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WikiPage used in different ways:
- Wiki page as email
- Wiki page as HTML
- Wiki page as posting
- Wiki page as annotation
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FridemarPache
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:
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.
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)
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
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
Contributors:
FridemarPache
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