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<p>Created page with &quot;{{pubdate|{{subst:CURRENTDAY}}|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|{{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} Today is the 30th anniversary of the [https://wiki.c2.com/?WikiHistory launch of the first w...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{pubdate|25|March|2025}}<br /> <br /> Today is the 30th anniversary of the [https://wiki.c2.com/?WikiHistory launch of the first wiki] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham Ward Cunningham]. A page that anyone could edit. Right from the browser. It was generally seen as a bad idea. What if people did bad things?<br /> <br /> Originally with the goal to support the software development community in creating a repository of software design patterns, wikis were later used for many other goals (even an [https://en.wikipedia.org encyclopedia]!), and became part of the recipe, together with blogs, fora and early social media, that was considered the Web 2.0.<br /> <br /> Thank you, Ward, and congratulations on the first 30 years.<br /> <br /> A wiki [https://wikiindex.org/w/30th_WikiBirthday#WikiBirthdayCard birthday card is being collected on Wikiindex].<br /> <br /> {{tag|Simia}}<br /> &lt;noinclude&gt;{{simiapost|english}}&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div>

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