[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia: the Journal

[Emily Monroe]

> In Hawaiian, "wiki" (or "wikiwiki", I think) means "quick". In  
> English it means a website that anyone can edit.

I agree with this. We need to acknowledge that standard Hawaiian and  
non-standard English are two different languages and aren't even the  
equivalent dialect.

> You can restrict the editing, but if you don't intend for your group  
> of readers and your group of writers to overlap heavily, then you  
> shouldn't be using wiki software. There are better ways for a small  
> group to collaborate of material intended for a much larger group to  
> read.

I also agree with this. The "letter" of releasing Mediawiki to the  
public mean anyone can use it for any purpose, but the "spirit"  
dictates that if you don't intend to have people edit it in a  
"Wikipedia-style" fashion (ie We assume good faith here, so you start  
out with these editing privileges), then you need to go elsewhere.

Emily
On Sep 13, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:

> 2009/9/13  <WJhonson at aol.com>:
>> If "wiki" means quick then it would be quick in that the time between
>> writing and full publication should be much shorter than  
>> traditional in print
>> journals.
>>
>> If "wiki" means anyone can edit it, then it wouldn't be a wiki.
>> If wiki only means that *you* and your *peers* can quickly edit it  
>> online
>> in a collaborative mode, than it would be a wiki.
>
> In Hawaiian, "wiki" (or "wikiwiki", I think) means "quick". In English
> it means a website that anyone can edit. You can restrict the editing,
> but if you don't intend for your group of readers and your group of
> writers to overlap heavily, then you shouldn't be using wiki software.
> There are better ways for a small group to collaborate of material
> intended for a much larger group to read.
>
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