> Florence, > > I agree with you almost completely, but I would also note that it is also > partially about the user's thought processes and business norms that > determine how "fast" it is. My employer, for instance, has a wiki that's > meant to be a collaborative resource where disparate elements from across > the (several thousands of persons with access) organization can quickly > iterate on a document the same way we make revisions to our wikis. In > practice, however, we are so accustomed to a high level "waterfall style" > process as you describe, with a primary author and several interested > parties "clearing" the copy, it completely loses any benefit of the > process > and becomes no different to me than a Sharepoint site with slightly > better > UI. > > -Dan > > Dan Rosenthal
We have a few waterfall editors on Wikipedia too, and they are a repeated source of trouble, as they are likely to defend strongly against collaborative changes. Patience is a premise for dealing successfully with any group dynamic, Napoleon and Alexander the Great not withstanding. Fred _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
