Maybe we should diversify the wiki
August 21st, 2006
Here at WikiSym 2006, I’ve had a chance to take a look at what is happening elsewhere in the wiki community. While there are still reasons to continue to work with our own wiki area for platform construction and research, it might be worthwhile to open up the idea of joining another wiki community with similar goals and moving our content efforts there.
On the pro side of leaving, we have benefits from less code to maintain here and greater exposure to ideas and usership. On the con side is the need to have another password and login (avoiding that was one of the big technical focuses this past summer), we wouldn’t control content or mission as a community, and traffic has one less reason to come here.
I’d be interested to hear from members about the pros and cons.
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1. Jeffrey Poehlmann | August 26th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
I’m of the belief that while we can learn from others and share ideas for the benefit of all, it is in the best interest of our particular mission to keep everything under one roof in terms of 3rd Party content.
2. kmakice | September 8th, 2006 at 6:36 pm
Well … I created a new wiki space in Wiki.com anyway. On that page there are links to advantages and disadvantages.
I’d like to try working there for a while, for a couple reasons. Mainly, I like the idea of parallel communities. My research on PoliticWiki (PDF) pointed to the branding of the wiki with our logo as an obstacle to participation. I would rather get many people contributing there in as open and inclusive manner as possible, and then use our site to discuss our own contributions, decide on what we take out of that work, and worry about our organizational needs.
And, it is also a needed excuse to play with the controls of a new wiki.
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