Comments on: Let 100 wikis bloom? http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/01/let-100-wikis-bloom/ A librarian, writer and tech geek reflecting on the profession and the tools we use to serve our patrons Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:59:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: LeahLeez http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/01/let-100-wikis-bloom/comment-page-1/#comment-181961 LeahLeez Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:50:13 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/01/let-100-wikis-bloom/#comment-181961 Meredith your right not all wiki's are knowledge based. I am working on a new project www.wherearethejoneses.com which uses wiki to encourage creative. www.wherearethejoneses.com is an online daily comedy sitcom which uses wiki based technology to allow the community to upload scripts, storylines, charcters, locations etc. Its a really interesting use of wiki to generate comedy entertainment. Check it out and let me know what you think. www.wherearethejoneses.com Meredith your right not all wiki’s are knowledge based. I am working on a new project http://www.wherearethejoneses.com which uses wiki to encourage creative. http://www.wherearethejoneses.com is an online daily comedy sitcom which uses wiki based technology to allow the community to upload scripts, storylines, charcters, locations etc. Its a really interesting use of wiki to generate comedy entertainment.

Check it out and let me know what you think. http://www.wherearethejoneses.com

]]> By: Meredith Farkas http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/01/let-100-wikis-bloom/comment-page-1/#comment-173700 Meredith Farkas Wed, 02 May 2007 23:48:33 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/01/let-100-wikis-bloom/#comment-173700 Stacy, absolutely. However, I was referring to their original intent, which was as a community for sharing ideas. Wikis are used for so much more these days, and that's why I mentioned that not all wikis fit into the "knowledgebase" category. Stacy, absolutely. However, I was referring to their original intent, which was as a community for sharing ideas. Wikis are used for so much more these days, and that’s why I mentioned that not all wikis fit into the “knowledgebase” category.

]]> By: Stacy http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/01/let-100-wikis-bloom/comment-page-1/#comment-173689 Stacy Wed, 02 May 2007 21:28:11 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/01/let-100-wikis-bloom/#comment-173689 "Wikis are all about getting large numbers of people to collaborate and share information in a single space." But they're also good for putting up a quick and dirty website, especially if you don't build it from scratch (e.g., by using the pbWiki platform). Just thought I'd point that out! “Wikis are all about getting large numbers of people to collaborate and share information in a single space.”
But they’re also good for putting up a quick and dirty website, especially if you don’t build it from scratch (e.g., by using the pbWiki platform). Just thought I’d point that out!

]]> By: Dean C. Rowan http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/01/let-100-wikis-bloom/comment-page-1/#comment-173685 Dean C. Rowan Wed, 02 May 2007 19:40:04 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/01/let-100-wikis-bloom/#comment-173685 Begging pardon, but these arguments are just nonsense, undermining themselves at every turn. Wikis are "a good experience," but they're not the same as blogs. This is pure non sequitur. If setting up and operating a wiki is a good experience--even if nobody reads, let alone edits, it--then that's the end of the matter. Our "community" ought to be as interested in innovation as in marching powerfully together, albeit for distinct reasons. (Why, now, should we "adapt what we already have"? I am no uncritical fan of technology—there are times when I believe the wheel <em>ought</em> to be reinvented, again and again, until we get it right. Who says what we already have is what we ought to settle for?) Argument from the example of Wikipedia amounts to demanding the exception dictate the rule. Not all wikis pretend to -pedia glory. I gather the gist of these remarks, obscured by the absolutist proclamations, is that before folks think about firing up yet another wiki, they ought to consider contributing to and using existing ones. That's an unremarkable suggestion. Maybe it's worth pondering why folks perhaps <em>don't</em> think about existing alternatives, in a chicken-or-egg fashion. Begging pardon, but these arguments are just nonsense, undermining themselves at every turn. Wikis are “a good experience,” but they’re not the same as blogs. This is pure non sequitur. If setting up and operating a wiki is a good experience–even if nobody reads, let alone edits, it–then that’s the end of the matter. Our “community” ought to be as interested in innovation as in marching powerfully together, albeit for distinct reasons. (Why, now, should we “adapt what we already have”? I am no uncritical fan of technology—there are times when I believe the wheel ought to be reinvented, again and again, until we get it right. Who says what we already have is what we ought to settle for?) Argument from the example of Wikipedia amounts to demanding the exception dictate the rule. Not all wikis pretend to -pedia glory.

I gather the gist of these remarks, obscured by the absolutist proclamations, is that before folks think about firing up yet another wiki, they ought to consider contributing to and using existing ones. That’s an unremarkable suggestion. Maybe it’s worth pondering why folks perhaps don’t think about existing alternatives, in a chicken-or-egg fashion.

]]> By: walt crawford http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/01/let-100-wikis-bloom/comment-page-1/#comment-173667 walt crawford Wed, 02 May 2007 16:10:07 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/01/let-100-wikis-bloom/#comment-173667 I'm delighted to see this post. This is one that's been puzzling me as well--the tendency to proliferate new wikis rather than adding to existing ones. Setting aside arguments about quality, Wikipedia didn't get to be what it is because 10,000 contributors each started their own subencyclowikithingie. Wikis and blogs are very different. It makes sense for people to start Their Very Own Blog. It only makes sense to start Their Very Own Wiki if they have a distinctive purpose that existing wikis don't cover. That's why I keep mentioning LSW when I talk about success stories... I’m delighted to see this post. This is one that’s been puzzling me as well–the tendency to proliferate new wikis rather than adding to existing ones. Setting aside arguments about quality, Wikipedia didn’t get to be what it is because 10,000 contributors each started their own subencyclowikithingie.

Wikis and blogs are very different. It makes sense for people to start Their Very Own Blog. It only makes sense to start Their Very Own Wiki if they have a distinctive purpose that existing wikis don’t cover. That’s why I keep mentioning LSW when I talk about success stories…

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