11 October 2005. Editors immediately began the task of SeedPosting the wiki to encourage the development of many detailed articles.
When Wikia changed their terms and their wiki skin, the admins of the WikiHack decided to make a change, and on 8 November 2010 the wiki was moved to the server where nethack.alt.org resides. It continues to live in Amazon AWS next to the NAO instances.
Right now we have 4,182 articles.
