当谈到一个真正成功的 wiki 示例时，Wikipedia比其他所有的都高。维基百科是最大和最受欢迎的，其内容由来自全球各个角落的志愿者贡献、编辑和维护。
每月拥有超过 5.3 亿读者，不难理解为什么它目前位居全球最受欢迎网站的前十名。但究竟什么是Wiki以及如何成功？
Wiki是一种基于计算机的工具，用于在位于中心的内容管理系统中与他人进行交流和协作。Wiki源自夏威夷语中的“快速”一词，允许团队和组织收集大量知识，这些知识来自多种不同的资源，并将所述知识重新分发到网站上供所有人查看。
然后，读者可以欣赏有关特定主题的所有内容，如果获得许可，则可以在协作中编辑和添加他们自己对该主题的知识。内容中记录的任何错误都可以快速修复并保持最新。
创建自己的 Wiki 之前要考虑的事项(Things To Consider Before Creating Your Own Wiki)
创建 wiki 并不像人们想象的那么困难。您只需要一个想法、互联网访问和网站托管。但是，任何希望创建成功的人都需要在开始之前了解一些事情。
Wiki 是工作的正确工具吗？(Is A Wiki the Right Tool for the Job?)
wiki 使团队可以轻松地在项目上进行协作、共享笔记和想法以及贡献资源。它们非常适合捕获不断发展的信息，但也可用于共享笔记和基于多个视角比较想法。
为确保 wiki 是满足您需求的最佳工具，您需要确定以下问题的可靠答案：
- 这项工作是严格单独进行的，还是需要一个团队参与的？
- 让更多的受众可以访问 wiki 中提供的信息，团队是否会受益？
- 您将来是否需要在这个项目上进行合作？
- 项目是静态的还是会随着更多信息的发现而继续发展？
对于这些未得到解答或不确定的任何问题，wiki 可能不是满足您需求的最佳项目。wiki 必须发展，因为它们作为静态文档没有好处。对于那些，我会建议一个博客。
一个wiki，为了成功，也应该有一个团队支持它。从长远来看，向公众开放只能使项目受益，因为更新的信息可以随时随地获得。如果您的目的是在同事之间共享敏感知识，那么 wiki 绝对不是您想要的。
弄清楚您的 wiki 的目的，确定上述问题的答案，然后再决定它是否适合您和您的团队或组织。
软件和托管选项(Software & Hosting Options)
一旦明确了 wiki 的目的，您就可以决定软件和托管选项。有许多可供您使用，而 wiki 的目的可以帮助您确定前进的正确选择。
低预算团队可能更喜欢Wikia、WikiDot和MediaWiki之类的免费方法。这些特定的托管站点允许您从头开始构建 wiki。Central Desktop和Same Page等(Same Page)付费(Paid)服务将为您提供立即开始所需的工具和模板。
您可以使用一个站点WikiMatrix，它可以帮助您比较您的选择，以找到最适合您需求的 wiki。对于私人托管的 wiki，一些网站通常会提供可以帮助您入门的软件，例如TikiWiki（免费）和Twiki（付费，一次性收费）。
侦察 其他维基(Scout Other Wikis)
模仿可能是最大的奉承形式。不幸的是，在文档业务中，这也可以被视为抄袭。在发现您的 wiki 的用途时，请查看其他已经在线的 wiki。您应该专注于成为您给定主题的唯一信息来源。
您需要通过检查每个 wiki 托管站点来查找重复项。在已经涵盖的主题上创建一个全新的 wiki 是毫无意义的。wiki 旨在用于协作，因此如果您提供的信息比已经建立的站点上的信息要多，请要求参与该项目。
如果您喜欢其他 wiki 设置的外观，请不要害怕复制那里的样式和模板。内容抄袭是抄袭，抄袭外观不是。请确保您的 wiki 在内容和外观上保持一致，以免混淆您的观众。
确保团队达到标准(Make Sure The Team Is Up To Par)
熟悉 wiki 的成员可能会渴望分享他们的知识以帮助发展项目。那些不熟悉的人可能更不愿意插话。新来的人通常会因编辑其他人创建的文档而被推迟。那，在格式化中使用的标记代码之上，可能会迫使它们隐藏起来。
(Make)通过提供培训他们如何使用 wiki 提供的工具，让这些成员感觉更舒服。为那些在格式化文本方面遇到问题的人创建一个标记字符备忘单。允许比较矛盾的成员编写和编辑“实践”wiki，直到他们对自己的能力更有信心。
如果团队事先学习了一些基本的 wiki 语法，他们将在文章创建方面更有效率。这允许轻松的页面编辑，而无需任何引导编辑器。
强大的团队将保证强大的 wiki，使其更有可能获得成功。
创建后提示(After Creation Tips)
- 创建 wiki 后，最好对站点的可用性和可读性进行测试。邀请少数用户在“上线”之前测试来龙去脉并提供您网站的反馈。
- 整个 wiki 将从既定的政策指南中受益匪浅。为其他贡献者制定一般规则，以便他们了解您的 wiki 应如何呈现给读者。
- 根据团队和贡献成员的规模，wiki 可能会因虚假或不相关的信息而变得拥挤。考虑任命一个人作为 wiki 的策展人，以剔除这些不必要的信息，确保正确的信息在正确的位置，并防止成员之间发生冲突的编辑。
- 提拔(Promote)那些在社区中保持敬业和活跃的成员。如果您找到对正在完成的工作充满热情的人，您可以通过授予他们对网站的更多控制权来表达您的感激之情。
维护和发展(Maintain & Evolve)
wiki 是一个实时文档，因此必须对其进行维护以使其发展。奖励您的团队成员和协作社区的成员将鼓励他们拥有 wiki 并使其保持最新状态。
一旦您创建了自己的 wiki，请宣传您的 wiki 以继续其向上发展。在论坛、社交媒体、YouTube等上推广它。这只会推动更多的访问者访问 wiki，并可能有更多的合作者愿意看到它蓬勃发展。
Things To Consider Before Creating Your Own Wiki
When it comes to a truly successful еxample of a wiki, Wikipedia stands tall above all others. Both the largest and most popular, Wikipedia’s content is contributed, edited, and maintained by volunteers from every corner of the globe.
Boasting over 530 million readers each month, it’s not hard to understand why it currently sits in the top ten of the most popular websites in the world. But what exactly is a Wiki and how does one become successful?
A Wiki is a computer-based tool used for communicating and collaborating with others within a centrally-located, content management system. Coined from the Hawaiian term for “quick,” a Wiki allows teams and organizations to collect vast amounts of knowledge, gathered from several varying resources, and redistribute said knowledge onto a site for all to see.
Readers can then enjoy all content on a specific topic and, if granted permission, edit and add their own knowledge on the subject in a collaborative effort. Any recorded errors in the content can be quickly fixed and kept up-to-date.
Things To Consider Before Creating Your Own Wiki
Creating a wiki isn’t as difficult as one might think. An idea, internet access, and hosting for the site is really all you need. However, anyone hoping to create a successful one will need to understand a few things prior to getting started.
Is A Wiki the Right Tool for the Job?
A wiki makes it easy for teams to collaborate on projects, share notes and ideas, and contribute resources. They are ideal for capturing information that is continuously evolving but can also be used to share notes and compare thoughts based on multiple perspectives.
To ensure that a wiki is the best tool for your needs you’ll want to establish a solid answer to the following questions:
- Will this undertaking be strictly solo or will the project involve a team?
- Will the team benefit from making the information provided in the wiki accessible to a larger audience?
- Will you need to collaborate on this project in the future?
- Is the project static or will it continue to evolve as more information is discovered?
For any of these questions left unanswered or uncertain, a wiki may not be the best project for your needs. A wiki must evolve as they are not beneficial as a static document. For those, I would suggest a blog.
A wiki, in order to be successful, should also have a team behind it. Opening it up to the public can only benefit the project in the long run as updated information can come at any time from anywhere. If your intent is to share sensitive knowledge between colleagues, a wiki is definitely not what you’re looking for.
Figure out the purpose for your wiki, establish answers to the above questions, and only then decide if it’s the right thing for you and your team or organization.
Software & Hosting Options
Once the purpose of your wiki is clear, you can decide on the software and hosting options. There are many at your disposal and the purpose of the wiki can help you identify the right options moving forward.
Low budget teams may prefer the free approach with the likes of Wikia, WikiDot, and MediaWiki. These particular hosting sites allow you to build a wiki from the ground up. Paid services, like Central Desktop and Same Page, will give you the tools and templates needed to get started right away.
There’s a site you can use, WikiMatrix, that will help you compare your options to find the best wiki that will fit your needs. For privately hosted wikis, some sites will usually offer up software, like TikiWiki (free) and Twiki (paid, one-time fee) that can help you get started.
Scout Other Wikis
Imitation may be the greatest form of flattery. Unfortunately, in the documentation business, that can also be considered plagiarism. When discovering your wiki’s purpose, take a gander at other wikis already online. You should be focused on being the only source of information on your given topic.
What you’ll want to look for are duplicates by checking every wiki hosting site. It would be rather pointless to create an entirely “new” wiki on a subject already being covered. A wiki was meant for collaboration so if you have more information to provide than that which is found on an already established site, ask to be let in on the project.
If you like the look of another’s wiki setup, don’t be afraid to copy the styles and templates featured there. Content copying is plagiarism, duplicating the appearance is not. Just be sure that your wiki stays consistent in both content and appearance to not confuse your audience.
Make Sure The Team Is Up To Par
The members familiar with wikis will likely be eager to share their knowledge in helping grow the project. Those unfamiliar may be more reluctant to chime in. Newcomers can often be put off by editing documents others have created. That, on top of the markup code used in formatting may force them into hiding.
Make those members feel more comfortable by offering to train them on how to use the tools a wiki provides. Create a cheat sheet of markup characters for those having issues in formatting text. Allow the more ambivalent members to write and edit a “practice” wiki until they become more confident in their abilities.
The team will be far more efficient in article creation if they learn some basic wiki syntax beforehand. This allows easy page edits without the need for any guided editors.
A strong team will guarantee a strong wiki, making it much more likely to become successful.
After Creation Tips
- After the wiki has been created, it would be best to have the usability and readability of the site tested. Invite a small number of users to test the ins and outs and provide feedback of your site prior to “going live”.
- The wiki as a whole would benefit greatly from an established policy guide. Layout the general rules for other contributors so that they have the information on how your wiki should be represented to the readers.
- Depending on the size of the team and contributing members, wikis can become congested with false or irrelevant information. Consider appointing one person as the curator of the wiki to cull this unnecessary information, ensure the proper information is in the right place, and prevent conflicting edits between members.
- Promote those members within the community who remain dedicated and active. If you find people who are enthusiastic about the work being done, you can show your appreciation by gifting them more control over the site.
Maintain & Evolve
A wiki is a live document and therefore must be maintained in order for it to evolve. Rewarding your team members and those of the collaborative community will encourage them to take ownership of the wiki and keep it up-to-date.
Once you’ve created your own wiki, get the word out about your wiki to continue its upward growth. Promote it on forums, social media, YouTube, etc. This can only push more visitors to the wiki and potentially more collaborators willing to see it flourish.
