TwinPage

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For Wikis T1, T2, T1<>T2 with pages t1 in T1, t2 in T2, we define the TwinPage relation as follows:

t1 Twinpages t2 :<=> WikiPageName(t1)=WikiPageName(t2) and BiLinked(t1,t2)

Verbose: Two different Wikis are called TwinWikis iff their pages are mapped one-to-one and each mapped pair of pages are namesakes (i.e. share the same WikiPageName).

BillSeitz's network

Bill has his own network of twin pages with an embeddable widget. See:

http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/TwinPages

https://melanocarpa.lesarbr.es/hypha/bill_seitz_twin_pages

Discussion:

Due to the name-sharing, TwinPages don't need to repeat the name of their complementary twin ("brother/sister page"). Instead of this, they only need to use their WikiPrefix or WikiLogo? in a uniform way. This is an excellent way to promote wikis by continuous name-recognition.

The metapher "twin" implies symmetry in the sense, that "A is a twin to B" is equivalent to "B is a twin to A".

The terms FriendPage, FriendWikis, PartnerPage?, PartnerWikis? are also worth to be considered to be formalized/implemented/used -- FridemarPache

The FriendPage relation is interesting (as a metaphor and a source of inspiration), because it is

reflexive (each one is their own friend (hopefully))
symmetric
transitive ("your friends are my friends" useful at least as mnemonic)

Notes:

A couple of additional points...

Hi Hans,

The use of the WikiPragma: "TwinPages:" on the bottom line of the page, immediately followed by a list of wikis with the same Wiki Page Name is Wiki:DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork . In this way, making TwinPages is userdefined. It's not anymore the privilege of a GodKing to make twins.
By applying the insights, gained from TwinPagesArchive, the author made the above definition less restricted.

-- FridemarPache

The CommunityWiki:RecentNearChanges page even makes it easy to review a merged set of RecentChanges.
Consider too Wiki:SisterSites as a form of automatic linking between wikis.

-- HansWobbe

Hi Hans,

I put your contribution into the redefinition of TwinPage. Thank you.
As currently I found no WikiFarm yet, that supports the automatic creation of TwinPages or even TwinWikis/TwinBalls, I am going to use the following workaround in my SlideWiki experiment: For each slide page with name XYZ, I take as TwinPage a page with name XYZ_ . In this way any wiki W can be made a partition of two wikis W1, W2, where all the pagenames in W2 have trailing underscores, whereas all the pages in W1 don't have one. The disadvantage of a manual made TwinWiki pair (W1,W2) is, that it may be another threshold for newcomers and that it takes a bit more care. But I think, that the advantages for a partitioned SlideWiki outweigh by far this little nuisance.

-- FridemarPache

Now we need a decent term for the Wikis who have TwinPages in common. "Sister" A cannot have a T1, wheras "Sister" B has a T2, where T1,T2 are twin pages. Therefore the autor suggests the term TwinWiki. -- FridemarPache

Attention:

The content of the page, that was earlier named TwinPages (, now redirected to the current page), moved to TwinPagesArchive. Reason: it was asked to be reworked, probably for reason of systematics and usefulness.
WikiNode is an instance of a TwinPage.
TwinPages is also used as a WikiPragma.
CommunityWiki has an implicit TwinPage: i.e it redirects TwinPage as a NearLink to MeatballWiki
A powerful generalization of TwinPage is VirtualTwinPage

-- FridemarPache

New notation:' After TwinPages we insert the pseudo-icon <=>. If this usage is established, we can omit the pragma "TwinPages", because the pseudo-icon '<=>' appears to be sufficiently selfexplaining, if there are enough use-cases.

TwinPages: <=> [MoinMoin], [WardsWiki],[CraoWiki], [CommunityWiki] [FractalWiki] [GruenderWiki]

Google:TwinPage DiiGo:(1), TrailFire [1]

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