[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Brand Survey Analysis

[David Gerard]

On 06/07/07, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:

> Or maybe I'm just jaded because I spent an hour last night talking to a
> friend who wanted to know how he could get his online community of
> historical reenactors joined up with "Wiki"; he meant Wikipedia, and he just
> assumed that we had a good way to incorporate specific communities of
> interest. This is a sysadmin with his own install of Mediawiki, so not
> entirely clueless. But I suspect, as others have pointed out in this thread,
> that community distinctions elide most of the public once they've gotten the
> idea of 'wiki' anything.


I predict this will get better when corporate intranet wikis gain
greater popularity. (Preferably MediaWiki, 'cos even though other
engines are less work for the sysadmin, MediaWiki is nicest for the
users. And looks like Wikipedia.) People become familiar with what
they use at work.


- d.