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001 2007044843
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008 071030s2008 inua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aTK5105.8882$b.M34 2008
082 00 $a004.693$222
100 1 $aMader, Stewart.
245 10 $aWikipatterns :$b[a practical guide to improving productivity and collaboration in your organization] /$cStewart Mader.
246 3 $aWiki patterns
260 $aIndianapolis, IN :$bWiley Pub.,$cc2008.
300 $axxxv, 167 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
505 0 $aForeword / Ward Cunningham -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Grassroots is best. Case study : LeapFrog -- Chapter 2. Your wiki isn't (necessarily) Wikipedia. Case study : Johns Hopkins University -- Chapter 3. What's five minutes really worth? Case study : Sun Microsystems -- Chapter 4. 11 steps to a successful wiki pilot. Case study : Red Ant -- Case study : a conversation with a wikichampion : Jude Higdon -- Chapter 5. Drive large-scale adoption. Case study : JavaPolis -- Case study: a conversation with a wikichampion : Jeff Calado -- Chapter 6. Prevent (or minimize) obstacles. Case study : Kerrydale Street -- Inspirational bull**** -- Case study : Consititution Day -- Case study : Peter Higgs : using a wiki in research -- Appendix. Questions and answers -- Index.
500 $aSubtitle from cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aThis book provides practical, proven advice for encouraging adoption of your wiki project and growing it into a useful collaboration tool or vibrant online community: it gives wiki users a toolbox of thriving wiki patterns, which enable newcomers to avoid making common mistakes or fumbling around for the solutions to the same problems as their predecessors; explains the major stages of wiki adoption and explores patterns that apply to each stage; presents concrete, proven examples of techniques that have helped people grow vibrant collaborative communities and change the way they work for the better; reviews the overall process, including setting up initial content, encouraging people to contribute, dealing with disruptive elements, fixing typos and broken links, making sure pages are in their correct categories, and more.
650 0 $aWikis (Computer science)
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007044843-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007044843-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007044843-b.html