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@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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