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transwiki

verb

To move content from one wiki to another, on sites such as Wikimedia projects, Fandom, or PBworks, or in apps such as Microsoft Teams (wiki function therein).

“Teams offers the option of a wiki for each team, so go ahead and use those wikis and we'll just transwiki as needed.”

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Meanings

verbtranswiki (third-person singular simple present transwikis, present participle transwikiing, simple past and past participle transwikied)

present singular third person transwikis · participle present transwikiing · participle past transwikied · past transwikied

wiki jargonTo move content from one wiki to another, on sites such as Wikimedia projects, Fandom, or PBworks, or in apps such as Microsoft Teams (wiki function therein).
Teams offers the option of a wiki for each team, so go ahead and use those wikis and we'll just transwiki as needed.
2 more examples
This is the Wikia Pro Wrestling transwiki log.
2007 June 29, Jaydvb, “Pro Wrestling:Transwiki”, in Fandom, retrieved 16 Feb 2022
This project or template has a transwiki guide to help editors adapt it to a remote wiki when this cannot be done by simply copying the codes of one single template.
2018 January 15, Robertinventor, “Template:Transwiki guide”, in Encyclopedia of Buddhism, retrieved 16 Feb 2022

Origin

From trans- + wiki; coined in 2003 in the Wikimedia context.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 跨维基

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French transwiki

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Cite this entry

APA

transwiki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transwiki

MLA

“transwiki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transwiki. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transwiki,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transwiki.

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