Wikis are great to collect information and they work well, the more active users they actually have. With the growth of Wikipedia the number of people who understand how collaboration works in a Wiki increased dramatically (even though in fact many users of the Wikipedia still do not seem to know, that they can actually edit pages). For …
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What works well for community projects – wikis, blogs, forums, cms, IRC
I guess in any project – open software, hardware, content – there are established working models and processes, that develop over time and help everyone involved to get things done. Those processes need to be explained and communicated to newbies taking time and adding overhead to volunteer projects. Tasks not everyone is interested in as …
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