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# promote digital literacy — filling out forms isn't it, stop treating computers as a typewriter | # promote digital literacy — filling out forms isn't it, stop treating computers as a typewriter | ||
## reusable data under fair terms of re-use | ## reference-able statements, reusable data under fair terms of re-use | ||
# get people to consider issues of site design and how to organize information | # get people to consider issues of site design and how to organize information without overburdening | ||
# help flatten organizations and their external relationships | # help flatten organizations and their external relationships | ||
# promote transparency and co-development | # promote transparency and co-development | ||
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* '''Worker bee''' — tasked to use the wiki | * '''Worker bee''' — tasked to use the wiki | ||
** may be less receptive to wiki ideals, make it straightforward | ** may be less receptive to wiki ideals, make it straightforward | ||
* ''Outside contributors'' - often a stated goal of projects | |||
** flexible to meet random demands | |||
<br class="cleared" /> | <br class="cleared" /> | ||
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# wiki markup | # wiki markup | ||
# sharing knowledge, creating more converts | # sharing knowledge, creating more converts | ||
# Creating templates | # Creating templates/queries/classes | ||
# understanding of good schema design, distributed data, licensing | # understanding of good schema design, distributed data, licensing | ||
# distributed applications, creating standards | # distributed applications, creating standards | ||
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** Constant attention, guidance | ** Constant attention, guidance | ||
* Tangly mess | * Tangly mess | ||
** Better use of SMW features, more forms | ** Better use of SMW features, more forms, patience for gardening | ||
* Misunderstood requirements, not really listening to what they want | * Misunderstood requirements, not really listening to what they want | ||
** Learning experience | ** Learning experience | ||
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= How = | = How = | ||
Lots and lots of guiding | |||
Inspire - self empowerment, less dependence, creating, leading, "where the web is going," open source and transparency | |||
Threaten - others are doing it, loss of leadership | Threaten - others are doing it, loss of leadership | ||
Blow past increasing complexity of security to simpler wiki model (all private or all public) | |||
Really enforce importance of discussion tab, history, diff, learning from others.. site evolution as an interest | |||
Appoint leads based on interests, give them responsibilities | Appoint leads based on interests, give them responsibilities | ||
Peer helpers | Peer helpers — spread the virus | ||
Translators | Translators for those who can't directly contribute | ||
Profiles of uses | |||
The importance of design | The importance of design | ||
* promote the cues of Wikipedia but provide something original | * promote the cues of Wikipedia but provide something original | ||
<div style="magin: 15px"> | |||
http://wiki.zooid.org/images/innocell-wp.png | |||
</div> | |||
Magic — Exhibit example of copying and pasting to excel using semantic web data | |||
= SMW vs Wordpress = | = SMW vs Wordpress = | ||