# Corporate Wiki

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-wiki/451686>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 3, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-wiki/451686 "2008-06-03T21:11:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-wiki/451686/1 "2008-06-03T21:11:35Z")

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I want to try creating an internal wiki site for my workplace, in order to document our PCs and servers, trouble-shooting, service records, and so on. I see that I can manually create pages pretty easily, but I’d like to automate this as much as possible.

Specifically, I’d like to have templates for PCs and servers with a number of fields, and populate those fields from Active Directory, Altiris, and other standard sources. I’d also like those templates to be ongoing; that is, if I change the template, all the corresponding wiki pages change as well.

Is that possible? What wiki software should I look into?

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**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-wiki/451686/2 "2008-06-03T21:26:58Z")

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[Wiki comparison matrix](http://www.wikimatrix.org/). I am not sure if it helps, but it least allows you to compare features.

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-wiki/451686/3 "2008-06-03T22:24:38Z")

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[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD]  
[Wiki comparison matrix](http://www.wikimatrix.org/). I am not sure if it helps, but it least allows you to compare features.  
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That’s pretty cool. At first glance, it doesn’t seem as though the features I’m looking for are explicitly described, but it at least helps me narrow down the field for further investigation.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-wiki/451686/4 "2008-06-04T12:19:51Z")

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Prior thread on topic: [Wiki engines that run on Windows + IIS + SQL Server? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440069)