Please help me pick a wiki that isn’t icky. [more inside]
posted by Jacqueline on Nov 12, 2009 - 12 answers

I used Infogami.com for some of my personal research. Now it's shut down and I want my research back, but I can't get to it. [more inside]
posted by gakiko on Oct 28, 2009 - 5 answers

Many workplaces ban social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and so on. What are some of the reasons workplaces should allow (and even encourage) staff to use social networking sites? [more inside]
posted by Jaybo on Oct 14, 2009 - 20 answers

How could a wiki be used by a small retail business selling tangible products? [more inside]
posted by webhund on Sep 28, 2009 - 9 answers

Is there software out there that would make it easy to create a secure, local-only wiki? [more inside]
posted by nushustu on Sep 28, 2009 - 11 answers

Is there a free or cheap shared PIM that imports and exports vCards with pictures? Preferably something suitable for film production? [more inside]
posted by Josh Coe on Sep 18, 2009 - 3 answers

The titles for the show "Hotbox" remind me of a wiki-based community site I saw a while ago. Every article on the site is a dry, passive-voice case study of some (usually hilariously dangerous) fictional occult object or person, and the site itself is allegedly run by some giant MIB-style organization. The site has very specific acronyms and vocabulary, and I can't remember any of it except that agents are called agents and there's a running joke about appropriate euphemisms for when they're killed. [more inside]
posted by sixswitch on Aug 11, 2009 - 6 answers

Is there an online idiot's guide to adding another language to a MediaWiki? [more inside]
posted by mateuslee on Jul 9, 2009 - 1 answer

I'm looking for a wiki-database hybrid that I can self host. [more inside]
posted by raamenchan on Jul 4, 2009 - 9 answers

Any advice on getting a wiki off the ground? [more inside]
posted by mateuslee on Jun 4, 2009 - 4 answers

How can I get my website a wiki? [more inside]
posted by mateuslee on May 25, 2009 - 6 answers

I am trying to find concise, direct instructions on how to create templates (not skins, templates) for MediaWiki and I'm coming up short. While Google has tons of hits, many incorrectly identify skins as templates, and the rest spread the information out through so many other topics that it is simply frustrating. Is there a resource out there that will help me develop MediaWiki page templates in a step-by-step fashion?
posted by arniec on Apr 10, 2009 - 3 answers

How can I migrate away from pbwiki before they do their "upgrade" in March? [more inside]
posted by dirtypants on Feb 21, 2009 - 7 answers

An organizationally obsessed GM wants to create a wiki-like site to house information on his created world. Challenge: he also wants a way to limit what information users can see on a given page, on a user by user basis. [more inside]
posted by elfgirl on Feb 11, 2009 - 9 answers

I am managing research on a book. The author and I live 2800km apart and I think I want to work through a wiki. As I gather data and articles and she writes her chapters, I want all our source material and links to be building momentum, stored in one hooded online space. So I THINK that what I want is a wiki to share/organize research for the book. Do I? [more inside]
posted by Mrs Hilksom on Feb 5, 2009 - 12 answers

How can I add star ratings to content pages in a free wiki like PBWiki or Wetpaint? [more inside]
posted by underthehat on Jan 27, 2009 - 1 answer

I want to start a wiki. Help me decide how best to go about it with long-term planning and goals in mind. [more inside]
posted by arniec on Jan 22, 2009 - 10 answers

What are some good Linux programs for keeping an electronic research journal? [more inside]
posted by PercussivePaul on Jan 5, 2009 - 16 answers

What is the best way to build a user-modifiable website these days? I want to make a website organized around a certain theme (the DRM associated with given PC games), and would like to set it up so users can easily add or modify information about specific games. [more inside]
posted by JZig on Dec 29, 2008 - 8 answers

Should I be using a wiki to collect my notes on mathematical research? Which one? [more inside]
posted by escabeche on Dec 25, 2008 - 18 answers

What is a good IRC bot to run on an internal IRC server used by programmers in a software development company? [more inside]
posted by butterstick on Dec 16, 2008 - 6 answers

How should one present books online? [more inside]
posted by jeffburdges on Nov 13, 2008 - 6 answers

I need to transform a big HTML table into something easier to update and maintain. Bonus: I'd like to put it (or its display widget) onto our staff wiki page. [more inside]
posted by lillygog on Nov 12, 2008 - 6 answers

I need a basic private wiki for only a few (presently 2; max 5) users. These users need editing rights and live in very different time zones. This is to be an information database for non technical people. Not looking to publish anything just information sharing. [more inside]
posted by adamvasco on Nov 7, 2008 - 10 answers

I'm trying to find an online database or wiki that is devoted solely to music in film. I'm looking for a site where I can either search for a piece of music and find out what films that piece of music appeared in, or search for a film and find out what music appeared in that film. Does this site exist?
posted by al_fresco on Nov 2, 2008 - 5 answers

I have a MediaWiki wiki that I've started. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to automatically generate meta keywords and meta descriptions from the articles. What is the best solution for this? I tried to find out how Wikipedia does it, but my Google Fu is weak.
posted by entropicamericana on Oct 2, 2008 - 1 answer

Years ago I saw a website that displayed authors' names in a rotatable 3D space, with genre, style, and theme indicated by proximity. [more inside]
posted by BitterOldPunk on Aug 27, 2008 - 4 answers

I'd like to reconstitute a years-defunct wiki I used to collaborate on. I've contacted the principals, & our searches for the database backup have come up empty so far. Without having the original database, the simplest path appears to be taking the html & transforming it into, say, an sql dump. So - how do I do that? Are there any MediaWiki, database, or Perl trails to follow?
posted by Pronoiac on Aug 6, 2008 - 10 answers

I hate MediaWiki, and am looking for an alternative. Problem: My MediaWiki site has tons of data. [more inside]
posted by jbickers on Jul 15, 2008 - 7 answers

I need a Wiki or CMS that has a WYSIWYG editor for a site with about a 100 static pages, sorted into categories. [more inside]
posted by andrewzipp on Jul 11, 2008 - 9 answers

The company I work for is growing by leaps and bounds. We've gone from 3 folks in the same office to 10 folks in 4 offices, the US and Asia. We need a communication solution. Looking for suggestions, experiences and thoughts. More inside. [more inside]
posted by GilloD on Jul 9, 2008 - 13 answers

How to display a charity badge in mediawiki? [more inside]
posted by Andrhia on Jun 24, 2008 - 2 answers

I'm looking to revamp my organization's wiki. Have you seen a Mediawiki installation with a really well-designed front page? [more inside]
posted by electric_counterpoint on Jun 2, 2008 - 9 answers

Halp! I need a new host for a wiki. My RPG has a wiki, because we're wordy and five years old and ... well, we're dorks. Our current host is not so good for us anymore for reasons of database size. [more inside]
posted by FritoKAL on May 23, 2008 - 8 answers

Mediawiki infoboxes. I'd like to use a Wikipedia-style infobox in my own personal Mediawiki. Help? Please? [more inside]
posted by Otis on May 23, 2008 - 2 answers

Yet another wiki question. I would like to migrate away from using TiddlyWiki as a personal wiki to one capable of handling a lot more data, but I need one specific function. [more inside]
posted by i_am_a_Jedi on May 8, 2008 - 2 answers

How do I run a wiki on my PC? [more inside]
posted by tomble on May 7, 2008 - 11 answers

Cutting edge strides and theories in neo-psychology - does an up and running, active Wiki exist? [more inside]
posted by watercarrier on Apr 22, 2008 - 3 answers

What else has wiki/email integration features like JotSpot's? [more inside]
posted by nakedcodemonkey on Apr 21, 2008 - 2 answers

Open source Wiki software! I'm looking to setup an open source wiki service very similar to wikipedia.org (but slightly different). However I know there is open source software available to download... [more inside]
posted by spinko on Apr 20, 2008 - 6 answers

Wiki hosting advice? [more inside]
posted by empath on Apr 7, 2008 - 9 answers

Are there any statistics available regarding the number of lurkers versus contributors on sites with community-generated content? [more inside]
posted by moift on Mar 23, 2008 - 12 answers

Is there any way to stop spam protection on Instiki? [more inside]
posted by djgh on Feb 10, 2008 - 4 answers

I work in a subdivision of a large music entity. There are many high-level ideas and challenges that float around every week. I'm trying to research a system that would allow for our staff of several hundred people to be able to both post ideas and solicit feedback on improving our products, our relationships, etc to a central website as well as being able to respond to others ideas. (for example: "how do we better provide value to cd purchasers" or "what can we do to optimize communication between department") Challenges: - Many of the people involved are not computer-savvy (not sure they'd be able to figure out how to use a wiki) - The individual items will need to be easily categorizable and accessible (this is why i hesitate to use something like Wordpress or Blogger, because after something's no longer on the home page, its out of peoples heads) - There will need to be an intuitive 'global' view I guess I'm kind of asking for something like AskMeFi, actually. But with an additional summary layer. Ideas would be greatly appreciated!
posted by softlord on Jan 18, 2008 - 7 answers

Is deny all, allow (my.ip.add.ress) good enough in Apache over Windoze? [more inside]
posted by foxydot on Jan 7, 2008 - 6 answers

How to get custom templates from Wikipedia for a locally installed instance of MediaWiki? [more inside]
posted by jjsonp on Dec 28, 2007 - 2 answers

What do you know about the Japanese word/concept of 'Ma'? I know it denotes the negative space between objects and it relates closely to the similarly used Japanese word 'Mu'. [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Dec 27, 2007 - 15 answers

Calling all architects! How to revolutionize the field of architecture? [more inside]
posted by lou on Nov 9, 2007 - 20 answers

Looking for a relatively easy way for a group of people to collaboratively write a book, online. [more inside]
posted by jak68 on Nov 6, 2007 - 8 answers

Any information organization tools out there (OneNote, TiddlyWiki, etc.) that support mouse-over, PHPXref-style popups / tooltip windows? [more inside]
posted by blahtsk on Sep 25, 2007 - 1 answer