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#1 2009-01-27 09:22:51

andi
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Wiki Myths, Wiki Reality

Interesting article at CMS Watch.

CMS Watch wrote:

[...]we repeatedly encountered the same three myths from over-exuberant project leaders.

* That the launch of a wiki will automagically motivate everyone in the organization to contribute information
* That employees will intuitively know how to contribute
* That a wiki will make it easier to keep track of relevant information.

Reality looks a bit different.  Wikis can indeed deliver powerful value, but you want to approach them with the same critical eye that you would any other information technology.

http://www.cmswatch.com/Feature/190-Wiki-Myths


Careful: I'm the lead developer of WikiMatrix and DokuWiki so my posts may be biased ;-)

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#2 2009-01-28 01:24:08

atlassian
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Re: Wiki Myths, Wiki Reality

+1

We (Atlassian) built wikipatterns.com for that same reason: while many of our customers have had stellar success with wikis, others were still struggling. We wrote a couple dozen "patterns" for ways people can encourage other people to adopt the wiki. Over 1000 people have contributed to wikipatterns.com by adding new patterns (more than doubling the number of patterns there) and editing it down. There's also a resource page with links to other wiki-related resources. The site was made agnostic so it can be used by all wiki users regardless of which product or service they choose. I think wikipatterns.com is mainly written for IT types, but it's a wiki afterall, so anyone can add to it or improve what's there. smile

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