wikify

Format for Wikipedia

Wikify means to convert text into wiki format, adding hyperlinks, formatting, and structure suitable for Wikipedia or similar collaborative platforms.

The term also covers adapting content to wiki conventions—neutral tone, citations, internal links: The article needs someone to wikify it before publication.

More broadly, to wikify is to make information accessible and interconnected in wiki style.

linking

hyperlink

Clickable reference to another page

backlink · anchor · redirect · disambiguation · navigation · interconnect · cite · source · reference · embed

formatting

markup

Added percentage for profit

infobox · heading · bullet · table · stub · category · formatting · structure · layout · cleanup

encyclopedia

Wikipedia

Free collaborative online encyclopedia

  • WikimediaFree knowledge project operator
  • articleWritten piece or grammatical word
  • entryAccess or submission

reference · documentation · archive · repository · encyclopedia · open-source · citation · source · verify · notable

editing

edit

Modify written material

diff · history · watchlist · talk-page · sandbox · draft · rollback · undo · merge · split

collaboration

crowdsource

Solicit contributions from many

Wikipedian · consensus · discussion · talk-page · dispute · mediation · volunteer · collective · verifiability · notability

Opposites
format transformation

wikifyflatten

Make level or smooth

unformat

collaborative vs. static structure

wikifyfinalize

Settle decisively

lock · freeze · archive · hardcode · fossilize

content structuring

wikifyunlink

Sever a connection

delink · disorganize · isolate

Phrases
Family

wiki, wikis

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