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Re: Seeking recommendations on free wiki hosting service
Subject:Re: Seeking recommendations on free wiki hosting service From:"Chris Christner" <cchris -at- toptechwriter -dot- us> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:32:44 -0600
Hi Walt,
You don't say what you'll be doing with the wiki, but if there's a chance
the subject matter will be even slightly controversial, I'd pick an engine
that has some way to register commenters.
Case in point:
June 17: L.A. Times announces new wiki for editorials in "A Wiki for Your
Thoughts" (http://tinyurl.com/d365j)
June 19: "Where is the Wikitorial?"--The Times shuts the wiki down
(http://tinyurl.com/afa4t) "because a few readers were flooding the site
with inappropriate material."
"The sad thing is that anonymity coupled with a lack of personal
accountability provides too many individuals -- on the right and the left
-- with the excuse to exhibit excessive anti-social behavior"
...
"One of the suggestions made Saturday was that the Times require a valid
e-mail address to establish an account and a 24-hour delay between
establishing an account and edit privileges on the wiki...."
Sounds like good precautions, but I notice they've still not reopened
their wiki.
FYI,
Chris
Walt Campbell wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a good, free wiki hosting service? I'm looking to
> create a fairly simple wiki and would prefer to focus more on content
> and community than on backend operations, maintenance, etc.
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