…Mode (or a MixedMode where discussions are separated from content, like in MediaWiki ), and is not possibile with the ViewPoint system, since «One of the "social features" of a wiki is that it forces the community to deal with disagreements about content. (In a wiki a given page …
WikiMindWipe - MeatballWiki - MeatballWiki Edit History Raw RSS Talk WikiMindWipe One of the GreatChallengesToWikis WikiMindWipe (for the purpose of this discussion) occurs when a contributor to a wiki deletes their signed comments using the RemoveIdentity reworking. (The officia…
…moved to ShallowPage#tooBig This page discusses ways to allow visitors from one wiki engine to edit pages on other wikis without having to learn their WikiSyntax . There are quite a lot of WikiEngine ""s out there by now. Most have a similar, but not identical markup language. Th…
WikiWay - MeatballWiki - MeatballWiki Edit History Raw RSS Talk WikiWay Leuf, B. and Cunningham, W. (2001). The Wiki way: Quick collaboration on the Web. Boston: Addison-Wesley Longman. ISBN 0-201-71499-X The Wiki Way is a book written by Ward Cunningham and Bo Leuf. See Wiki:The…
…y is what one writes on his or her résumé, which is what we use here on MeatballWiki . More accurately, what you would list on an academic paper. What's in a real name? In general, it would be safe to say that most people on the street believe in the concept of a RealName , such …
Connections to Social Dilemma and Game Theory - MeatballWiki - MeatballWiki Edit History Raw RSS Talk Connections to Social Dilemma and Game Theory ForgiveAndForget follows from NonViolence . One must detach oneself from violence in order to end violence, not just to you, but fro…
…xt. Also related, the ConflictCycle , ConflictIntensity , HealthyConflict . For wiki-specific discussion, see WikiConflictResolution . When people are experiencing conflict it is useful to analyze the potential SourcesOfConflict and draw potential interventions. Conflicts may be …
Reasons people stop assuming good faith - MeatballWiki - MeatballWiki Edit History Raw RSS Talk Reasons people stop assuming good faith 99% of the time, you will encounter people who really don't want to get into a conflict with you. If they share a SuperordinateGoal with you, di…
# Growth - MeatballWiki - MeatballWiki Edit History Raw RSS Talk # Growth Within the realm of hypertexted discussions, there are two seemly contrasting phenomena that have been termed ForestFire ""s; however, deeper analysis shows they are merely yin and yang. For uneditable text…
What is the biggest wiki out there? How can you know and what do you count? The number of pages? The number of bytes? The number of users? There are two popular ways to make "conservative" counts, i.e. counts excluding very short pages. The "comma count" is th…
What is the biggest wiki out there? How can you know and what do you count? The number of pages? The number of bytes? The number of users? There are two popular ways to make "conservative" counts, i.e. counts excluding very short pages. The "comma count" is th…
A trend I am observing on Wikipedia is excessive paranoia about copyright infringements. While a certain amount of preventive action is certainly necessary, I strongly oppose simply deleting an entry for "presumed" copyright violations. Examples: An entry which contains a few cop…
Motivations - MeatballWiki - MeatballWiki Edit History Raw RSS Talk Motivations If I leave, everything I've said will still be there and attributable to me long after my views might have changed Sometimes you move on and exercise your RightToLeave a community or a locality. In Me…