Wiki Science

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Wiki Science
Introduction
Starting a wiki -

Budding effect - Article evolution - Self healing
Vibrant user base -

How to maintain - Source code
Future - Wikiresearch -

Semantic prosthetic

Wiki science is the study of how the phenomenon of wikis, and free, open collaborative works in general (like free software and open source), are growing, changing and adapting.

[edit] Section one

  1. Introduction Image:25%.png

[edit] Section two: birth

  1. Budding effect Image:25%.png
  2. How to start a wiki Image:25%.png

[edit] Section three: growth, maintenance

  1. Vibrant user base: Some tips on how to attract and retain a vibrant user base Image:25%.png
  2. Article evolution Image:25%.png
  3. Self healing Image:25%.png
  4. How to maintain a wiki: Dealing with problem users, switching to new hardware, software or administrator(s). Image:25%.png
  5. Source code: Specific tips for wikis discussing programming topics. Image:25%.png

[edit] Section four: trolling

  1. trolls: What are trolls and how should they be dealt with?

[edit] Section five: comparison with other mediums

  1. accuracy: The offline media make a big deal about inaccuracies on wikis, is this really a problem?

[edit] Section six: future

  1. Future of wiki Image:25%.png

The future wiki will offer the ability to present XML based info in a variety of forms dependent on the needs and stylistic preferences of users. Presently most wikis are developed and presented by programmers and follow a rigid procedural mentality. Nonetheless they are effective and mutating. The first likely integration will be some form of folding and unfolding (a sort of expanding and contracting URI). It is also likely that SVG will be used to provide a form of open source scaled graphics and animation.

  1. Wikiresearch: Is it possible to use a wiki as a medium to do scientific research? Image:50%.png
  2. Semantic prosthetic: Some ideas about how to make wikis useful for education. Image:100%.png
  3. Information currency: The use of information currency and information currency markets to quantitate the economic value of information and motivate individuals to contribute valuable information. wikipedia is a free software encyclopedia

[edit] Section six: case studies

  1. Case Study 1: A brief report on the use of a wiki for a computer mediated communication class Image:25%.png

[edit] Appendices

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