Dictionary

wikify en · VERB

Pronunciation

• wĭk'ifī
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwɪkifaɪ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwiki Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English WikiWikiWebclip. English wiki English -fy English wikify From wiki + -fy.

Meanings

1. (of text or other content, qualifier:wiki jargon, transitive) To adapt to the standards and facilities of an existing wiki, such as by marking up with wikitext.
   • I added a justification, and tried to "wikify" the entry, which involved adding references and reformatting the text. 2007, Lisa Neal, “My Life as a Wikipedian”, in eLearn Magazine:
   • This is definitely worth wikifying. 2001 May 22, Jeff Hobbs, “Re: memory usage in tcl”, in comp.lang.tcl (Usenet):
   • As a starting point, I've wikified an article I wrote a while ago.
   • We don't yet know how blogs will evolve, and it is almost certain that what we will be using in ten years will be very different from what we might be using now––but who will be taking the lead in making sure that these are organized and preserved and described in such a way that we can guide someone to the relevant blog posting or wikified document as readily as we now direct them to a particular journal article? 2007, T. Scott Plutchak, “What's a Serial When You're Running on Internet Time?”, in The Serials Librarian:
2. (transitive) To make into a wiki, or to use a wiki approach for.
   • Although he's adamant that NCBI is not going to "wikify" GenBank, Lipman says he's eager to work with mycologists to come up with a solution, possibly through RefSeq. 2008 March 21, Elizabeth Pennisi, “Proposal to 'Wikify' GenBank Meets Stiff Resistance”, in Science:
   • The Los Angeles Times proved this last week, with its high-minded but ultimately hilarious attempt to 'wikify ' its editorial column. 2005 June 26, Frank Kane, “Eureka! Journalists may not be doomed after all”, in The Observer:
3. (intransitive) To use or participate in a wiki.
   • "They can blog and podcast and 'wikify ' and do all sorts of things we could not even imagine until very recently." 2007 May 1, Graeme Philipson, quoting Bruce McCabe, “On the cusp of another digital revolution”, in The Age:

Forms

Deriveds

dewikification · dewikify · wikification

Translations (24)

eo vikiigi (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · cmn 維基化 /维基化 (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · pt wikificar (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · fi wikittää (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · it wikificare (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · fr wikifier (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · uk вікіфікува́ти (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · da wikifere (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · ro wikifa (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · ja ウィキ化する (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · et vikindama (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · yue 維基化 /维基化 (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · el βικιποιώ (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · nl wikificeren (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · de wikifizieren (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · es wikificar (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · gl wikificar (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · ru викифици́ровать (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · ko 위키화 시키다 (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · sv wikifiera (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · no wikifisere (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · ml വിക്കിവൽക്കരിക്കുക (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · lv wikificēt (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify) · vi wiki hóa (to adapt (text) to a wiki — see also wiki, -ify)