Robert Safuto at Awakened Voice asks the question, Are Wikis Overused?" For the situation he describes he should have probably asked, “Are wikis misused?” He writes:
On most wikis users can either edit a page or not. Not very flexible. A more ideal solution would allow admin users to edit a section of a page while allowing other users to edit another section, but only by entering a form designed by the planners of the site. Even then some moderation of submitted content should be an option.
Poor Robert is struggling to get-it. Another question might have been to ask before using a wiki, “Do you trust people or not?” If you can‘t let go- then don‘t, but don‘t blame the tool. As soon as you try to lock-things-down you break the very conditions which make it work in the first place.
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