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- | ===== Maintainer ===== | + | ====== Maintainer ====== |
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- | ==== What is it? ==== | + | |
A **maintainer** is a person assigned or self-assigned to a page, space or section of a wiki who accountably takes responsibility for the quality of some of the content. The role may include that of a: | A **maintainer** is a person assigned or self-assigned to a page, space or section of a wiki who accountably takes responsibility for the quality of some of the content. The role may include that of a: | ||
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* architect, categorizing pages, creating ' | * architect, categorizing pages, creating ' | ||
- | ==== Usage ==== | + | ===== Usage ===== |
- | ==== Examples ==== | + | A 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. |
- | ==== Related Patterns ==== | + | ===== Related Patterns |
- | * [[WikiGnome|WikiGnome]] , a similar positive role, but with less **explicit** accountability. | + | * [[WikiGnome]], |
- | * [[Champion|Champion]] , the Wiki Champion often is the same person as its maintainer. | + | * [[Champion]], |
- | * [[WikiZenMaster|WikiZenMaster]] , often the WikiZenMaster and its Maintainer are the same person. | + | * [[WikiZenMaster]], |
- | * [[Maintainer|Maintainer]] - If the role of a [[Maintainer|Maintainer]] | + | * If the role of a Maintainer is misunderstood, |
+ | * [[OverOrganizer|OverOrganizer]] - an anti-pattern in which someone re-organizes a lot of content without first seeking consensus for the changes. | ||
==== Further Reading ==== | ==== Further Reading ==== |
maintainer.txt · Last modified: 2018/11/28 13:43 by splitbrain