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A wiki is a CMS for collaborative content creation, typically with a flat content structure and heavy cross-referencing.

A wiki is a type of content-management system designed to let users build content rapidly, typically with thorough cross-referencing. Editing is facilitated by text markup and template-based paging. Wikis are usually intended for collaborative editing, so many applications offer tools such as revision control to enable curation. Most depend on a browser for user interface.

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How can you avoid being asked to enter your BitBucket password when you push to BitBucket wiki?

I'm not sure if everyone experiences this - when I edit a BitBucket wiki locally (through a git repository) I have to enter my BitBucket password for every pull and push. Is there any way around this? I have ssh correctly configured to use a key…
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Wiki & issue-tracking in one system?

I'm looking for an integrated solution that combines documentation of a software system with tracking of bugs, change requests and feature requests. Requirements: Documentation using a wiki would be nice, preferably one supporting CamelCase or…
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Is there any documentation for the wiki markup for a Sharepoint wiki?

I am looking for a list of markups that the Sharepoint Wiki (3.0) supports. The starter page they give you when you first start a wiki shows how to use the "[[ ]]" tags to create links, but I am looking for a complete list of supported markup, but…
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Converting word documents into a Trac wiki format

I'm working on a development team that uses Trac to maintain a software product that we are developing, and after working with our technical writer, we decided that we should try to put our test procedure documents into our wiki. Unfortunately,…
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A desktop Wiki editor/viewer: is there anything out there?

I'm a big user of wikis, mainly Dokuwiki, I really like the clarity and ease of use of simple text files. However all good wikis seem to require a web-server of some kind; has anyone come across a good desktop wiki editor/viewer that work with…
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Recommendation for Wiki that supports WYSIWYG?

Currently we use a MediaWiki installation for writing documentation, but several of us find the markup format horribly arbitrary and awkward, with a mixture of Wiki tags and XML in the text, and the lack of any quick formatting buttons for things…
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Personal wiki, preferably Python, with Markdown support

I'm looking for a wiki package to power a small, private wiki I'm wanting to set up on my home server (Linux). I'd prefer something that is written in Python, but ultimately I need to have Markdown support. Any suggestions?
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Is there a wiki that supports MS Word Import/Export?

I inherited the task of taking over documentation for a project. It is mostly software developers, but there are a few fairly non-technical people who don't like wikis and really love Word. The thing that they requested was something that would…
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Checkbox in Mediawiki syntax?

Is there a way to insert an HTML checkbox in Mediawiki syntax? doesn't appear on their list of blessed tags, so I can't just insert it. (FWIW, this is for a private documentation page which is a checklist, and I want to keep track of where I…
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Mass Rollback on MediaWiki

So, I have a personal wiki that I use to document code and programming practices and all that good stuff over at StackOverflow. I linked to one of the pages on an SO answer and BOOM! Spam Bots. Unfortunately, not being prepared for this causes most…
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Alternatives to using email (in particular, Outlook) as a knowledge store?

I suspect that, like many people, I use my work email account (accessed via Outlook 2007) to store information. I generally try to group similar things in folders and sub-folders, but with a multitude of folders this gets very unwieldy. In…
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Redmine Wiki (Texttile) Bullet points in Table cell

Is there any way to write a bullet pointed list within a cell in a Texttile formatted Redmine Wiki The basic table syntax is | Col 1R1 | Col 2R1 | | Col 1R2 | Col 2R2 | Bullet syntax is * Bullet 1 * Bullet 2 I would think it would be written…
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Using markdown in wikidpad

I'm using Wikidpad as a desktop wiki on the PC. Is there any way I can use markdown syntax instead of wikidpad syntax? There's an option to select wiki language, but I don't know how to go about using the option. Any help is appreciated.
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How do I make a link *within* a page using Redmine (textile) markup

How do I make links within a Redmine Wiki page itself (which uses Textile markup syntax)? I can't find a solution here. Of course I can do [[ThisPage#Foo|Foo]] but I would rather do something simpler and shorter.
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Mac Wiki for managing information

I have seen several questions regarding use of wikis for managing development related information and thought I would try it out as I want to document the process of a system i need to install. Is there a recommended personal wiki app for mac?
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