Want to hunt down some useful references for an essay? Wondering which topics are popular in different Wikipedia categories? Fancy seeing Wikipedia articles represented on Google Maps? TheFullWiki, a set of Wikipedia search and mining tools, has you covered. More »
Windows: If you’ve forgone installing a Wiki because configuring and running your own web server seemed like a pain, DokuWiki on a Stick packs DokuWiki into a tiny and portable package perfect for USB drives and Dropbox folders. More »
Feel like you’re sending the same instructions, procedure checklists or other basic communications around the office time and again? Save yourself time and trouble by setting up a workplace wiki. More »
Wikipedia’s long-in-testing “new look” went official this week, with all users moved over to the cleaner, easier-to-use interface. More »
Spotted a stupid typo or a factual error on Wikipedia? Don’t just laugh or say “that proves you can never trust the Internet” — get in and correct it yourself. More »
Luminotes, a personal wiki in the vein of PBWiki or TiddlyWiki but with a focus on helping beginners get started, has made its portable wiki package and desktop clients free and open source for all. More »
Since opening up last July, Google’s Wikipedia competitor Knol has attracted more than 100,000 entries. While that’s an impressive number, it’s well and truly dwarfed by Wikipedia’s 2.7 million English-language articles. And while Knol’s “moderated edits” model might mean that there are fewer visible edit wars, there are still plenty of unsourced, rambling and opinionated articles which wouldn’t survive five minutes at Wikipedia (check out superman of calculated happiness for just one example). 100,000th Knol published [Official Google Blog]
