Wikis and edocr

Why Wikis sucks for post production environment? Capturing the essence of document interactivity Manoj Ranaweera [email_address] 07769734491 http://www.manojranaweera.com

Disclaimer
Personal Opinion
Very Subjective – only one of many views
Does not reflect company policies of edocr Ltd, ebdex Ltd or any client organisations.

Wikis are great
Collaborative
Rank does not matter
Community of Users
Removes geographical barriers
Knowledge Repository
Captures knowledge of community
Everyone owns it – yipee!
No real hierarchy

How many Wikians does it take to change a light blub!
One
But, anyone can change it back
Could end up with the old light bulb again and again
Creating constant light on light off situations
Not to mention coloured bulbs – red!

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Man, I thought I had seen it all on Wikipedia … but check this out. Another great example of Wiki-intellect at work — see the talk page tracking the article on Benazir Bhutto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Benazir_Bhutto). Look at this idiot’s comment, entered today:
“ Because I am neither any race or religion related to this article nor could I care less who Benazir Bhutto is (who I thought was a man when I read the news), I’ve decided I am the perfect candidate to objective review and edit this article and so I shall! .:DavuMaya:. 01:43, 19 October 2007 (UTC)”
My reponse, also on the talk page:
“ So by your own admisison, you know nearly nothing about the topic matter, and you consider yourself to be the ‘perfect candidate to objective [sic] review and edit this article’ … Wow. Only on Wikipedia …—Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.80.29.189 22:55, 19 October 2007 (UTC)”
Davumaya responded, and established that, indeed, he is actually serious in what he says. He truly believes that ignorance of a topic is an asset, not a liability, when refereeing content. Apparently gross ignorance is even better. He’s so clueless that he doesn’t even know the gender of a person who’s been a public figure on the world stage for over two decades (doesn’t he ever watch the news? or does he spend all his waking hours watching Nick-At-Nite?) … and he believes this makes him the “perfect” editor.
Wow. Just … wow. You don’t get that stupid from a mere congenital defect. Ya gotta work at it.
There are far too many Davumayas on Wikipedia, which is why I don’t even try to discuss Wikipedia’s flaws with die-hard Wikipedians anymore; it’s like trying to have a rational discussion with the “aliens abducted Elvis” crowd. I must say, though, this is a first — I’ve never seen Wikidiocy presented quite this nakedly before. But on the positive side, guys like him give me a lot of great material to show my students.
“ Because I am neither any race or religion related to this article nor could I care less who Benazir Bhutto is (who I thought was a man when I read the news), I’ve decided I am the perfect candidate to objective review and edit this article and so I shall!”

So Wikis sucks (sometime)
Lack of hierarchy matters
Different personal agendas cause conflicts
Accuracy becomes questionable
Non questionable culture is dangerous

But Wikis are here to stay
Wikis has a place
Great when used correctly
Should be part of the tool kit
Not the only tool

Post production
Wikis can be used to create a document
With other tools – desktop publishing
Use best of breed for post production collaboration, e.g. edocr

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[email_address] http://www.edocr.com 07769734491 Manoj Ranaweera (Founder and CEO) making document interactivity a reality “ I have recently uploaded documents to edocr. Found it easy to use, slick appearance and good functionality on first impressions. Look forward to using this as traffic increases. Could be a nice way to circulate newsletters as well as case studies and articles.” Andy Jarosz, Director, DocLeaf

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Wikis and edocr

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