WikiHistory

So, let's start building a WikiHistory similar to the WebLog history. No hurry, but I'll ask around for people to contribute. -- SunirShah

WikiPedia formally launched January 15, 2001 (started as wiki.nupedia.com on January 10, 2001)
SocialText founded
WikiService founded
TheWikiWay written
year ??? JotSpot founded
year ??? AtlassianConfluence? released (according to WikiPedia, the first public release date was May 5, 2004 [2])
CoForum founded
DseWiki founded

year ??? wikis start supporting RSS
NameSpaces developed
FermentWiki founded (April 28, 2002)
- not sure about the value of mentioning this
- because its unimportant, or a LandMine, or other?
- As far as I can tell, the only importance it may have is that it was a fork off of Meatball, but as far as I know it didn't really go anywhere.
- I'd say unimportant. It was primarily a Meatball-centered issue. FermentWiki never attracted an active community, and it doesn't seem like Joe is going to ressurrect it any time soon. -- StephenGilbert

WikiIndex founded from SwitchWiki
ProWiki turns OpenSource
MultiLinking developed
WikiNet developed
DigitalUniverse? launched (January)
- Does the Digital Universe actually have a wiki up and running yet? (see http://www.dufoundation.org/blog/)
SocialText turns OpenSource (2006-07-23)
MoinMoin celebrates being OpenSource and FreeSoftware (GPL) since 6 years :)

I'm not sure what the 2004 entry "Wikipedia becomes successful" means. Became mainstream on the web, perhaps? -- StephenGilbert

In LangueFrançaise, CharlesNepote initiated CraoWiki:PetiteHistoireDeLaTerreWikiFrancophone. Some resources could be extracted and translated here in English. Awaiting your guidelines. -- ChristopheDucamp