Comments on: A broken wiki means… people suck?

By: When wikis won’t work: 5 questions to ask.

When wikis won’t work: 5 questions to ask. — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:54:22 +0000

[...] Unfortunately,Â a few people started trashing the pages, and generally just being destructive (I talked about the destructive potential of anonymity on wikis at the beginning of the [...]

By: Lucas McDonnell

Lucas McDonnell — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:00:18 +0000

Thanks for your reply Jeremiah.

I think anyone who has contributed to or run a wiki would agree, it’s always frustrating when your work or the work of others gets vandalized.

Your post very accurately described some of the most common difficulties that surround wikis — while wikis are great tools, they certainly have their own unique set of challenges.

Thanks again for stopping by.

By: Jeremiah Owyang

Jeremiah Owyang — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:20:27 +0000

Before I look like a complete jerk, I am indeed a fan of Wikis and use and contribute to several.

I’ve also created a wiki for the Data Storage Industry (we had to reduce the amount of contributors to only a handful of trusted due to vandals)

Also, I was helping my colleague Robert Scoble with this wiki for the Scoble Show, it was also public and vandalized.

Thanks for writing this out.