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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.  This cuts in half the number of typed characters needed to create a heading.]]