Following from the guest blog post about energypedia:
In the last post (LINK) Benjamin Rebenich of energypedia described their wiki project. To get further into the question of what makes a wiki work, I had some questions for Benjamin:
Benjamin, do you know how new users are discovering energypedia?
Do you see a lot of interaction happening through the newsblog and messaging? Is the calendar used much?
Do you know if the Quality page gets much use, and is helping the wiki? (I ask because we've struggled to get traction for simpler versions of this idea - but your version seems more nicely implemented.)
What is one of your favorite pages on energypedia?
From looking at the activity on energypedia, there's a strong focus on big picture, country-level information, compared to Appropedia's focus which is more on small scale designs projects. Is this a deliberate choice, or a reflection of the people who are coming into your project? (Not wanting to pass judgement here - the large scale and small scale views are both essential.)
What's worked, what hasn't, and what you see as the best way to have an impact? (Or to put it another way: Since the time when you first started the project, have your views changed on the best ways to collaborate?)
When we talk to people from governmental or intergovernmental institutions, they often describe resistance in their organization to using a wiki. Was that your experience? How were objections overcome, to enable energypedia to begin and to expand?
Do you have much contact with other wiki projects, such as the BioEnergyWiki?
Are there others working in the same space, whose work you find complementary, or which you wish to learn from?
How do you think the energypedia and Appropedia communities might work together?
Thanks Benjamin!