Wiki Archive

2005 marks the WardsWikiTenthAnniversary. At this juncture, it may be illuminating to browse through some of the history of the pages of this site.

To explore on your own, replace "PageTitle" with the page title of your choice in the following link:

• http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PageTitle

Since the WikiList shows all pages on WardsWiki, you can use archived versions of it to browse as if you are actually reading the wiki of that day. Note that if the page has been updated you'll have the new version; replace the numeric date string in the URL with an asterisk to see a list of all archived versions. Note that BackLinks will work to some extent, too.

Wiki in November 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/19961129203452/c2.com/cgi-bin/wikiList

Here are a selection of notable pages at early points in their history.

• WelcomeVisitors, August 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/19961129194659/http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors

• RecentChanges
  • ...in November 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/19961129193046/http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RecentChanges
  • ...in June 2002: http://web.archive.org/web/20020610145606/c2.com/cgi/wiki?RecentChanges

• CategoryHomePage in June 1998: http://web.archive.org/web/19961130070027/c2.com/cgi/wiki?search=CategoryHomePage (Only seven pages, from a total at the time of 1030.)

• WardCunningham, August 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/19961129214346/http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WardCunningham (Hint: try the last link of the page for interesting pictures.)

• StanSilver, November 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/19961129200737/http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?StanSilver (Stan invented the WikiCategories system. In those days, it was just an experiment: follow Stan's links on to see what categories existed at the time.)

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