Patterns for successful wiki use https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/ 2026-04-14T20:53:31+00:00 https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/ https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/_media/wiki:logo.png text/html 2018-11-14T21:39:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/tour:build_group_collaboration?rev=1542231541&do=diff Build group collaboration Once people are comfortable using the wiki, you can help them explore how to apply it to their work. Discuss projects, tasks, knowledge for critical processes, etc. that could make use of the wiki. Find out what's most important for the group to do their jobs well, and if possible where they feel information flow, collaboration, etc. is weak. This gives you specific instances to demonstrate how the wiki can meet their most important needs. text/html 2018-11-14T21:35:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/tour:grassroots_is_best?rev=1542231355&do=diff Grassroots is best Any grassroots, or bottom-up, strategy is the best place to start since the success of a wiki depends on building active, sustainable participation and this only happens when people see that the software is simple enough to immediately be useful, and meets their needs without requiring them to spend lots of extra time. text/html 2018-11-14T21:40:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/tour:sidebar?rev=1542231615&do=diff Take a tour * Grassroots is best * Your wiki isn't Wikipedia * The first edit * Build group collaboration * Spread adoption * Support emergent behavior * Watch out for obstacles * Read the Patterns text/html 2018-11-14T21:41:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/tour:spread_adoption?rev=1542231678&do=diff Spread adoption Once one group is using the wiki as a core collaboration tool, you now have Champions who can help you spread the word to more groups and departments. More people using it means they can each encourage their direct contacts and collaborators to join, thus laying the groundwork for exponential growth. This text/html 2018-11-14T21:42:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/tour:support_emergent_behavior?rev=1542231769&do=diff Support emergent behavior As use of the wiki grows in your organization, it's important to make sure people feel comfortable trying new, unexpected ways of using it. The exercise of introducing a wiki and shifting core activities to it offers an opportunity to examine existing processes, workflows, and ways of organizing information. Forcing people to rigidly apply existing processes to the wiki is likely to make it unsuccessful, as these ways of working may run counter to peoples' discovery o… text/html 2018-11-14T21:38:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/tour:the_first_edit?rev=1542231490&do=diff The first edit A good strategy for a person's first contact with a wiki is an Invitation to create a profile, like My Personal Info. For one thing, it's useful to have standard information about people, like phone numbers, email addresses, IM screen names, and web site URLs in an easy to access text/html 2018-11-14T21:43:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/tour:watch_out_for_obstacles?rev=1542231839&do=diff Watch out for obstacles FIXME merge roadblocks here What can hinder wiki adoption? * WikiTroll - opposite of Wiki Gnome/Gardener * EmptyPages - people won't know where to start so at least give them a basic structure, a more directed scaffold, or just a few lines of info on the page's purpose and what content should be added to it (even if that content is to be generated over time and not immediately available). text/html 2018-11-14T21:36:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikipatterns.haz.wiki/tour:your_wiki_isnt_wikipedia?rev=1542231398&do=diff Your wiki isn't Wikipedia Since Wikipedia is the most well known example of a wiki, people new to the idea of using a wiki in an organization or enterprise can be highly influenced by Wikipedia's pattern of use. Unless an organization intends to replicate Wikipedia's application in their organization