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A FAQ is the lowest common denominator form of a Wiki.
Despite what Gerald and Frank hve rightly said about structure, from a user point of view a wiki is as powerful and flexible as it is because of its hyperlinks, which a FAQ doesn't have.
Dave
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The other key advantage of a Wiki is that once it is established with empty structure and controls thought through, it is built naturally and in bite-sized chunks by a diverse community. With FAQs, however, which MHF has tried, this failed because you are dependent on a few individuals to volunteer to do all the work.
Dave
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My issue is that a lot of the advice on here is based on personal experience or preference, and by no means is there one definitive answer to a lot of questions. As we know, motorhoming is one huge compromise in just about every area, and it's how we weigh up those compromises that helps us make decisions. Put that into a wiki, and you get a stock question (e.g. should I buy solar panels?) with many, many different points of view. Which is the right one? Is there a right one? And, being a wiki (that everyone can contribute to), you could end up with pages of different ideas and opinions, repeating much of what is on the forum.
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Gerald
Its precisely for that reason that the approach to using wiki's needs to be carefully introduced and structured.
One way might be to commission a few paragraphs on each of the range of subjects which might constitute the core of the wiki.
These would be written in an even handed way and where absolute facts are scarce should mention the alternate view. So for example a wiki on 'gassing' would use the words 'considered unlikely' rather than say it doesn't happen. Give a link to the evidence against and for. This sets the tone for other contributors.
Its my understanding that a wiki can be amended by anybody. Is there any way that at least the introduction could have restricted access for editing?
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I don't know about restrictions - I know, in general, wikis, or maybe parts of wikis, can be restricted or controlled. I don't know about parts of pages. I'll have to look sometime. It's not a bad idea, though
Gerald
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