Wiki Mess

Stumbling over RefactorTowardsTheCenterOfThePage in RandomPages I got the idea of formulating a typologie of kinds of WikiMess.

WikiMess is the generic term for disorder in a wiki.

• WikiChaos - total disorder of all wiki
• RefactorTowardsTheCenterOfThePage - about handling pages grows old and large and unwieldy because being commented on on top and bottom.
• SurfaceRefactoring - about handling pages with multiple blocks of content probably each in ThreadMode or even ThreadMess
• ThreadMess - runaway ThreadMode with disconnected subthreads running in all directions
• InterleavedParallelThreadMode - special case of ditto I guess
• IrrevocableThreadMode - stuck ThreadMode

Minor disorders like those needing RefactorByExtractingToPage, SplitByTopicNotByOpinion, MigrateInlineComment are covered by AcceptableRefactoring.

Dangerously complex, but no mess is NestedThreadMode.

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See also AcceptableRefactoring, RefactorMe, EditHint

CategoryWikiRefactoring