WikiAntiPatterns

Last edit September 13, 2005

Wiki is a software system and like any such system it contains AntiPatterns. Here are some examples of anti-patterns. Note they're not in the traditional form yet as I hope to flesh them out in future.

Pages that amount to:

"I have this great idea but I need someone to implement if for me" (In the business world, this is called ArchitectsDontCode, ArchitectsPlayGolf, or ArmchairArchitect)
"All existing implementations of Z are crap. I am a genius and will thus implement, in my CopiousFreeTime, an alternative that solves all problems in the field of Z"
"I have this great new idea. All those who don't uncritically accept it are evil."
"Programming language A is horrible." or "Programming language A is better than programming language B" (or any other traditional programmer HolyWar topic)
"Managers are stupid, lazy, and evil."
"Wiki is great, if only it didn't let people edit everything/had moderators/wasn't about programming/was more like usenet/was more like a blog/had HardSecurity/was more like SlashDot/etc"
"I don't know much about programming, but I think that the wiki should be categorized/organized this way."
Ongoing and never-ending conversation (and arguments) between members of a small group of active Wiki participants, free-ranging over a huge universe of topics, and leaving big piles of ThreadMess.
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