More generally, it feels good to contribute to a
pool-of-knowledge-for-all-the-human-race. But I would be wary of
generalizing too much from wikipedia down to your wiki; they'll be
very different animals. Just make sure to keep things friendly and
non-annoying. Also, check out wikipatterns --
http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/wikipatterns/Wikipatterns
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Charles Matthews
<charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
Mehrotra, Niki (US - Chicago) wrote:
What do you think motivates the average user
to contribute as much as he or she does?
In very simple terms, wikis appeal to
people who like to see their
writing go live immediately.
What incentive do the
individuals have to devote much of their time to monitor pages?
Maintenance of
wikis appeals to a different class of people: those who
care about things being tidy, accurate, well-linked and so on.
Charles
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