Re: [Plone-docs] What is a wiki?

[Stefan N. <s....@gm...>]

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> Please note that I am sort of neutral on whether to enable a free-for- 
> all open contributor policy off in a well marked sandbox with  
> sufficient caveats and disclaimers to avoid misleading the unwary.
> 
> I'm just confused why *wikis* have all of a sudden become the only way  
> to talk about providing this capability.  You don't need a wiki to do  
> this.
> 
> Ric
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why not think in terms of duck typing here. It feels like wiki, it 
tastes like wiki, it smells like wiki, that's why i called it wikiish

i do realize that the wikiish product sketch i outlined is the result of 
insomnia, but it's not actually meant as a joke.
If not practical as a whole, the concept does offer a balance between 
agility and quality assurance, and this can be tweaked further.
The big advantage is that it puts tasks of varying complexity roughly 
where they belong, and therefore helps "keeping the desks clean" for the 
people with the big picture, until it gets important.
That in fact is to be considered best practice in every venture.

The mileage in wiki experience may vary, and it strongly depends on 
context, i guess. As long as the users of an open contributing system 
know, that their contributions are signed with ther (hopefully) good 
name, it could be assumed that a certain darwinism kicks in.

Whoever gets used to contribute BS will have to get used to losing 
credibility. I do think that contributors in the plone community are 
aware of that.

Regards,
Stefan