[Martin Taylor 2006.o6.13.14.40]
[From Bryan Thalhammer (2006.06.13.1035 CDT)]
Martin,
You are right, I was using wiki for Wiki (Wikipedia). I did mean that a basic summary on Wikipedia is ok, so long as it doesn't go beyond terminology, explanation, history, etc. It should not venture into promotion.
Yup, if there were a CSG-Wiki, what you suggest and more would be appropriate, including different document formats, debate, issues, etc.
Such a wiki should be moderated, however.
I know where you are coming from on this, but I don't think it's necessary.
There's been a lot of discussion about it in relation to Wikipedia and other Wikis, and IBM did at least one study on the changes that occurred on selected Wikipedia pages. Ordinarily, vandalism gets fixed quite quickly, since interested people mark the pages that concern tham as "watched". Rarely visited pages can stay in a bad state for a long time, I guess, but by definition they don't matter as much. And if someone wants to enter ,misinformation on a topic nobody knows about, nobody will correct it. But I think these are minor problems compared to the benefits that could be gained from having a normal Wiki.
When problems arise is when you get two diametrically opposed views on some matter (like the "Armenian genocide" that "never happened"). When a page is subjected to rapid correction and recorrection, the site administrator can lock it, or ban the irresponsible poster(s), but perhaps the better solution is to split the page into "pro' ad "con" views, which is something a Wiki sysop can do (at least with a MediAwiki Wiki).
Especially since this is a volunteer organization with few members, I think non-moderation is the way to go, but editing privileges should be restricted to those who have registered (which is open to anyone to do, but it identifies who did what in the history list).
I'm not clear how a moderated Wiki would work, anyway. In the ordinary way, one goes to a Wiki page, finds something one wants to correct or add, and does the editing. If it were to be moderated, would you have to send an editing script to the moderator, or how would it work?
Martin