A brief history of wikis

Ward Cunningham's wiki (Camel case)

Wikipedia articles reach ___
There is increasing buzz about web2.0, user experience, socialsoftware
San Fran Tribune(?) opens a wiki for users to express opinion about the Iraq War. It is taken offline after only 3 days because of EditWars
A prominant businessman sues Wikia for defamation (gaining the attn of NYTs re: wikis) due to a wikipedia article
First International Wiki Conference is held in Frankfurt, Germany
Jimmy Wales (founder of wikipedia) is named one of Time's 100 most influential people of the year

(pre-history 2004) - SOM experiments, buzz in academic circles, wikiczar role/name coined, independent experimentation in School of Management, Computing Services (3rd and 2nd floor), Library Services
(2005? or earlier) ResCons (Resident Consultants, student employess of Computing Services) setup a PMWiki (PHP based wiki software, uses CamelCase convention) for communications and problem resolution notes among themselves
binghamton.wikicities.com is launched (late Spring, very few folks contribute to the effort, little compelling content is added by the founder)
wiki.binghamton.edu domain is established (late August, on test linux platform)
late summer Wikipaltz, (student government officers of SUNY in New Paltz, NY) (in quick succession) set up a wiki page for their University, announce their wiki and news on wikinews.org, and storm their administration building
late October/November Bingwiki is set up on test platform (announced by word of mouth), contains most of the major features of the current Bingwiki.

Spring - Dave Comstock adds a large set of Templates onto Bingwiki (for Departmental and other Infoboxes)
Summer/Fall - TechFAQ (a series of questions and answers from Computing Services) is added to Bingwiki, and linked to from other main Computing Services pages
Fall - Statistical Programming Documentation is added to Bingwiki, used as a platform for ongoing weekly workshops (examples, exercises) (;-) TMOH --Rhansen 12:50, 13 September 2006 (EDT)