Appropedia:Open edit: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:03, 15 December 2009

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

Maintaining quality is a matter of both technological tools and social function. See Quality in an open edit wiki for more.

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 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.)
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+== Quality in an open edit wiki ==
+Maintaining quality is a matter of both technological tools and social function. See '''[[Quality in an open edit wiki]]''' for more.
-Open edit does mean you'll need to put the effort in to make it hard for spammers and vandals (various MediaWiki extensions and settings can help, for example) and to monitor recentchanges.
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