Appropedia:Open edit: Difference between revisions

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Open edit in a wiki is the most radical form of openness.

In Appropedia, pages are generally open edit, so even an anonymous user of the site can click "edit" on a page and change it.

On the positive side:

This allows more contributions, without the hurdle of registration
Most anonymous edits are constructive and improve the site
There is very little spam, as bots are blocked by CAPTCHA and other tools.

On the negative side:

There is a perception by some that open edit means unreliable. In practice this is not true, although it's always good to improve the content checking and development processes.

On Appropedia, pages are only occasionally kept "closed" (e.g. protected in very rare cases of vandalism, or with a notice requesting editors to not edit yet as they are being developed by a class, or because they belong to the limited number of open access pages on the site.)

Quality in an open edit wiki

The surprising experience of wiki communities is that anonymous editing can actually increase the quality of the resource - this of course assumes that there is an active community building on good contributions and reverting spam and edits which are considered "bad".

Maintaining quality is a matter of both technological tools and social function.

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 On the negative side:
-* There is a perception by some that
+* There is a perception by some that open edit means unreliable. In practice this is not true, although it's always good to improve the content checking and development processes.
-pages are only occasionally kept "closed" (e.g. protected, or with a notice requesting editors to not edit yet).
-an also be improved further, by another class, and through the usual open edit wiki processes, as well as through some specific projects we're working on, importing quality material with permission, and using technical tools to help link and categorize pages.
+On Appropedia, pages are only occasionally kept "closed" (e.g. protected in very rare cases of vandalism, or with a notice requesting editors to not edit yet as they are being developed by a class, or because they belong to the limited number of [[Appropedia:Open access pages|open access pages]] on the site.)
+== Quality in an open edit wiki ==
+{{main|Quality in an open edit wiki}}
+The surprising experience of wiki communities is that anonymous editing can actually increase the quality of the resource - this of course assumes that there is an active community building on good contributions and reverting spam and edits which are considered "bad".
+Maintaining quality is a matter of both technological tools and social function.
-See our pages on service learning and Learning institutions on Appropedia, and don't hesitate to get in touch. We'd love to work with more classes and are keen to support the needs of students and educators!
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