GetWiki was first developed by M.R.M. Parrott late in 2003 and early in 2004 to “get wiki” content from site to site using XML-based exporting and importing. At the time, MediaWiki appeared to be a more intuitive and user-friendly application than other Wiki-engines, full of features, actively tested and improved by dedicated developers from around the world. However, this...

GetMeta was the original title of this GetWiki.net wiki, but the wiki was renamed to GetWiki on 11 March, 2007, to take advantage of the more well-known name. The GetMeta name was also the original “meta” topic area, a “metanamespace” in Wiki terms, for GetWiki, and for many years GetMeta was a place for pages and discussion related to the wiki itself. By 2025 and...