What's Your Wiki?
Does it really matter which wiki you wiki on?
Yes, it does. Some wikis are more "you" than other wikis. Some wikis are less so. Only you will know this.
It isn't time to...
Read More
Posted by:
Titania on 2007-10-01 17:32:53 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 72 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
|
King or Queen of the Wiki
Some wikis have very strong personalities. Sometimes these personalities take over the site and identify with it. On occasion, this identification is so strong that it is hard to tell...
Read More
Posted by:
Titania on 2007-10-01 17:43:47 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 44 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
|
Be Careful Who Ties You Up in Wiki World
Sometimes you try to make wiki friends with the best of intentions. At other times you make strategic wiki alliances for one reason or another. Remember this: whatever reason you made wiki...
Read More
Posted by:
Titania on 2007-10-01 18:04:59 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 73 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
|
Paid Staff on a Wiki Rule the Roost
Ever dissented on a wiki only to have the highly defensive paid staff ram things down your throat? It sucks.
Tactics used by paid staff to stifle volunteer dissent include claiming some...
Read More
Posted by:
Titania on 2007-10-04 13:50:28 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 49 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
|
Ode to an Imploding Wiki
Get your act together
Pull thine head out of the sand
Notice the volunteers
Are ready to disband.
Your abusive stance against
The few who do the most
Has taken too much of a toll...
Read More
Posted by:
Titania on 2007-10-04 14:00:53 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 53 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
|
Wiki Blues
You can never get anything right on a wiki. Do you know why? Simple - because everybody will find fault. Here's how:
You edit poorly - grammar, spelling etc. - immediately you are...
Read More
Posted by:
Titania on 2007-10-05 19:00:41 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 85 | # Comments: 2 | Tags:
|
wiki whiners
Ever notice that the greatest whiners on a wiki are the paid workers? No? Well, then, you haven't looked closely enough.
It would be funny if it weren't so blatantly selfish and...
Read More
Posted by:
Titania on 2007-10-11 21:42:28 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 63 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
|
Why destroy a wiki?
Delicate topic this one. First you have to want to do it. Any number of reasons :
You hate it
It has ruined your life, sucked up your time
The leaders of the wiki have it out...
Read More
Posted by:
Titania on 2007-10-11 21:53:31 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 69 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
|
How Do You Make a Wiki Yours?
This isn't about "buying" a wiki, although that can help! This is about the "stamp" of ownership of a wiki.
There are several ways this happens:
* You own it....
Read More
Posted by:
Titania on 2007-10-16 14:27:40 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 49 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
|
Wiki Sarcasm - Only It's Not - Really
Clarity of expression is a valuable element of wiki discourse. Saying what you think or feel openly and with clarity, frankness and no hidden subtext is crucial. But often this doesn't happen on...
Read More
Posted by:
Titania on 2007-10-25 20:21:54 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 56 | # Comments: 1 | Tags:
|
Why wikis get boring
Wikis create a lot of "senses of". For example, a sense of:
belonging
community
liberation
usefulness
intrinsic value and self worth
blah blah blah...
Read More
Posted by:
Titania on 2007-10-25 20:38:29 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 61 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
|