Wiki Patterns

Patterns for successful wiki use

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-===== Things to fix =====+===== Simple Things to fix =====
  
-Look out for things like these:+These tasks can be done without any deeper knowledge about Wikis. Just look out for things like these:
  
-  * **Spacing around links**. Often links have some trailing spaces.\\ ''%%Read this [[some link|website ]] , then...%%'' -> ''%%Read this [[some link|website]], then...%%''+  * **Bad spacing**. Often links or other formattings have some trailing spaces.\\ ''%%Read this [[some link|website ]] , then...%%'' -> ''%%Read this [[some link|website]], then...%%''
   * **Unnecessary forced line breaks**. There should nearly never be a reason to have a ''%%\\%%'' somewhere in the text   * **Unnecessary forced line breaks**. There should nearly never be a reason to have a ''%%\\%%'' somewhere in the text
   * **Wrong headline levels**. All pages should start with a H1 (6 equal signs) and then use the next smaller size for sub sections.   * **Wrong headline levels**. All pages should start with a H1 (6 equal signs) and then use the next smaller size for sub sections.
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   * **Broken external links**. See if you can find a replacement or can link to the Wayback Machine   * **Broken external links**. See if you can find a replacement or can link to the Wayback Machine
   * **HTML Artefacts**. If you see stuff in ''%%<HTML>%%'' tags it should be reformatted in proper Wiki Syntax.   * **HTML Artefacts**. If you see stuff in ''%%<HTML>%%'' tags it should be reformatted in proper Wiki Syntax.
 +  * **Spam**. At the end of wikipatterns.com some spam had sneaked into the content. Check links carefully and remove all suspicous content.
 +  * **Link Simplification**. When the title of a link is the same as the page it links to, there is no need to repeat yourself.\\ ''%%[[WikiZenMaster|WikiZenMaster]]%%'' -> ''%%[[WikiZenMaster]]%%''
 +  * **Spelling**. Spelling and grammar mistakes happen, they should be fixed.
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 +===== Pattern Cleanup =====
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 +This requires some more knowledge about Wiki patterns.
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 +  * **Deduplicate** There are some pattern pages that basically just describe different aspects of the same pattern. They should be merged into one and all the links to it adjusted.
 +  * **Rename** Some patterns have unwieldy names. They should be renamed (using the move tool).
 +  * **Categorize** Some adoption patterns are actually people patterns and vice versa
 +  * **Examples** More examples from real life wikis for the patterns would be very helpful. For some things screenshots may help
 +
 +===== Classification =====
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 +We currently classify the Patterns and Anti-Pattern into just two focus groups:
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 +  * People - how people's behaviour influences the wiki
 +  * Adoption - basically everything else
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 +It probably makes sense to rethink this classification. The adoption focus seems to broad and might be worth to be split up.
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 +Possible other focus areas:
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 +  * Content - the different kind of content that fit or not fit the wiki approach
 +  * Permissions - how different approaches to permissions influence adoption
 +  * Technology - what kind of technical features in a Wiki engine can help or hinder adoption
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