This page discusses how to increase Appropedia's impact
Issue 1: Collaborative content[edit | edit source]
Appropedia is a wiki, therefore its potential relies on collaborations. Ironically, what makes Appropedia unique is not always collaborative articles (Wikipedia already does that) but individual projects. Although these projects can be edited by anyone, new users won't be compelled to edit them because it is somebody else's work. So the question relies on:
How can we get the most out of a collaborative website that its current differential is not collaborative in its nature?
Answer 1: Creating generic "how to" pages[edit | edit source]
Advantages
- This content is collaborative in its nature because it refers to concepts instead of projects.
Disadvantages
- This content would have to be generated from scratch.
- There are other wikis that do this (but Appropedia would be different as it deals specifically with sustainability)
If this solution is accepted we would have to:
- Standardize with a preload how this content would be created
- Start creating the pages
- Make it a class assignment?
- Ask existing users for contributions?
Answer 2: Focus on conceptual pages that are not enciclopedic articles or are too specific for Wikipedia[edit | edit source]
Advantages
- This content already exists.
Disadvantages
- It is hard to delimit what is or isn't an enciclopedic article or what is or isn't too specific for Wikipedia.
If this solution is accepted we would have to:
- Identify these pages
- Create new ones
- Encourage contributions
Answer 3: Accept that the differential of Appropedia is not collaborative in its nature[edit | edit source]
Think about Appropedia as a collaborative wiki not strictly in its content, but in its format.
Advantage
- We already have this
Disadvantage
- We are not getting the most out of the software
Issue 2: Traffic[edit | edit source]
Although it is not the only (or even the main) parameter, it is the easiest one to measure and to communicate Appropedia's impact (internally and externally). Therefore we should understand it and try to increase it regularly. Having this said, different strategies should be implemented for different audiences.
Issue 3: Backlinks[edit | edit source]
New content[edit | edit source]
Old content[edit | edit source]
This Ahrefs page is extremely usefull for link building strategies of old content.
