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Revision as of 18:37, 2 January 2024
MediaWiki is free open source software (FOSS) used to edit and publish Wikipedia as well as many other wikis, including our Pikes Peak Makerspace wiki.
What is a wiki?
A wiki is a website that allows quick editing of its content and structure by its users. The most popular wiki is Wikipedia. "Fun fact"... the term "wiki" actually means quick in Hawaiian.
- History of wikis — Wikipedia
MediaWiki
Powered by MediaWiki
Sites using MediaWiki
The Pikes Peak Makerspace Wiki
The Pikes Peak Makerspace Wiki was first launched in the middle of May 2015 by James Gravert and Brandon Hall.
It was taken down for a period of time, but fortunately in the middle of 2021 it was reestablished from backups by Brandon Hall.
- Brandon Hall, hard core admin and hosting
- Warren Jokinen, admin lite and content wrangling (since 11/10/21)
- warren@pikespeakmakerspace.org
- Send us a Direct Message on Slack, or post your ideas to the Slack channel #ppm-wiki
Other Fun Stuff
Wiki Management Checklist
Other Wikis
PPM Tool Color Map — Interactive
Search the PPM Wiki — include both Content pages and Multimedia
Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki, or if you notice some info is outdated.
Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) is dedicated to supporting our maker community in their creative processes by providing shared space, shared tools, materials, software and a knowledge base to turn their ideas into reality.