Personality attributes of wiki lovers and wiki haters
What are the characteristics of people who like wiki, vs. people who dislike wiki? Or, what are the carictature types of people who love wiki, vs. types of people who dislike wiki?
Wiki lovers
- Canonical document makers
- editors
- subtypes:
- "damn it, that's not said right!"
- "i can help most by improving quality, not quantity"
- altruistic people
- subtypes:
- "my information can really make a difference here!"
- "i don't mind spending time editing, because it helps out"
- "i must serve the community!"
vs...
Wiki haters
- consensus distrusters
- "but how did the page get to be this way? what dissenting comments were erased?"
- timebased people
- "but how did the page get to be this way?"
- message-based people
- "wha??? i just wanna talk"
Other words
Complementary/making fun of ways of describing the above types:
- community lover types
- funny: commies, hippies
- good: community members, social people
- "my information can really make a difference here!"
- funny: know-it-alls
- good: information architects (?)/librarians?
- "i don't mind spending time editing, because it helps out"
- good: humble, behind-the-scenes givers
- "i must serve the community!"
- good: givers
- funny: self-hating ...
- Canonical document makers
- good: information architects
- funny: obsessed maniacs searching after a non-existent goal that no one even understands
- "damn it, that's not said right!"
- good: careful editors
- funny: anal people
- "i can help most by improving quality, not quantity"
- good: smart, quality-focused
Contributors
Discussion
(EditHint: I found this quote at http://wiki.earth.li/HuggieWikiDiscussion
| Wikis ... I just think they're ahead of their time ... That and the fact that people won't really /want/ to change the content of a site that isn't theirs, because that's a bit like trespassing. -- Carl |
Is this a good place to mention it ? Or is there a better wiki page to move this ? A wiki page that discusses why people (incorrectly)
feel that they shouldn't edit a wiki page, and what to write on the wiki to correct/encourage those people ? )
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yes, wherever we do it, i'd definitely like to discuss it because i feel that way still, a lot. for example, i think this should go onto a new page, but i don't really know what to call it.
FearOfEditing?