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[[image:new topic icon.svg|thumb|[Image.]  "[https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=wiki Wiki]" is derived from a Hawaiian word (<i lang="haw">wikiwiki</i>) meaning "quick". <ref><code>https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=wiki</code></ref>  So "wiki markup" is "quick markup" and a "wiki site" is a "quick site".  This refers to the abbreviated MediaWiki syntax which allows for the rapid development of many webpages in the form of wikipages.  MediaWiki was originally designed for developing a collaboratively-edited public encyclopedia ([[wikipedia:Wikipedia|<cite>Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia</cite>]]), requiring many people to make many edits to many pages in a short time. <ref><code>[[wikipedia:MediaWiki]]</code></ref>  Pictured is an example of MediaWiki markup showing the elimination of HTML chevrons for a level-two heading. <ref><code>[[commons:category:wiki markup]]</code></ref>  This cuts in half the number of typed characters needed to create a heading.]] | [[image:new topic icon.svg|thumb|[Image.]  "[https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=wiki Wiki]" is derived from a Hawaiian word (<i lang="haw">wikiwiki</i>) meaning "quick". <ref><code>https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=wiki</code></ref>  So "wiki markup" is "quick markup" and a "wiki site" is a "quick site".  This refers to the abbreviated MediaWiki syntax which allows for the rapid development of many webpages in the form of wikipages.  MediaWiki was originally designed for developing a collaboratively-edited public encyclopedia ([[wikipedia:Wikipedia|<cite>Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia</cite>]]), requiring many people to make many edits to many pages in a short time. <ref><code>[[wikipedia:MediaWiki]]</code></ref>  Pictured is an example of MediaWiki markup showing the elimination of HTML chevrons for a level-two heading. <ref><code>[[commons:category:wiki markup]]</code></ref>  This cuts in half the number of typed characters needed to create a heading.]] | ||
The homepage for <u><cite class=" | The homepage for <u><cite class="n">[[Nicole Sharp's Website]]</cite></u> has been moved from | ||
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: <code>[[index|https://www.nicolesharp.net/]]</code> | : <code>[[index|https://www.nicolesharp.net/]]</code> | ||
This change in the homepage represents a shift from a web-first (<abbr title="hypertext markup language">HTML</abbr>-first) development model to a wiki-first (MEDIAWIKI-first) development model.  Previously, <cite class=" | This change in the homepage represents a shift from a web-first (<abbr title="hypertext markup language">HTML</abbr>-first) development model to a wiki-first (MEDIAWIKI-first) development model.  Previously, <cite class="n">NikkiWiki</cite> was a secondary site intended for notes or incomplete works compiled in wikimarkup before being (re)published in webmarkup (HTML or hypertext markup language) on the main site.  But this just ends up as twice the work.  Other [[mw:What is MediaWiki?|Wikimedia MediaWiki]] sites such as [[wikipedia:Main Page|<cite class="n">Wikipedia</cite>]], [[wikibooks:Main Page|<cite class="n">Wikibooks</cite>]], and [[wikisource:en:Main Page|<cite class="n">Wikisource</u>]] prove that [[wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] is more than capable of handling completed works including those with complex content and simply using a wiki as a "quicknotes" system is an underutilization.  A traditional HTML website or homepage is thus unnecessary if a wiki is present on the domain.  The exception of course is for a wikifarm where no single wiki is primary, as seen with the HTML homepages for [https://www.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]. | ||
A major advantage of abandoning webdevelopment in pure HTML in favor of MediaWiki wikimarkup is for intercompatibility with other MediaWiki sites such as Wikipedia, Wikibooks, and [[wikiversity:Main Page|Wikiversity]].  Wikitext can be freely copied to and from <cite class="n">NikkiWiki</cite> and [https://www.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia] (with attribution) since both are using the same software (Wikimedia MediaWiki) and the same license (<u>[[NikkiLicense|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike]]</u>). <ref><u><code>[[MediaWiki]]</code></u></ref> <ref><code>[[mw:What is MediaWiki?]]</code></ref> <ref><u><code>[[NikkiLicense]]</code></u></ref> <ref><code>https://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/</code></ref> <ref><code>https://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode</code></ref> <ref><u><code>[[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License]]</code></u></ref> <ref><code>https://www.wikimedia.org/</code></ref> | A major advantage of abandoning webdevelopment in pure HTML in favor of MediaWiki wikimarkup is for intercompatibility with other MediaWiki sites such as <cite class="n">Wikipedia</cite>, <cite class="n">Wikibooks</cite>, and [[wikiversity:Main Page|<cite class="n">Wikiversity</cite>]].  Wikitext can be freely copied to and from <cite class="n">NikkiWiki</cite> and [https://www.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia] (with attribution) since both are using the same software (Wikimedia MediaWiki) and the same license (<u>[[NikkiLicense|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike]]</u>). <ref><u><code>[[MediaWiki]]</code></u></ref> <ref><code>[[mw:What is MediaWiki?]]</code></ref> <ref><u><code>[[NikkiLicense]]</code></u></ref> <ref><code>https://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/</code></ref> <ref><code>https://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode</code></ref> <ref><u><code>[[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License]]</code></u></ref> <ref><code>https://www.wikimedia.org/</code></ref> | ||
== historical homepages == | == historical homepages == | ||
<cite class=" | <cite class="n">Nicole Sharp's Website</cite> was originally published in <time datetime="2006">2006</time> as "<code>personal.frostburg.edu/nlsharp0</code>".  Other historical homepages include the following: | ||
# <code><nowiki>http://personal.frostburg.edu/nlsharp0/</nowiki></code> | # <code><nowiki>http://personal.frostburg.edu/nlsharp0/</nowiki></code> | ||