Multi Use Wiki Page

From EcommerceWiki. A WikiPage used in different ways:

• Wiki page as email
• Wiki page as HTML
• Wiki page as posting
• Wiki page as annotation

-- FridemarPache

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Wiki page as email

An original contributor takes an HTML copy of his/her contribution and sends it as email for different reasons.

Reasons:

• It's quite handy to write a public letter to a friend or an author to invite them to a WikiForum.
• It's less work for the originator of the public letter or contribution to do two things with one effort (two flies with one clap).
• It's less effort for the addressee; s/he need not answer, thus signalling (at moment) no interest/time. When they answer in public, then they can save time by avoiding answering multiple individual emails.
• Sender and addressee get more context with less effort.

Note:

It is crucial that a copy of the original text is sent as email, because a link only email could lead the invited person to a deleted page or worse.

Each WikiForum could be enriched instantly with a page specific email notification of changes. The now-defunct CritLink offered this service.

Use sparingly -- AnonymousDonor

Several wiki now have a "please email me when this one specific page changes" feature:

• MoinMoin
• MediaWiki
• TikiWiki
• MassMind
• ... and probably others I'm not as familiar with.

The one I find most annoying just sends an email that says "This page changed" and the URI. The one I like best sends an email that says "This page changed", the URI, and the "diff" showing what exactly changed.

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Wiki page as HTML

An original contributor takes an HTML copy of his/her contribution and places it on their own Web site for different reasons.

Reasons:

• Public BackUp of the original contribution
• Taking Individual Responsibility for statements or links
• Workload Reduction for the WikiForum, allowing less problematic access of external services, such as
  • searching
  • archiving
  • voting
  • public annotating
• Public Relations (for Wikiforums, one of the best concepts of the Web)

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Wiki page as posting

An original contributor takes a copy of his/her contribution and posts it to a newsgroup for different reasons:

Reasons:

• To invite collectively collaborative people of the Usenet into a WikiForum
• Reasons for Wiki page as email, Wiki page as HTML

Not recommended -- AnonymousDonor

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Wiki page as annotation

An original contributor takes a (HTML-) copy of his/her contribution and inserts it in a Public Annotation System for different reasons:

Reasons:

• To invite collectively collaborative people of the World Wide Annotation Community into a WikiForum
• Reasons for Wiki page as email, Wiki page as HTML

Not recommended -- AnonymousDonor

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Contributors: FridemarPache

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