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

=== 1995 ===

* WikiWikiWeb created
* year ??? FoxWiki created

=== 1996 ===
* CategoriesAndTopics developed (see Wiki:HistoryOfWikiCategories)

=== 1998 ===
* year ??? CoWeb clone created, first science papers about wikis in education

=== 1999 ===
* PikiPiki wiki engine (Python) created
* year ??? TWiki clone created targeting the enterprise market

=== 2000 ===

* UseMod created [https://www.usemod.org/wikicode/very_old/]
* WhyClublet created
* MeatballWiki created
* MoinMoin wiki engine (Python) forked from PikiPiki
* year ??? SisterSites developed in C2

=== 2001 ===

* 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software])
* CoForum founded
* DseWiki founded

=== 2002 ===
* 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

=== 2003 ===
* CommunityWiki founded [http://www.communitywiki.org/cw/2003-10-24]
* CraoWiki founded
* EmacsWiki founded [http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsWiki]
* FractalWiki founded
* GründerWiki founded
* NearLinks developed [http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/oddmuse/oddmuse/ChangeLog?view=markup]
* OddMuse forked from UseMod 0.92 [http://www.oddmuse.org/cgi-bin/oddmuse/History]

=== 2004 ===
* WikiPedia becomes mainstream on the web
* LocalNames developed [http://ln.taoriver.net/about.html]
* OpenMeatballWiki opens (April 19, 2004)

=== 2005 ===
* WikiMania conference started
* WikiSym symposium started
* LesWikis book written in France
* WikiTools book written in German
* OpenMeatballWiki shut down due to spam (August 16, 2005)

=== 2006 ===
* 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 :)

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=== Discussion ===
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

:Christophe, that would be very helpful. -- StephenGilbert

See also [http://wikiindex.com/WikiEngineTree WikiIndex:WikiEngineTree]

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