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-[[Ikiwiki]] is a wiki compiler. It converts a directory full of wiki pages
+Ikiwiki is a wiki compiler. It converts a directory full of wiki pages
into html pages suitable for publishing on a website. Unlike a traditional
wiki, ikiwiki does not have its own means of storing page history, its own
markup language, or support for editing pages online.
-To use [[ikiwiki]] to set up a wiki, you will probably want to use it with a
+Why call it IkiWiki? Well, partly because I'm sure some people will find
+this a pretty Iky Wiki, since it's so different from other Wikis. Partly
+because "ikiwiki" is a nice palindrome. Partly because its design turns
+the usual design for a Wiki inside-out and backwards.
+
+To use ikiwiki to set up a wiki, you will probably want to use it with a
revision control system, such as [[Subversion]], for keeping track of past
versions of pages. ikiwiki can run as a Subversion post-commit hook, so
that each committed change to your wiki is immediatly compiled and
@@ -31,6 +36,5 @@ ikiwiki also supports making one page that is a [[SubPage]] of another.
would consider it a full-fledged wiki.
All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]], so this one does to.
-If you'd like to try editing pages on this wiki, do whatever you'd like in
-[[ikiwiki]] is developed by JoeyHess.
+ikiwiki is developed by [[JoeyHess]].