DekiWiki...when a wiki becomes a 'thneed'  There are so many
things that can be done with a wiki like DekiWiki's that it's
hard to define what it is. It's a bit like a "thneed" from Dr.
Seuss' The Lorax.   Just what is a wiki, anyway? A few years
ago, I could have told you. Today, I'm not so sure.  Part of the
problem is that wiki authors have made innovations, broadening
the appeal and scope of wikis. Witness MindTouch's recent
upgrade of its DekiWiki platform to 1.8.3.  DekiWiki, the
leading enterprise wiki (measured in terms of downloads and, in
my opinion, by raw innovation), still allows easy creation of
Web pages by nontechnical users.  But the new release goes much
further. DekiWiki eliminates the need to use a separate
programming environment to add widgets, external services, or
JavaScript libraries. In other words, it makes it easy for
developers to connect a wiki to everything else. Yes, everything
else:  According to MindTouch's release:  The extensive open
source platform also offers seamless Dap