AboutWikis

The simplest online database that could possibly work

 * Allows users to freely create and edit
 * Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple syntax for creating a new page.
 * It is also unusual in communication mechanisms
 * Like many simple concepts, "open editing" has some profound and subtle effects on Wiki usage.
 * The first ever wiki site was created for the Portland Pattern Repository in 1994
 * Wikis are web sites that allows for the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages.
 * The pages are created collaboratively by a group of people.

Is it realiable

 * Comparing this to a privately published encyclopedia, the result is much faster, more efficient, and cheaper.
 * The theory behind a wiki is that the best information/idea/solution bubbles up