Just like its sometimes hard to get people to start using a web page
full of documentation or other information. That's why I think the
design challenge is similar for both web sites and wikis. You need
something compelling to draw people to it and to use it, and in the case
of wikis a reason to hit the edit button. This is more in the realm of
art (or worse, marketing) than technology.
-Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: JTAutry [mailto:jtautry@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:28 AM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] corporate wiki: success factors?
Oh, I completely agree its valid content, and of course I'm not implying
that wiki's will replace excel. My point was specifically related to
the problem of getting stubborn people to start using the wiki.
JT
----- Original Message ----
From: Frederik Dohr <fdg001(a)gmx.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:34:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] corporate wiki: success factors?
Well, if they won't search for the answer via
google, they aren't
going to search for it in the wiki.
Well, it can be quite challenging to find answers for specific Excel
issues via Google.
Plus our wiki's database would be a lot smaller than Google's, and its
content custom-tailored for frequently recurring issues, so there
wouldn't be as many irrelevant results.
The key is not putting up a page on how to modify a
doc. The key is
putting the doc itself in the wiki. I know this doesn't
translate
really to spreadsheets, but you get what I'm saying.
Sure, but the workspace is polygamous; there's will always be many
different applications, instead of one app to rule them all. And wikis
certainly won't replace Excel any time soon.
So if the doc itself is help for another app, that's valid wiki
content... :)
-- Frederik
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