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45-548: After Ward Cunningham created the first wiki website WikiWikiWeb , there were various "WikiWikiClones" that implemented the functions and design of WikiWikiWeb's engine ("WikiBase"), mainly written in Perl . Peter Merel developed CVWiki which was an early WikiWikiClone released partially under the GNU Lesser General Public License , and Markus Denker then developed AtisWiki which was released under

90-446: A lack of funds, Duneland Lutheran closed down at the end of the 2008/2009 school year. There are several parochial elementary schools in the city, including St. Paul Lutheran School, St. Stanislaus Kostka School, Queen Of All Saints School, and Notre Dame Catholic School. Sadly, St Paul Lutheran School closed down in the 21/22 school year. At one time Michigan City had two public high schools: M.C. Elston High School (Red Devils) (Elston

135-485: Is a Michigan City-based weekly newspaper that covers Beverly Shores, Michigan City, Long Beach, LaPorte, Michiana and New Buffalo. Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and South Bend Tribune are distributed throughout Michigan City. Off the Water , a free weekly art and entertainment newspaper published by Niles, Michigan -based Leader Publications, primarily focuses on Niles-Benton Harbor Metropolitan Statistical Area, but it

180-545: Is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana , United States. It had a population of 32,075 at the 2020 census . Located along Lake Michigan in the Michiana region, the city is about 45 miles (72 km) east of Chicago and is 40 miles (64 km) west of South Bend . Michigan City is noted for both its proximity to Indiana Dunes National Park and for bordering Lake Michigan. It receives a fair amount of tourism during

225-561: Is a co-founder of Cunningham & Cunningham, a software consultancy he started with his wife. Cunningham has also served as Director of R&D at Wyatt Software and as Principal Engineer in the Tektronix Computer Research Laboratory. He is founder of The Hillside Group and has served as program chair of the Pattern Languages of Programming conference which it sponsors. Cunningham

270-544: Is distributed in downtown Michigan City. Michigan City is in Chicago's Area of Dominant Influence . Radio and television broadcasts from both Chicago and South Bend reach most of the population. Michigan City also has one FM radio station, WEFM FM 95.9 and one AM radio station, WIMS AM 1420. (Which is also heard on FM translator W236BD 95.1 FM). The city has one Government-access television (GATV) station, Access LaPorte County, as well as one channel operated by

315-690: The GNU General Public License and based on CVWiki. In the 1990s, Clifford Adams initiated the Use net Mod eration project that would allow users to share rating, editing, and eventually summary/change information about Usenet postings. It was replaced by the concept of wikis in 1999, and the development of UseModWiki started on October 11 as a simplified fork of AtisWiki. From version 0.4 ("WikiFour") in November 1999, more functions and improvements were introduced to UseModWiki. In 2000,

360-533: The Venice Beach -based CitizenGlobal, a startup working on crowd-sourced video content, as their chief technology officer and the Co-Creation Czar. He remains "an adviser" with AboutUs. In April 2013, Cunningham left CitizenGlobal to work as a programmer at New Relic . Cunningham is well known for a few widely disseminated ideas which he originated and developed. The most famous among these are

405-690: The WikiWikiWeb in 1994, and installed it on c2.com (the website of his software consulting firm ) on March 25, 1995, as an add-on to the Portland Pattern Repository . He co-authored (with Bo Leuf ) a book about wikis, entitled The Wiki Way , and invented the Framework for Integrated Test . Cunningham was a keynote speaker at the first three instances of the WikiSym conference series on wiki research and practice, and also at

450-1071: The 11th street station. In addition, Route 1 passes near the Amtrak station on the way to Washington Park. Michigan City also operates a Dial-a-Bus service. Coach USA 's Indiana Airport SuperSaver service between The University of Notre Dame and O'Hare airport stopped at Michigan City at the La Porte County Convention and Visitors Bureau at Marquette Mall (4073 S. Franklin St). The service made stops at Notre Dame, South Bend, Portage, Highland, Crestwood and O'Hare and Midway airports. Buses ran from 4:10 am – 1:10 am (US Central Time). Buses ran once every hour in both direction between Michigan City and O'Hare and Midway and once every two hours between Michigan City and Notre Dame. On December 10, 2019, Coach USA announced it will cease operations of its Indiana Airport SuperSaver service effective January 1, 2020. Michigan City Municipal Airport has

495-706: The 2008 CNU Charter Award of Excellence. Most of the discussion centers on maintaining and expanding open and accessible park areas on Lake Michigan and along Trail Creek. The Barker House , John H. Barker Mansion , Elston Grove Historic District , First Congregational Church of Michigan City , Franklin Street Commercial Historic District , Garrettson-Baine-Bartholomew House , Haskell and Barker Historic District , Michigan City East Pierhead Light Tower and Elevated Walk , Old Michigan City Light , Michigan City Post Office , SS Muskegan Shipwreck Site , and Washington Park are listed in

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540-519: The Blue Chip complex added a 22-story hotel, which is the biggest building in northwest Indiana. Michigan City has also added a new skatepark at Pullman Field to its tourism offerings. In the 2000s and 2010s, Michigan City has been working on revitalizing much of its north end, which contains the oldest portions of the city. One plan that has been discussed is the Andrews Plan, which won

585-467: The Manifesto for Agile Software Development as a co-author. When asked in a 2006 interview with internetnews.com whether he considered patenting the wiki concept, he explained that he thought the idea "just sounded like something that no one would want to pay money for." Cunningham is interested in tracking the number and location of wiki page edits as a sociological experiment and may even consider

630-624: The National Register of Historic Places. Michigan City is administered under a mayor-council government. The city council is the legislative body and consists of nine members. Six members are elected from six wards, and three are elected at-large. Michigan City Area Schools , the city's public school system, includes one high school ( Michigan City High School ), two middle schools, and eight elementary schools. Michigan City previously also had three parochial high schools – Marquette , La Lumiere , and Duneland Lutheran but, due to

675-569: The PHP script " (phase II) on January 25, 2002, a new wiki software based on UseModWiki but rewritten in PHP . On July 20, "the PHP script" was then replaced by its own rewritten wiki software (phase III), currently known as MediaWiki , for better performance and functionality. Other language editions gradually switched to MediaWiki afterwards, and as of late 2003, only a few active editions including Catalan Misplaced Pages were still powered by UseModWiki. In 2004,

720-646: The South Bend Regional Airport to the east. Prior to April 4, 2022, Amtrak served the city with Wolverine trains, which ran from Chicago to Detroit, and Pontiac three times a day in each direction, filling in several gaps in South Shore Line's weekday service and augmenting weekend service. While Wolverine trains were faster than South Shore Line trains, the South Shore Line was cheaper and ran more frequently. Currently, Amtrak trains pass through Michigan City without stopping and

765-743: The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017. He was a keynote speaker at the MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference, Spring 2024. Cunningham was born in Michigan City, Indiana , on May 26, 1949. He grew up in Highland, Indiana , where he completed high school. Cunningham received his bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary engineering (electrical engineering and computer science) and his master's degree in computer science from Purdue University , graduating in 1978. He

810-424: The age of 18 living with them, 33.4% were married couples living together, 19.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.1% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 3.05. The median age in

855-419: The age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were married couples living together, 18.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.02. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under

900-462: The age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 33,732, and the median income for a family was $ 39,520. Males had a median income of $ 32,194 versus $ 23,125 for females. The per capita income for

945-543: The beaches in and near Michigan City is nicknamed "singing sand" because of the sound it produces. Michigan City Power Plant lies along the shore of Lake Michigan west of the downtown core. The cooling tower of the coal burning plant is visible for miles around and is often mistaken for a nuclear power plant . Michigan City is home to the largest riverboat casino in Indiana, the Blue Chip Casino . In 2009,

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990-583: The city was $ 16,995. About 10.4% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.2% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over. Michigan City is the home of the Old Michigan City Light ; and the newer currently functioning one which is Indiana's only lighthouse . The Pullman-Standard rail car plant was located in Michigan City. Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets mall, opened in 1987 on

1035-402: The city was 37.1 years. 23.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.8% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 13.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.4% male and 48.6% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 32,900 people, 12,550 households, and 7,906 families living in the city. The population density

1080-518: The city's North end, is an outdoor mall. Marquette Mall, constructed in 1965, was Michigan City's sole indoor shopping mall. Franciscan Health Michigan City is Michigan City's main hospital, located just off of the 94 highway. Michigan City also houses a zoo , and art center , and also is the home of the Indiana State Prison . Michigan City also has one of the nation's oldest active municipal bands. Free concerts are performed for

1125-478: The city. The population density was 1,606.9 inhabitants per square mile (620.4/km ). There were 14,435 housing units at an average density of 736.9 per square mile (284.5/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 64.9% White , 28.1% African American , 0.4% Native American , 0.7% Asian , 2.1% from other races , and 3.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.9% of the population. There were 12,136 households, of which 30.5% had children under

1170-414: The degradation of a wiki page as part of its process to stability. "There are those who give and those who take. You can tell by reading what they write." In 2011, Cunningham created Smallest Federated Wiki , a tool for wiki federation, which applies aspects of software development such as forking to wiki pages. Cunningham has contributed to the practice of object-oriented programming , in particular

1215-708: The end of the 2013/2014 school year. Michigan City has a lending library, the Michigan City Public Library. In addition, the La Porte County Public Library operates the Coolspring branch library just outside Michigan City city limits. The La Porte County Herald-Dispatch is Michigan City's only subscription newspaper, covering the city and the surrounding municipalities in LaPorte and Porter counties. The Beacher

1260-464: The last-remaining UseModWiki editions switched to MediaWiki. Ward Cunningham Howard G. Cunningham (born May 26, 1949) is an American computer programmer who developed the first wiki and was a co-author of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development . Termed a pioneer, and innovator, he also helped create both software design patterns and extreme programming . He began coding

1305-608: The law, calling it a "misquote that disproves itself by propagating through the internet" and by saying that he "never suggested asking questions by posting wrong answers". Cunningham lives in Beaverton, Oregon . He holds an amateur radio extra class license issued by the Federal Communications Commission . His call sign is K9OX. Cunningham is Nike 's first "Code for a Better World" Fellow. Michigan City, Indiana Michigan City

1350-603: The local school system (MCAS). Michigan City is a major stop along the South Shore Line , one of the last interurban rail lines in the U.S. Until 2021, the train ran directly through on 11th Street (it had no separate right-of-way, and shared the street with automobiles and other road traffic), making two stops in Michigan City's downtown area ( 11th Street and Carroll Avenue ). A third stop , at Willard Avenue and 10th Street, closed in 1994. This rail line connects Michigan City with downtown Chicago westward as well as

1395-461: The nearest Amtrak station is New Buffalo, Michigan , about ten miles away. Michigan City operates a bus service. Officially known as Michigan City Transit , it is made up of four routes that run on Monday-Saturday. All routes originate at Michigan City Public Library and travel around the city in (largely mono-directional) loops until they return to the library. Route 3 connects to Carroll Avenue South Shore Line station, while other routes connect to

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1440-415: The observation that people are quicker to correct a wrong answer than to answer a question. According to Steven McGeady , Cunningham advised him of this on a whim in the early 1980s, and McGeady dubbed this Cunningham's Law. Although originally referring to interactions on Usenet , the law has been used to describe how other online communities work, such as Misplaced Pages. Cunningham relativises his ownership of

1485-515: The older functionality of using camel case . In September 2003, after two years of development from the previous version, the release of version 1.0 introduced many new features including CSS , RSS , file uploads, UTF-8 . The development was then halted, and a cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2004-1397) was discovered in December 2004. It was patched in July 2007 when Markus Lude took over

1530-582: The project of UseModWiki from Clifford Adams, with the release of version 1.0.1. Only bug fixing versions were released since that. The official domain was moved to usemod.org in late September 2023, and a minor update for that change was released later in November. The wiki software for the English Misplaced Pages was UseModWiki (phase I, retroactively) since the establishment on January 15, 2001, and as of January 2002, Wikipedias in 22 languages were powered by UseModWiki. The English edition switched to "

1575-527: The public every Thursday evening at the Guy F. Foreman Amphitheatre located in Washington Park . The eastern edge of Indiana Dunes National Park is also located in Michigan City. Features include Mount Baldy , a large wandering dune . A larger dune, Hoosier Slide , sat at the site of the current electrical generating station. This dune was mined for its sand in the late 19th century. The sand found on

1620-492: The second UseModWiki website MeatballWiki was launched and hosted in usemod.com , along with the official website of UseModWiki. In 2001, as Adams was both of the UseModWiki developer and a Wikipedian , he brought many improvements for the usages of an encyclopedia to v0.91 and v0.92, especially " free links " that uses double square-brackets (e.g., [[Misplaced Pages]] ) as an option for linking to another page, supplementing

1665-600: The summer, especially by residents of Chicago and nearby cities in Northern Indiana. It is connected to Chicago via the South Shore Line passenger train. Michigan City's origins date to 1830, when the land for the city was first purchased by Isaac C. Elston, a real estate speculator who had made his fortune in Crawfordsville, Indiana . He paid about $ 200 total for 160 acres (65 ha) of land. The now-closed Elston Middle School, formerly Elston High School,

1710-476: The use of pattern languages and (with Kent Beck ) the class-responsibility-collaboration cards . He also contributes to the extreme programming software development methodology . Much of this work was done collaboratively on the first wiki site. Cunningham is credited with the idea: "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." This refers to

1755-463: The wiki and many ideas in the field of software design patterns, made popular by the Gang of Four (GoF). He owns the company Cunningham & Cunningham Inc., a consultancy that has specialized in object-oriented programming . He coined the concept of technical debt and expanded on the idea in 1992. He created the site (and software) WikiWikiWeb , the first internet wiki, in 1995. In 2001, he signed

1800-482: Was 1,678.6 inhabitants per square mile (648.1/km ). There were 14,221 housing units at an average density of 725.6 per square mile (280.2/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 69.45% White , 26.31% African American , 0.26% Native American , 0.51% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 1.10% from other races , and 2.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.15% of the population. There were 12,550 households, out of which 30.6% had children under

1845-561: Was named after the founder. The city was incorporated in 1836, by which point it had 1,500 residents, along with a post office, a newspaper, a church, a commercial district and ten hotels. In these six years the town had grown to a size of 15 square miles (39 km ). That same year, the State Bank of Indiana opened a branch in town. Michigan City hosted the sailing competitions of the 1987 Pan American Games on Lake Michigan. Indianapolis , roughly 150 miles (240 km) southeast,

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1890-564: Was part of the Smalltalk community. From December 2003 until October 2005, Cunningham worked for Microsoft in the "Patterns & Practices" group. From October 2005 to May 2007, he held the position of Director of Committer Community Development at the Eclipse Foundation . In May 2009, he joined AboutUs as its chief technology officer. On March 24, 2011 The Oregonian reported that Cunningham had departed AboutUs to join

1935-426: Was the host city. According to the 2010 census, Michigan City has an area of 22.855 square miles (59.19 km ), of which 19.59 square miles (50.74 km ) (or 85.71%) is land and 3.265 square miles (8.46 km ) (or 14.29%) is water. Michigan City is home to Trail Creek , which flows into Lake Michigan . The highest recorded temperature was 104 °F (40 °C) in 1953. The lowest recorded temperature

1980-517: Was the name of one of the middle schools located in the city and was located at the former Elston High School), and M.C. Rogers High School (Raiders). The two schools combined after the 1994–1995 school year – the first graduating class was the Class of 1996 – and now constitute the present day Michigan City High School (Wolves). The school is located at the former Rogers High School site. Elston Middle School, along with elementary school Niemann, closed at

2025-412: Was −23 °F (−31 °C) in 1994. The city has a usual weather pattern for a temperate region, with thunderstorms in the summer and snow during winter. Summers are often warm and humid. Due to its location next to Lake Michigan the city frequently experiences lake-effect snows and rain showers. As of the census of 2010, there were 31,479 people, 12,136 households, and 7,147 families living in

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