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Brass Contributor

Feb 18, 2022

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Wiki Pages or Wiki SIte

Hello: I am new to the WIKI thing and was trying to get more info but it is proving quite difficult. I created a bunch of Wiki Pages, but then creating access to them is not great (or with my limit...

DaveMehr365
Apr 11, 2022
Hello MVCuser

in SharePoint you don't have explicit "Wiki-Pages", you create pages in the Site Pages Library for a wiki, but you have a lot features in modern to create wiki pages with modern page experience, metadate or functions like [[ to link wiki pages. More informations:
https://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-build-an-awesome-knowledge-base-wiki-in-sharepoint-online-using-modern-pages/

The enterprise wiki site is an "classic" site template, not modern, so i don't recommend it in SharePoint online, but here are more informations about it: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-and-edit-a-wiki-dc64f9c2-d1a2-44b5-ac59-b9d535551a32

Regards, Dave

DaveMehr365

MVP

Apr 11, 2022

Hello MVCuser

in SharePoint you don't have explicit "Wiki-Pages", you create pages in the Site Pages Library for a wiki, but you have a lot features in modern to create wiki pages with modern page experience, metadate or functions like [[ to link wiki pages. More informations:

https://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-build-an-awesome-knowledge-base-wiki-in-sharepoint-online-using-modern-pages/

The enterprise wiki site is an "classic" site template, not modern, so i don't recommend it in SharePoint online, but here are more informations about it: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-and-edit-a-wiki-dc64f9c2-d1a2-44b5-ac59-b9d535551a32

Regards, Dave

RobElliott
Silver Contributor
Apr 11, 2022
MVCuser and the classic wiki features haven't been updated or improved for many years and it was never a good platform anyway compared to the mainstream wiki platforms like Wikimedia and Wikidot.

Rob
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