# Is anyone working on a Discourse Wiki?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-working-on-a-discourse-wiki/20349
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 23, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-working-on-a-discourse-wiki/20349 "2014-09-23T06:21:02Z")
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### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-working-on-a-discourse-wiki/20349/25 "2016-04-25T17:39:16Z")

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> [@Brian\_McGonagill](#):
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> a Wiki option would be AWESOME

To be clear “Wiki” functionality exists:

> [@Editing and creating wiki posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-wiki-post/30801):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to create and edit wiki posts, including their purpose, permissions, and best practices. person_raising_hand Required user level: All users (with specific permissions based on group membership) Wiki posts in Discourse are special types of posts that can be edited by multiple users which allows for collaborative editing and knowledge sharing within a community. They are particularly useful for documentation, FAQs, and other content that benefits from commu…

> [@Configuring wiki settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-wiki-post/30802):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to configure wiki settings to meet your community’s needs, including how to determine who can create and edit wiki posts. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator What is a wiki post? Configure who can edit a wiki post Users can edit wiki posts when they meet the following requirements: The user must belong to at least one of the edit wiki post allowed groups (This site setting is configured to trust\_level\_1 by default). The user must b…

Perhaps it’s not an exact replacement for Wikipedia’s MediaWiki - but the base functionality to a large degree exists and works.

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