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Launched on 25 March 1995, The WikiWikiWeb is the first wiki, or user-editable website. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

Cunningham came up with the name WikiWikiWeb because he remembered a Honolulu International Airport counter employee who told him to take the Wiki Wiki Shuttle, a shuttle bus line that runs between the airport's terminals. "Wiki Wiki" is a reduplication of "wiki", a Hawaiian language word for "quick".[7] Cunningham's idea was to make WikiWikiWeb's pages quickly editable by its users, so he initially thought about calling it "QuickWeb", but later changed his mind and dubbed it "WikiWikiWeb".

cool

[–] dezmd@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, in the days of the Wiki Wiki Wild Wild Web.

[–] otl@apubtest2.srcbeat.com 10 points 7 months ago

Sorry to be a pain; I believe the correct term is "World Wide Wiki Wiki Wild Wild Web". But we usually just say "WWWWWWW" which is super short and easier to type.

[–] eleitl@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago

Pepperidge farm remembers.

[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Early wikis were wild.

"We" implemented forums by just repeatedly editing a page and leaving a --Username, and it was all on the honor system.

Kinda emulated like this --User2WouldReply

Yeah, like this --User3