From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Derives from the Hawaiian word 'wikiwki' meaning 'quick'.

A wiki is software that allows users to create, edit, and link web
pages easily. Wikis are often used to create collaborative
websites and to power community websites. They are being
installed by businesses to provide affordable and effective
Intranets and for Knowledge Management. Ward Cunningham,
developer of the first wiki, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as
"the simplest online database that could possibly work".[1] One
of the best known wikis is Wikipedia.[2]

Wiki Wiki (/wi?ki? wi?ki?/) is a reduplication of wiki, a Hawaiian
word for "fast." In English, "wiki" is an abbreviation of it.
WikiWikiWeb was the first site to be called a wiki.[2] Ward
Cunningham started developing WikiWikiWeb in 1994, and
installed it on the Internet domain c2.com on March 25, 1995. It
was named by Cunningham, who remembered a Honolulu
International Airport counter employee telling him to take the
"Wiki Wiki" Chance RT-52 shuttle bus line that runs between the
airport's terminals. According to Cunningham, "I chose wiki-wiki
as an alliterative substitute for 'quick' and thereby avoided
naming this stuff quick-web."[3][4]


--- In TheNewCovenOfOliveThomas@yahoogroups.com,
"donlut1964" <dlutes1618@...> wrote:
>
> OK I know I'm gonna sound stupid. What is a "WIKI"????? This
is my
> first post here. My name is Don and I'm from Monongahela, PA,
not far
> from where Olive was born in Charleroi, PA. Years ago my
grandmother
> on my mother's side told me that her mother had a cousin who
was a
> silent film star and yes you guessed it..........Olive Thomas!!! I
> finally did go on ancestry.com and found her on there but I still
> haven't found the connection through my great-grandmother's
family
> tree. I would greatly appreciate it if there are any other relatives
> out there who could help me. I've been in contact with one
person
> (sorry James I haven't emailed you in a while!!!). If anyone
knows
> what Olive's mother's maiden name was that would be a great
help.
> Happy New Year to everyone on here and hope to hear from
you soon!
>
> --- In TheNewCovenOfOliveThomas@yahoogroups.com,
"rancidcheesehead"
> <rancidcheesehead@> wrote:
> >
> > Of course, concrete citation/documentation would need to be
included
> > with any submission...
> >
> > This could be an unrealistic expectation for anything to be
done on
> > Ollie because there may be information that cannot be
properly
> > documented or what can be documented is not necessarily
accurate.
> >
> > One of the best places for raw information on Ollie is the
New York
> > Public Library for the Performing Arts. They have scrapbooks
on
> > various performers and files of loose clippings. The loose
> clippings
> > are exactly that... loose clippings from various newspapers
that
> > cannot be documented because the paper is not listed and
the date
> may
> > not be given. A good example is the uncited clipping whose
text
> > suggests it was from her Follies days ended with the
statement that
> > Ollie was educated in Glassport and Pittsburgh. Glassport is
> another
> > small town surrounding the larger Pittsburgh but I have never
found
> > else to suggest that Ollie was in Glassport...ever but it is the
> > kind of obscure reference that very seductive to a researcher
> looking
> > to fill in missing information.
> >
> > On the opposite extreme is Bruce Long's Taylorology #33.
Bruce Long
> > is probably the most diligent researcher I have had the
opportunity
> > to read. His work, for academic purposes, is very easy to
follow.
> > Unfortunately, we know now that Ollie and Jack were married
months
> > after the publication date of the article Mr Long cited and
more
> than
> > a year after the time Ollie suggested they eloped near her
birthday
> > in 1916. Bruce Long had a very interesting story... made even
more
> > interesting because Ollie knew it was wrong. Makes me
wonder why
> > Ollie kept telling it.
> >
> > There is a lot of myths and misinformation out there and
> > unfortunately, not all the people will believe it even if you do
> > present documentation. Even today, people will argue about
her
> > birthdate even if you present her birth certificate.
> >
> > Still, it is an intriguing idea.
> >
> > Your partner in limburger.
> >
>