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- | ===== Too much structure ===== | + | ====== Too much structure ====== |
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- | ==== What is it? ==== | + | |
Trying to guess the structure of a wiki in advance won't work. A wiki will evolve into the optimal organization of information as people use it, and it's better to adjust the structure based on the content, instead of the other way around. | Trying to guess the structure of a wiki in advance won't work. A wiki will evolve into the optimal organization of information as people use it, and it's better to adjust the structure based on the content, instead of the other way around. | ||
- | ==== How do I notice it? ==== | + | ===== How do I notice it? ===== |
If there are lots of empty pages in your wiki, and people are putting content elsewhere than those pages, then the wiki is probably subdivided too much. | If there are lots of empty pages in your wiki, and people are putting content elsewhere than those pages, then the wiki is probably subdivided too much. | ||
- | ==== How do I fix it? ==== | + | ===== How do I fix it? ===== |
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- | If you see pages that are empty, and content of the same topic as those empty pages being developed elsewhere, let the content continue to grow and delete the empty pages.\\ | + | |
- | Once content grows to a point that it should be separated from the core and given its own set of pages, propose this to the community by leaving a comment on the page containing the content. | + | |
- | ==== Related Patterns ==== | + | If you see pages that are empty, and content of the same topic as those empty pages being developed elsewhere, let the content continue to grow and delete the empty pages. |
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+ | Once content grows to a point that it should be separated from the core and given its own set of pages, propose this to the community by leaving a comment on the page containing the content. | ||
- | * [[Champion|Champion]] - a good champion will guide the growth of a wiki without imposing unnecessary structure. | + | ===== Related Patterns ===== |
- | * [[WikiGnome|WikiGnome]] - a WikiGnome will tidy up the content on a wiki, while respecting the overall structure created by others. | + | |
- | * [[EmptyPages|EmptyPages]] - this anti-pattern can be a result of too much guessing about the structure. | + | |
- | ==== Further Reading ==== | + | * [[Champion]] - a good champion will guide the growth of a wiki without imposing unnecessary structure. |
+ | * [[WikiGnome]] - a WikiGnome will tidy up the content on a wiki, while respecting the overall structure created by others. | ||
+ | * [[EmptyPages]] - this anti-pattern can be a result of too much guessing about the structure. | ||
+ | ===== Further Reading ===== | ||
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