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--- maintainer [2018/11/14 21:14] – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-===== Maintainer =====
+====== Maintainer ======
-==== 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:
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   * architect, categorizing pages, creating 'project' and 'overview' pages, assigning meanings to labels
-==== 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]], a similar positive role, but with less **explicit** accountability.
-  * [[Champion|Champion]] , the Wiki Champion often is the same person as its maintainer.
+  * [[Champion]], the Wiki Champion often is the same person as its maintainer.
-  * [[WikiZenMaster|WikiZenMaster]] , often the WikiZenMaster and its Maintainer are the same person.
+  * [[WikiZenMaster]], often the WikiZenMaster and its Maintainer are the same person.
-  * [[Maintainer|Maintainer]] - If the role of a [[Maintainer|Maintainer]] is misunderstood, it leads to [[PageOwnership|PageOwnership]] .
+  * If the role of a Maintainer is misunderstood, it leads to [[PageOwnership]]
+  * [[OverOrganizer|OverOrganizer]] - an anti-pattern in which someone re-organizes a lot of content without first seeking consensus for the changes.
 ==== Further Reading ====
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+classification.type  : Pattern
+classification.focus : People
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