Wikis

What traits are desireable in a Wiki?

There are many variants available – TiddlyWiki, MediaWiki, etc. Many blogs programs are essentially wikis as well. What should the optimal wiki do?

  1. Doesn’t require cumbersome markup to enter text (==words==)
  2. Supports Tagging to jump around and identify groups
  3. Editable online and offline
  4. Able to create new pages from within the program
  5. Able to insert media
  6. Wide variant of formating options

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