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ikiwiki is a **wiki compiler**. It converts wiki pages
-into html pages suitable for publishing on a website. Unlike a traditional
-wiki, ikiwiki does not have its own means of storing page history.
-Instead it can use [[Subversion]] (or [[Git]] or [[tla]]).
+into html pages suitable for publishing on a website. Unlike many
+wikis, ikiwiki does not have its own means of storing page history,
+and instead uses a revision control system such as [[Subversion]].
* [[News]] is a blog (built using ikiwiki) of news items about ikiwiki.
It's the best way to find out when there's a new version to [[Download]].