Patterns for successful wiki use https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/ 2026-04-10T14:19:11+00:00 https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/ https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/_media/wiki:logo.png text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:90-9-1_theory?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- From my own experience, the 90-9-1 rule seems right and makes sense.  I don't agree with the study's conclusion though that you can't overcome the participation inequality - at least in some situations.  I think Jakob Nielsen is right on with how to improve it but I think the key one is making participation a side effect.  Ideally a wiki can become the primary means of communication within a group rather than just something to do for those that feel so inclined. Once it becomes that … text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:about?rev=1542230051&do=diff ---------- Hmm, in my experience a pattern language means not so much the “syntax” of the individual patterns but the totality of linked and related patterns. Got a cite for your definition? Posted by xian at Aug 18, 2007 21:04 ---------- It's not clear to me how you, Stewart, want us to contact you or the 'administration' directly with ideas and comments. I could find no email, or 'feedback' section. I hope this gets to you. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:acknowledge_goodness?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- <a href=“<http://www.belrion.com>” >buy wow gold</a> <a href=“<http://www.wowgoldcheapbuy.com>”>buy wow gold</a> <a href=“<http://www.cheapwowaccounts.net>” >buy wow account</a> <a href=“<http://www.igamehub.com/wowgold/buy-wow-gold.htm>” >buy wow gold</a> Posted by wow gold at Apr 25, 2009 09:04 text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:agenda?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- RSS can play an important role here in notifying people of updates, but you have to get people in the habit of using RSS. Posted by Charlie Perry at May 04, 2007 00:23 ---------- True about RSS. Email notifications may be a more simplified solution. Subscribe to changes to the agenda page, any new changes made, subscriber would receive a email notification with the latest updates. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:all_wiki_all_the_time?rev=1542230054&do=diff ---------- Surely the problem with “All Wiki all the time” is not that it's going too fast, but that it's almost certainly going in the wrong direction? Or is it utterly inconceivable that there might be some situation to which a Wiki is not the best imaginable solution? text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:automatic_index?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- Where's the title of the page? Otherwise I like the new design Posted by Charlie Perry at Mar 29, 2007 17:11 ---------- Hi Charlie, The title appears now - I'm tweaking the pages right now so the title appear. Glad you like the new design! It's meant to make the site feel a lot less technical and show how a wiki can look just like a regular web site but have all the editing benefits of a wiki. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:barnraising?rev=1542230051&do=diff ---------- Seems interesting. But is there any example? (in Meatball link their example is about real barns!!) Posted by fredguth at Apr 11, 2007 12:51 ---------- I think IBM's jam sessions are a good example.  I can't find a great link ( http://www.ibmeye.com/last-day-of-habitat-jam/  ).  As I understand it, what they do is have employees around the world (like 100,000+) meet virtually to discuss an overwhelming problem and figure out how to move forward. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:build_it_and_they_will_come?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- THANK YOU for this valuable reminder...I'm trying to introduce a wiki to a community of professionals who barely have a grasp on email...ergo, I'm the main contributer for the time being. I feel like I want to seed the wiki to encourage greater participation though text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:built-in_obsolescence?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- Too true that you can't rely on someone to mark an outdated document as obsolete. However, it is also true that people are probably just as likely to not alert anyone to a document that has passed its obsolescence date - and that it is often difficult to put a concrete validity period on anything. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:bully?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- The guidance above will help make it obvious to a observer or to bullied people that there is a bully. Perhaps a more important section might be: How to recognize if you are a bully: * ? * ? * ? Posted by James Mortimer at Aug 14, 2007 16:39 text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:buttheintranet?rev=1542230053&do=diff ---------- Maybe a distinction needs to be made Corporate website - fairly static Intranet site - changes occasionally Wiki - very frequent changes As data matures, maybe as a result of a design process (or a refining process) the data becomes complete and can then be made available on more static sites. The wiki being the tool for creation and frequent modification during the design phase text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:champion?rev=1542230054&do=diff ---------- Can the Champion pattern also be an anti-pattern? Fundamental to the wiki concept is that the idea that all users “own” the content in the wiki. By encouraging association of the wiki with a single individual (the Champion), I've found that the users assume the responsibility of the wiki (updates to content, etc.) lay with the wiki champion. In my experience the less visible the wiki Champion is to the users, the more successful the implementation. Has anyone else seen this? text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:clean_permissions?rev=1542230053&do=diff ---------- I think this is exceptionally good for a public wiki, it keeps up the transparency of the wiki. However in a corporate environment i think it may be hard to explain that while I could be an administrator of my space/group and have supreme control over that but only be a member of another that isn't allowed to edit pages. But possibily you could have an in house meeting for this anyway which might make it easier to explain. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:communication?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- I have considered this for my current project. I'm not sure if it is offered by any wiki's but heres how I think a great system would work to spread out the load on a public wiki Already most wikis send out an email daily/weekly/monthly or just RSS feed when content is updated which is fine text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:conferences?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- I know this site is sponsored by Atlassian, but an advertisement under the guise of a wiki pattern description? What happened to the original description? Maybe you should have this on the top of the front page instead, or have a link in an announcement about this event. Here, it seems more like a break in the purpose of this website. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:contentalert?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- There is a slightly different, but very similar pattern that we used for a conference - a To Do page.  It shows some tasks that need to be completed for the conference.  This possibly falls in a different pattern, but I wasn't sure where. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:copyright_infringement?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- In some contexts this can be a significant problem: especially if the Wiki is a publically readable corporate site, where the host can be held accountable for the content. It's a special case of the more general malpractices Plagiarism and Unacknowledged Sources. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:corporate_directory?rev=1542230054&do=diff ---------- Brilliant. I love it, only problem with it could be something like a new employee and linking them through to the printer. That may have to be created by the admin but after that off it goes! Posted by Nick Cliff at Dec 12, 2007 23:32 ---------- text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:critical_mass?rev=1542230053&do=diff ---------- Generating content takes alot of work, because lets face it, if the information was easily accessible and available then we wouldn't need to look at your wiki I wanted to change the article but I wasn't sure my comment was appropriate but we've actually hired someone to develop a seed for the website. He doesn't have to complete a comprehensive seed but enough to build up that starting content. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:defendyourself?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- Not sure about this as a pro-pattern. Could be called a 'PeerPressure' anti-pattern, or could be expanded on how to best deal with dissent. While using a mass email to incite social peer pressure to knock certain people in line works very well in some cases, there are often less antogonistic ways that could be tried first. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:do_it_all?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- One thought that comes to mind is “MacroMan”, which is a page that is entirely driven by macro content, whilst great for advanced users, it can be daunting to new users of a wiki who are just gaining confidence in editing text in a page. The new user will spot some information or would like to make a change, they edit the page and errr text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:email_to_wiki?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- tbvrqhjwfr v vf http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/~topeajayi  {*} http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/~topeajayi*  Posted by topeajayi at Sep 25, 2007 14:59 ---------- I fully support (moreover, NEED) an implementation of this pattern - in fact, I came across the wikipatterns.com site after googling to see if any wiki sites provided such a feature. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:engagementladder?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- One thing to note, that although the graphic used by Forrester is a ladder, Forrester's social technographics only describe types of behavior found in certain demographics, and as such you may notice that the particiaption percentages for all the categories typically add up to more than 100%. The more common usage is to find the ways your demographic is participating and then deploying tools or engaging with them in manners that they are accustomed to. Member rewards in a given commu… text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:faq?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- " key 'next' step." This implies an adoption process or paradigm, in which this is a step. where is that? what is the previous step? what is the next step? Posted by James Mortimer at May 02, 2007 11:27 ---------- To clarify, I ask out of curiosity and request for clarity, not critisizm of the current content. I'm trying to use this site to learn/see the 'evolution of wiki adoption patterns' from, perhaps 'a single isolated and misguided techno-fan' to 'a single champion' throug… text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:futurelinks?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- From personal experience I hate blank wiki pages, I don't know where to start. I think that in addition to the blank page, maybe at least a template should be apparent so the would be creator knows where to start? Posted by Nick Cliff at Dec 12, 2007 23:43 text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:gate?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- What is the relationship between Gate and Registration Required ? As Gate is described, Registration Required seems like a specific example of a Gate. I think the larger issue is that Gate does not address the issue of what constitutes “ text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:how_to_use_this_site?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- It would seem like this one could be fleshed out quite a bit more.  This is pretty important for most Wikis, especially for places where people are going to need to be able to get up and going quickly. Posted by TonyKarrer at Oct 16, 2007 18:46 text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:how_to_use_this_wiki?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- When I go to the home page for my personal space, I don't see “Edit Page”. So how can I edit my home page? Also, how do I get to a link to browse my personal space? Posted by Garnet R. Chaney at Apr 22, 2007 12:29 ---------- Garnet, text/html 2018-11-20T19:23:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:identitymatters?rev=1542741810&do=diff ---------- I am concerned that the theory in the example is not based in reality. Maybe that is so inside a private company wiki, but my experience with public wikis is that the norm is for people to make up a name and that the community pushes for real name. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:intentional_error?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- Haha I love it. I had never written in a wiki before today I saw some un-capitalized  text, changed that to correct and now I'm deleting repeated words and making comments. Still to write an article but I'm sure that'll come Posted by Nick Cliff at Dec 12, 2007 23:48 text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:lunch_menu?rev=1542230053&do=diff ---------- - current content at 'time sensitive and location sensitive' (dated 2001 and 2002) does not appear to make ths same point to the 'lunch menu' discussion as it is about email/software systems that can be aware of context (with the key example being email programs being more responsive /adaptive to low bandwidth / large file situations) text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:manager_lockdown?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- brand name wholesale clothing mens wholesale clothing wholesale hip hop clothing wholesale blank clothing wholesale children clothing wholesale clothing from china wholesale shoes evisu jeans wholesale designer jeans wholesale seven jeans text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:manuals_and_guides?rev=1542230053&do=diff ---------- +1 Having a customized guide can really enhance the end user experience - direct them to the proper places without in depth explanations on the technologies behind it (official vendor user guides often contains too much info). Particularly in the cases where the look and feel / UI has been changed. That alone confuses end users. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:networked_information?rev=1542230053&do=diff ---------- I don't understand this article. Could someone explain it in more depth please. Posted by Nick Cliff at Dec 12, 2007 23:55 ---------- This seems to be different things. Group collaborative working and semantic Wiki (Wiki using metadata). Where is the line in between? text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:oh_that?rev=1542230054&do=diff ---------- Pertinent comments can be valuable.  I don't like to stifle activity with 'rules' about comments.  However, I do like the idea of having one pertinent comment from either the revising editor or an editor one level above who can concisely explain the revision.  Not the place for insincere 'atta boys'; set up a message board instead. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:one_wiki_space_per_group?rev=1542230054&do=diff ---------- I don't have an answer or negative agenda (and hopefully I'm not Trolling) but the treatment of this topic so far seems wholely inadequate for dealing with 'real word' organizations of more than a couple hundred people, where you have multiple axes that divide people (site/country/division/department/project/role or specialty/business unit) and yet most people work on teams accross several of these axes.  Therefore the creation of a space for every permutation, and granting individua… text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:overorganizer?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- My question in reading this that relates to how better to do it.  The key to any wiki is the ability to find what you are looking for. Organizing the wiki by pages, spaces, etc in a logical structure helps users browse through and find content.  Without that structure, we are left with a very unorganized mess that relies solely on search to find things which sometimes isn't the way you need to find things. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:overviewpages?rev=1542230051&do=diff ---------- Sorry it's been a long day so I possibily misread the article buttt... I think you're suggesting either a tag cloud, or something like the way ebay does its ebaywiki  I really like the way that they've created the side bars with the topics (buying, selling, etc) text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:pagemaintainer?rev=1542230053&do=diff ---------- The page maintainer understands the overall taxonomy of the wiki and offers suggestions for tags and labels but also offers template guidance and organizational structure to edited or newly contributed pages. Posted by Daniel at Nov 20, 2009 00:28; last updated at Nov 23, 2009 12:48 by barconati text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:pageownership?rev=1542230054&do=diff ---------- I'm not sure about the statement that “Gnomes will not change pages that they think belong to someone else”. Since Gnomes are good wiki citizens they know that there is no such thing as page ownership in a good wiki. They will most likely still see their role as changing any content that they feel improves the server. If they think it's going to cause problems with the page owner then they need to assume the role of wiki champion or ZenMaster and teach the page owner the wiki ways… text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:recognition?rev=1542230054&do=diff ---------- The distinction between “credit” and “ownership” is important. For many people, working on a major new section of content loses some appeal at the thought of losing ownership -- when really it's not so much ownership they want, but credit. I.e. they are quite happy to have others edit their work, and improve on it text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:records_manager?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- I think most members of an organisation struggle with the structure of formal “Records” and would choose to be informal. However from an organisational position you don't want too many repositories of data particularly unstructured data. From a tech viewpoint its just another store to be managed with the same care as the ECM system, but possibly withoutthe same toolset. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:registration_required?rev=1542230053&do=diff ---------- Depending on what a Wiki aims to achieve, there may be reasons why there is a requirement for registration. In Wikiproteins we want to register bio-medical scientific information. Original research is allowed and it is thereby less obvious what makes a genuine edit and a malicious edit. With bio-medical information you run the additional risk that people suffer needlessly as a consequence. To be willing to make use of the information and the opportunity we hope to provide the people … text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:roadblocks?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- I'm not quite sure where this page should go on the site, but I was thinking that a problem-centered approach could help guide some wiki champions to the right pattern(s). This is not “how to convince your organisation it needs a wiki,” text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:sandbox?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- I've never encountered a situation where having a Sandbox was an obstacle to people becoming more involved with a wiki. The Sandbox provides a safe environment to try things out. Maybe it's only perceived safety but that's what a newcomer needs. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:scaffold?rev=1542230054&do=diff ---------- Scaffolding reminds me of the effectiveness of replacing “blank space” or (gasp) “procedures” with templates, as in Work Products that Work  Posted by Bernd Nurnberger at May 03, 2008 04:10 ---------- For us newbies to Wiki, it would be helpful if the examples provided real examples of what a page should look like. For example, the Page Pattern example. What do you suggest for the Pattern Name and why not Title of the Page? text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:seed_it_with_content?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- I'm moving this from the page into a comment to spur discussion: Other possible names for this pattern?: (what name best conveys the intent of this pattern? * Seeded * OpenDocument * Furnished * Future Proof Book * ... I think something to do with text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:set_window_of_discussion?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- Is this an intentional error ? this seems to be an anti-pattern. I'll add that label, but not remove the 'pattern label' for now. Posted by James Mortimer at May 02, 2007 13:56 ---------- Hi, this is in fact a pattern - it solves the problem that wiki pages remain in an uncertain state for a too long time. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:the_wikipatterns_pattern_language?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- We might see the label as another attribute of a pattern, i.e. the categorisation of the pattern as 'People Pattern', 'People Antipattern', etc. So would it be worth adding Categories (Labels) to the above list? Posted by Sarah Maddox at Jun 21, 2007 01:22 text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:threadmess?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- The anti-pattern is not the Discussion, also known as ThreadMode. It's more that the page is never converted from the discussion. Wikipedia pushes the discussion to separate pages but it's still important to have the Discussion. This is a Pattern, not Anti-Pattern. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:too_much_structure?rev=1542230054&do=diff ---------- I don't like this name. Perhaps “Organic Structure” or “Grow Structure Organically”. That also allows this to become a Pattern instead of an Anti-Pattern. Posted by Jason Yip at Feb 18, 2007 02:10 ---------- Jason, How about creating a pattern page called text/html 2018-11-20T19:05:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:training?rev=1542740715&do=diff * This pattern could be part of a new [PuttingTheCartBeforeTheHorse] super-anti-pattern (which combines a number of similar timing-related patters) * Could also be a [HowBeforeWhy] super-anti-pattern, or a [WhatThenWhyThenHow] super-pro-pattern, which promotes a progression from text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:trellis?rev=1542230054&do=diff ---------- This seems redundant with Scaffold . Can you differential or combine? Posted by James Mortimer at May 02, 2007 11:51 ---------- My impression of the difference between the Trellis pattern and Scaffold is: * Scaffold defines an empty skeleton or structure of the page content (headings, etc). In the Scaffold pattern, the content is not necessarily specific to the current page. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:vandal?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- The article states “Most wiki platforms have an option to rollback to a previous version. This is the fastest way to undo vandalism.” This wiki is coming under attack by spammers , and there seems to be no way to delete it . Posted by peter dean at Nov 15, 2009 17:07 text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:viral?rev=1542230053&do=diff ---------- This would be very useful if a section could be cordoned off for private contractual negotiations via multiple stakeholders. An example might be the formation of a limited liability operating agreement. This would allow all interested parties to iron out operation specifics and produce buy-in by the prospective parties. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:watch_out_for_obstacles?rev=1542230052&do=diff ---------- Also notable is that ALL of the people anti-patterns and adoption anti-patterns can be roadblocks at some point. Are the examples on this page the most important from that list? Posted by DeathStrawberry at Jun 20, 2007 08:58 text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:wiki_charter?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- This is a really good move. If you havn't you should check out www.ebaywiki.com  they have some brilliant WikiCharters Posted by Nick Cliff at Dec 12, 2007 18:57 ---------- FYI — ebayWiki is no longer available Posted by heather at Apr 10, 2008 12:49 text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:wikignome?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- I have a question regarding the behaviour toward comments (as opposed to content). What should be done when improving with comments ? Suppose I take a several comments into account to improve the content. Should I remove the comments ? text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:wikinoob?rev=1542230056&do=diff ---------- Perhaps OverzealousBeginner or NaiveEnthusiast?  A different tangent might lead to Terraformer or ProvincialThinker. Posted by Jon Rand at Jul 05, 2007 15:27 ---------- * Good name suggestions. I think this article describes a number of typical blunders that a person that alread somewhat experienced in knowledge managment (in legacy systems) will almost certainly make as they learn how to use wiki philosophy. text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:wikiphobia?rev=1542230055&do=diff ---------- I like this article I think that it is an important point to make and an important problem with the acceptability of any form of collaborative software however the fix is completely inappropriate. I don't know what kind of organisation you were working in. However I can garentee that any actions where management has disapproved of something and then it was created in 'secret' would have massive repercussions, if anyone else has encountered acceptability problems and has a better f… text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:wikitroll?rev=1542230051&do=diff ---------- Could it be useful to add here (or as a separate page for a new people anti-pattern) a brief explanation of what a vandal is? Although is more common in wikipedia and other open wikis, it can maybe give advice about how to face vandalism, in terms of an (usually) anonymous and deliberate attempt to damage content. What do you think? text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:wikizenmaster?rev=1542230053&do=diff ---------- This seems to overload the time-honoured meaning at http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiMaster  Posted by Peter Merel at Jul 09, 2007 19:12 text/html 2018-11-14T21:14:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/talk:your_wiki_isnt_wikipedia?rev=1542230054&do=diff ---------- This is a good point. The wikipedia motto “the free encyclopedia anyone can edit” tends to scare a lot of people in enterprise who don't really understand what a wiki is. I don't think open access is a primary feature of wikis; it's an optional feature but a very useful one. The 'anyone can edit' bit is especially hard to swallow for organisations that have dedicated communications departments that are responsible for websites and intranets. The misperception is that because a wiki i…