Angela,<br><br>I am new to contributing to Wikis and am interested in participating in <a href="http://campaigns.wikia.com">campaigns.wikia.com</a>. I agree with the comment made about Wikis probably not having the best functionality for debate. Forums certainly do have wikis beat on that. However, forums come in a wide range of functions. For the campaigns wikia I would suggest a forum kind of like
<a href="http://digg.com">digg.com</a>'s comments section. Where fellow wiki contributors can rate a post on its value, and posts of high value can rise and eventually be added to a wikia page with the most valuable information skimmed from the forum discussion.
<br><br>For instance you could have a forum "thread" tied to the debate of global warming. Posts can have a thread heirarchy for organization. Poor posts can be voted down and out. A post rating history is kept to make sure no one is just rating down their opponents viewpoints. Wiki contributors cannot re-write each others posts, but they can re-organize posts to create a more distilled discussion. The highest level of talking points can be the wiki page.
<br><br>I am new to contributing to wikis so forgive me if my lingo is not on target, but I hope that I have gotten my point across. The merging of a flowing participatory forum functionality with the opening of wikis can distill topics and present the basics for visitors.
<br><br>Thanks,<br>gmurray<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Angela</b> <<a href="mailto:beesley@gmail.com">beesley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 7/7/06, bruce boston <<a href="mailto:bboston@gmail.com">bboston@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I wonder if we couldn't use a set of forums that went along with the Wiki.<br><br>We do have a wiki-based forum at<br>
<a href="http://campaigns.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:The_Soapbox">http://campaigns.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:The_Soapbox</a> - the idea is<br>combine the advantages of a forum with those of a wiki. I'd be<br>interested to know what everyone thinks of it, especially those people
<br>new to wikis. Is it much harder to use than the forums you're used to?<br><br>Angela.<br><br>--<br>Angela Beesley<br><a href="http://Wikia.com">Wikia.com</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Campaigns-l mailing list
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