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| A [Fedwiki](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/infoarticle/fedwikis/) (federated wiki), also invented by Ward Cunningham, is a new kind of wiki in that each Fedwiki has a single owner / editor, unlike Wikipedia. Each author can pull content from any Fedwiki and can make new or modified content available as a peer of every other Fedwiki author. Fedwiki has no shared repository - just shared tools, and access and reuse rights to published content that are ‘flat’. Fedwiki has no rules (just some conventions of page style) and no community of Wikipedian moderators. These features mean that there is a focus on creativity, autonomy and collaboration rather than consensus / authority. | A [Fedwiki](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/infoarticle/fedwikis/) (federated wiki), also invented by Ward Cunningham, is a new kind of wiki in that each Fedwiki has a single owner / editor, unlike Wikipedia. Each author can pull content from any Fedwiki and can make new or modified content available as a peer of every other Fedwiki author. Fedwiki has no shared repository - just shared tools, and access and reuse rights to published content that are ‘flat’. Fedwiki has no rules (just some conventions of page style) and no community of Wikipedian moderators. These features mean that there is a focus on creativity, autonomy and collaboration rather than consensus / authority. |
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| ## Further resources | ## Further resources |
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| | - [What are wikis](https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/what-are-wikis-and-why-should-you-use-them--cms-19540) - and how do they differ from knowledge bases? |
| | - [MediaWiki](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki) - software that runs Wikipedia and many other wikis, that you can download to build your own wiki |
| | - [WikiIndex](https://wikiindex.org/w/Welcome) - directory of wikis |
| | - [WikiMatrix](https://www.wikimatrix.org/) - wiki comparison site - find the best wiki for your needs |
| | - [Wikimedia Foundation](https://wikimediafoundation.org/) - nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects |
| | - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki) - wiki |
| | - [Appropedia](https://www.appropedia.org/Welcome_to_Appropedia) - sustainability wiki |
| | - [Peer-to-Peer Foundation Wiki](https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Main_Page) - peer production wiki and repository of information founded by Michel Bauwens in 2006 |
| | - [WikiBooks](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page) - open-content textbooks |
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| ## Specialist curators of this topic | ## Specialist curators of this topic |
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| **Thanks to [[p:Simon Grant]] the [P2P Foundation Wiki](https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Main_Page) for information.** | - [[p:Simon Grant]] |
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