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| Do an internet search for a wiki on a particular topic, e.g. ''[[permaculture wiki]]'' [http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=permaculture+wiki Google search]) or ''[[sustainability wiki]]'' ([http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=sustainabilty+wiki Google search]) and scroll past the Wikipedia articles, and you'll see how many competing wiki sites there are. But when you click on them, most will be disappointing, a few will be interesting, and only the occasional site will be a fantastic resource. | | Do an internet search for a wiki on a particular topic, e.g. ''[[permaculture wiki]]'' or ''[[sustainability wiki]]'' and you'll see how many sites there are. But when you click on them, most will be disappointing, a few will be interesting, and the occasional site will be a fantastic resource. |
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| Most wikis are dormant, and some are spammed. A handful have a small amount of activity, and a very small number are vibrant, with an active community creating a growing knowledge resource.
| | However, most wikis are dormant, while yet others are spammed. A handful have a small amount of activity, and a very small number are vibrant, with an active community creating a growing knowledge resource. |
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| Each site represents an island, a small isolated community and a fragmented knowledge base. Why is this? Because '''[[making a successful wiki is hard]]'''. | | Each site represents an island, a small isolated community and a fragmented knowledge base. |
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| What's a better approach? [[Radical collaboration]]. How do we do this for wikis? Practice '''[[Wiki synergy]]''' and make the hard decisions that need to be made. It's possible to have an impact, and have a rewarding experience working with a thriving wiki community - but it needs the right strategy.
| | Why is this? Because [[making a successful wiki is hard]]. |
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| The difficult but perhaps most important part of this may be to stop and ask what the goal is. If the goal is for your particular vision ([[sustainability]], [[development]], or some subset of that) then the outcomes are more important than the brand name on the site, and more important than who is perceived as the "leader" of the effort.
| | What's a better approach? [[Radical collaboration]]. How do we do this for wikis? Practice '''[[Wiki synergy]]'''. |
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| == Deeper analysis == | | == Deeper analysis == |
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| See [[green wikis]] for an introduction to the many wikis about sustainability.
| | See [[Green wikis and development wikis]]. The table can be sorted by levels of activity, numbers of pages and other criteria by clicking on the headers. |
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| See [[Green wikis and development wikis]] for details and figures. (Some of the data dates back to 2008/2009, but the general patterns are still relevant). The table can be sorted by levels of activity, numbers of pages and other criteria by clicking on the headers. | |
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
