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wikiness

wikiness noun: the property of being a wiki, i.e. a collaborative website with built-in editing facilities.

Noun

wikiness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being a wiki, i.e. a collaborative website with built-in editing facilities.
    • To coin a phrase, I wasn't exploiting the wikiness of the wiki that had attracted me in the first place; to put it another way, I wasn't being true to the wiki's essence.2009, Matthew Barton, Robert Cummings, Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom
    • […] users who don't have the permissions necessary to deactivate features on the site can accidentally disable the “wikiness” of the home page […]2011, C. A. Callahan, Mastering Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010

Origin of wikiness

From wiki + -ness.

Questions about wikiness

What does wikiness mean?
Wikiness means the property of being a wiki, i.e. a collaborative website with built-in editing facilities.
What part of speech is wikiness?
Wikiness is a noun.

Words near wikiness in the dictionary

  1. wikilinks
  2. Wikimedian
  3. Wikimedian in Residence
  4. Wikimedians
  5. Wikimedians in Residence
  6. wikiness
  7. Wikinewsie
  8. Wikinewsies
  9. Wiking
  10. Wikings
  11. wikinomics

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