< Wikimania.org

Erik Moeller / Wiki2Wiki edit

• Wiki-Internal Features
  • Transclusion, templates
  • Versionsing, diffs
  • Watches
  • Structured Data
  • Micropayments

• The evolving web
  • RSS
  • Trackback
  • XML-RPC, SOAP & REST APIs
  • Embedded
  • AJAX

• There are justifiable differences between wikis:
  • Expertise-centric
  • Specialization
  • Not invented here
  • Localization & customization
  • Commercial endeavours
  • Pedagogy
  • Advocacy
  • Policy differences
  • Value differences
  • so there are good reasons wikis may want to be separate

• Cross wiki content
  • What links here from anywhere
  • talk page messaging
  • user pages
  • watchlist RSS / single view
  • cross wiki search
  • API tools
    • Cross-wiki bots

• Merging and Synching
  • have multiple branches for single wiki page - "please resolve conflicts by clicking the colored text"
  • This allows wiki's with similar pages to merge changes back and forth

• Objections
  • Spam
    • Wikis have a track record
    • Trust, block if abuse
  • Considered advertising
    • Emphasize free content policy
    • wikis are like Namespaces
  • Encourages Forking
    • encourages merging

• Closing statement: Organizations companies & brand names are only tools to achieve Free Education For All - nice

• Commercial wikis are fine so long as they are open content and work with the same wiki value system