Must be fast, as this one’s about
wiki, which means “fast” or “quick” in Hawaiian. That is according to Wikipedia, “The
encyclopedia project, [which] is the most popular wiki on the public web in
terms of page views. … A wiki is usually a web application which
allows people to add, modify, or delete content in a collaboration with others.”
– en.wikipedia.org
– en.wikipedia.org
The FamilySearch instructor in the
Family History conference at Weber State University 9/14/2013, briefly mentioned
the Hawaiian origin of “wiki”, so I Googled, found, and copied it:
History
WikiWikiWeb was the first
wiki. Ward Cunningham started developing
WikiWikiWeb in Portland, Oregon, in 1994, and installed it on the Internet
domain c2.com on March 25, 1995. It was named by Cunningham, who remembered a
Honolulu International Airport counter employee telling him to take the
"Wiki Wiki Shuttle" bus that runs between the airport's terminals.
According to Cunningham, "I chose wiki-wiki as an alliterative substitute
for 'quick' and thereby avoided naming this stuff quick-web.”
– en.wikipedia.org
– en.wikipedia.org
The FamilySearch.org home page top
menu: SEARCH gives you sub menu including WIKI.
“Get research advice, or learn where
to find record collections in our 75,534 articles." [This number is constantly increasing.]
"Search by place or topic (not
individual)”: [type in search field.]
– familysearch.org/learn/wiki/...
The FamilySearch expert told us at
the WSU conference, "Never use [FS] Wiki to search individuals or
families."
Photo
courtesy of Wikipedia
