Comments on: A Q&A&Q Wiki: Whadya Think?

By: Amy Gahran

Amy Gahran — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:29:02 +0000

Regarding Alan Levine’s excellent and throughtful comments..

Honestly, I haven’t thought it through quite that far. I’m just in the earliest stages, and I’ve never created a live wiki before. (i’ve posted to several, but this is my first launch). I’d genuinely appreciate assistance from experienced “wikiers” who could help me plan the details and get this set up just right. E-mail me at editor@contentious.com.

- Amy Gahran
Editor, CONTENTIOUS

By: Alan Levine

Alan Levine — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:47:23 +0000

I agree that you have a nifty and novel idea for wiki-based content. If this is not your plan already, I might suggest that if I respond to your question and end with my own, that others could then take that as a new start for another QAQ.

Also, the WikiPedia is intensively internally linked, which is what makes it a very exploratory space. You might consider how it would be made easy for people in wriring their own QAQs to be able to link to others that are there or are relevant.

Also, how will you organize the Q’s? Will there be an index? or topical categories? I am not familair with EditMe’s features, but on the wiki’s I have set up in the last few months, I generally make the opening page “locked” (not open to the world for editing) so I can maintain a little bit of order at the front door.

Looking forward to it…

By: Clair

Clair — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 05:48:48 +0000

That is very interesting. It’s very interactive and you might get a lot of insight from that proposition.

By: Patrick Mayfield

Patrick Mayfield — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:58:16 +0000

I think you have presented an intriguing proposition. I’m not sure where it will go. Perhaps that the point.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:02:36 +0000

I love it. I’m with you on the questions are great concept, I’ve been collecting useful questions for some time now. Go for it.