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Wiki's in Plain English

= Wiki Vs Blog = || || Amended from Everything Wiki
 * [[image:WikiLogo.png width="200" height="41"]]
 * ** Definitions: ** ||  ||
 * A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it (e.g. members/ organisers) || A personal or corporate website in the form of an online journal, with new entries appearing in sequence as they are written ||
 * ** Writers: ** ||  ||
 * Many authors, various personalities & experiences. Students around the world can collaborate on a wiki || Typically one author, one personality, one opinion ||
 * Knowledge comes from community of dozens or even thousands || Knowledge limited by single person ||
 * ** Content: ** ||  ||
 * Grows rapidly at all hours of the day || Grows slowly, one post at a time ||
 * Articles constantly change and continuously updated || Each post becomes stale over time ||
 * Discussions can take place on pages or in the discussion forum || Discussions take place in the comments of a post, typically approved by blogger ||
 * The Wiki software keeps track of every edit made (which you can easily check) and it is a simple process to revert back to a previous version ||  ||
 * ** Setup: ** ||  ||
 * Ranges from easy to set up to difficult || Ranges from easy to set up to very difficult ||
 * Publishing very easy, no html needed || Publishing very easy, some html knowledge useful ||
 * No email is needed for students (through the bulk user creator tool) || An email address is needed for set up ||