transwiki

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ wiki; coined in 2003 in the Wikimedia context.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Verb

transwiki (third-person singular simple present transwikis, present participle transwikiing, simple past and past participle transwikied)

1. (originally Wikimedia jargon, wiki jargon) To move content from one wiki to another, on sites such as Wikimedia projects, Fandom, or PBworks, or in apps such as Microsoft Teams (wiki function therein).

   Teams offers the option of a wiki for each team, so go ahead and use those wikis and we'll just transwiki as needed.

   • 2007 June 29, Jaydvb, “Pro Wrestling:Transwiki”, in Fandom‎^[1], retrieved 2022-02-16:

     This is the Wikia Pro Wrestling transwiki log.

   • 2018 January 15, Robertinventor, “Template:Transwiki guide”, in Encyclopedia of Buddhism‎^[2], retrieved 2022-02-16:

     This project or template has a transwiki guide to help editors adapt it to a remote wiki when this cannot be done by simply copying the codes of one single template.

Coordinate terms

• interwiki (“to make links between wikis”)

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 跨维基

• French: transwiki (fr) m

Further reading

• Help:Transwiki