# Using Discourse as a community-powered wiki

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-community-powered-wiki/43599
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [May 3, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-community-powered-wiki/43599 "2016-05-03T10:37:25Z")
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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-community-powered-wiki/43599/13 "2016-08-08T23:02:54Z")

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> [@meglio](#):
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> Btw, an offtopic thought: I suppose it is possible to make a simple one-page JS application that would use Discourse API only

Yep, this is something we might do, as discussed here:

> [@Single page application for docs using Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/single-page-application-for-docs-using-discourse-api/48380):
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> Continuing discussion from [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/want-my-forum-to-have-a-default-view-like-my-forum-search/40570). The v1 I had in mind for this was actually a lightweight single page application (i.e. [docs.discourse.org](http://docs.discourse.org)) interfacing with the Discourse API, which would open links in a new window ([meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org)). That way it’d be easier to style it to taste. But I suppose it might be roughly the same amount of work as a Discourse plugin. I haven’t had the chance to clean up my ideas yet, but here’s a mockup I was fiddling with: It has 3 components t…

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