====== Wiki (tool) ======
Wiki's enable collaborative knowledge management and provides an information system. From [[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103920|Luo & Cea, 2020]]
> A wiki is ... created quickly, incrementally, and collaboratively, and they can be shared with and edited by peers. 

And from [[https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.26262|Nagan 2020]]:
> the lab wiki is the central resource for maintaining and passing on research group knowledge.



This wiki's organization strategy is outlined [[tools:wiki:map]]. [[admin:website:wiki#usage_highlights|Usage Highlights]] include tips for ctrl+v pasting images, link usage, etc. [[admin:website:wiki:maintenance]] details the active effort required to keep pages fresh. Specifics about hosting and software are behind a login wall at ''[[:admin:website:wiki|:admin:website:wiki]]''. For editing syntax, see dokuwiki's own documentation bundled locally on [[:wiki:syntax]].

===== Benefits =====

  * un-siloed collective knowledge
    * central documentation
    * longevity
    * collaborative refinement
    * integrated expertise 
    * improve [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor|bus factor]]
  * inter-linking
    * builds a knowledge graph
    * discover connections with normal forward and [[:tools:wiki:map#Backlinks]]
    * encourages "atomic" pages: easily read, edited, and linked to

===== Etc =====

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