wikify

Verb

wikify (third-person singular simple present wikifies, present participle wikifying, simple past and past participle wikified)

1. (transitive, wiki jargon) To adapt to the standards and facilities of an existing wiki, such as by marking up with wikitext.
   • As a starting point, I've wikified an article I wrote a while ago.
   • This is definitely worth wikifying.2001 May 22, Jeff Hobbs, “Re: memory usage in tcl”, in comp.lang.tcl (Usenet)
2. (transitive) To make into a wiki, or to use a wiki approach for.
   • The Los Angeles Times proved this last week, with its high-minded but ultimately hilarious attempt to 'wikify ' its editorial column.2005 June 26, Frank Kane, “Eureka! Journalists may not be doomed after all”, in The Observer
   • Although he's adamant that NCBI is not going to "wikify" GenBank, Lipman says he's eager to work with mycologists to come up with a solution, possibly through RefSeq.2008 March 21, Elizabeth Pennisi, “Proposal to 'Wikify' GenBank Meets Stiff Resistance”, in Science
3. (intransitive) To use or participate in a wiki.
   • "They can blog and podcast and 'wikify ' and do all sorts of things we could not even imagine until very recently."2007 May 1, Graeme Philipson, quoting Bruce McCabe, “On the cusp of another digital revolution”, in The Age