Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: sample document library: laying the groundwork

[Bud Tillinghast (htilling]

There seems to be a wiki-plus web site
http://www.citizendium.org/

""The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on  
the Wikipedia model by adding "gentle expert oversight" and requiring  
contributors to use their real names."

Don't know if a site or software is available.

Bud Tillinghast
Humboldt County, CA

On Feb 13, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Tree Bressen wrote:

> On the wiki question, i have mixed feelings.  I personally feel  
> fond of
> wikis.  I resonate with the concept.  I'm confident the appropriate  
> wiki
> software could be located, for free.  In principle i think it could  
> work
> fine.  But when it comes to actually doing it on the ground, i have  
> two
> concerns:
>
> 1. I think it would still need to be moderated and paid attention
> to.  Given that, it might actually be *less* labor for one well- 
> organized
> person to receive documents and post them appropriately than for  
> one or
> more folks to track changes to a wiki, check out each change and  
> make sure
> it is furthering the purpose of the site.  I'm suggesting that it  
> could be
> easier to play gatekeeper at the intake point, just like our public
> libraries do.