Comments on: Want your own wiki? Find the right one with these four sites

By: Squidoo Dummy

Squidoo Dummy — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:29:02 +0000

Squidoo also come out a new feature call who is? which will search for person information based on Wikipedia contents.

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:21:22 +0000

I wonder if there are some good wiki guides listed on wikipedia; there also are quite a few books on wikis available which might provide some content-strategies.

In the end it really depends on what you intend to use the wiki for, since they are so flexible; there certainly are ways to view wiki content in a chronological blog-like manner. However unlike a blog entry the wiki entry can not only be commented or tagged but also modified and cross-linked once created.

This malleable and extensible aspect is what I find particularly intriguing about wikis, since it counters the ephemeral nature of blogs.

By: Mike Brown

Mike Brown — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:25:10 +0000

What I'd like is guidance on what actually to do with the wiki once I have it. With a blog, for example, you know instantly that it archives chronologically, sometimes by category tags, or you can browse via post titles.

But wikis are different beasts, and I've not seen a standard "how to organize this wiki" scheme anywhere. I have a PBWiki which is fun to use, but it's very easy to forget that you've created pages, what they're named, etc.

By: Philip Foeckler

Philip Foeckler — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:47:56 +0000

thanks for your comments and the link to your site. some good references there as well. i’d be interested to hear what system you’ve ended choosing and how that is going.

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:29:41 +0000

I’ve made a lens on Squidoo which has some more links, though the four you give are a good starting point. See http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-start-a-wiki/