Comments on: The Style Council http://sandyblair.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-style-council/ only through praxis will we understand Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: sandyblair http://sandyblair.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-style-council/#comment-98 sandyblair Mon, 19 May 2008 09:06:30 +0000 http://sandyblair.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-98 The bold question was a bit of a swizz, everybody seems to be getting it wrong, probably because I didn't word it as well as I could have done. I've been trying to work out the answer to the question 'how do you know if a particular wiki is any good'. I particularly liked this blog post http://strange.corante.com/archives/2008/04/29/the_importance_of_pigheadedness.php And her highlighting of Clay Shirky's comment that most wiki's fail. Clay's answer to that is move on, try again, my answer (in an intranet) is sometimes it might be better to spot and fix the reasons for failure. The bold question was a bit of a swizz, everybody seems to be getting it wrong, probably because I didn’t word it as well as I could have done.

I’ve been trying to work out the answer to the question ‘how do you know if a particular wiki is any good’.

I particularly liked this blog post
http://strange.corante.com/archives/2008/04/29/the_importance_of_pigheadedness.php

And her highlighting of Clay Shirky’s comment that most wiki’s fail. Clay’s answer to that is move on, try again, my answer (in an intranet) is sometimes it might be better to spot and fix the reasons for failure.

]]> By: Steve Ellwood http://sandyblair.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-style-council/#comment-97 Steve Ellwood Sat, 17 May 2008 12:19:23 +0000 http://sandyblair.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-97 7/10 - I got less style :( [bold and u/l were my downfalls], but I agree witht he general thrust of the article, and I'd think a wiki gardner would be quite entitled - natch - to move to chosen house style. I'd add that wikipedia has a lot of protected pages, so it isn't all free for all, and AFAICR you have to log in to edit some pages. [I've done 2 wikipedia edits; hardcore!] 7/10 – I got less style :(

[bold and u/l were my downfalls], but I agree witht he general thrust of the article, and I’d think a wiki gardner would be quite entitled – natch – to move to chosen house style.

I’d add that wikipedia has a lot of protected pages, so it isn’t all free for all, and AFAICR you have to log in to edit some pages.
[I've done 2 wikipedia edits; hardcore!]

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