Tag Archives: organization

Reflections on Organization and Community

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Will (WikiAdmin)

So, it’s been about six months since I began working on the wiki organization project. With the launch of the updated interface, I thought I’d take a quick moment to reflect. When I began working on the Wiki in July, … Continue reading →

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Philosophical Ownership & Open Collaboration

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Will (WikiAdmin)

Occasionally, I get inquiries if it is possible to create or modify a page on the UBC Wiki so it is only editable or viewable by an invited group of people. The UBC Wiki is an open platform with no … Continue reading →

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Consolidating the Crops: Revisiting the Main space

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Will (WikiAdmin)

The UBC Wiki, as originally described, serves multiple purposes: It is a course repository: The wiki provides a collaborative space for faculty and students to create and share course related content. It is a documentation repository: The wiki provides a … Continue reading →

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General Thoughts on Correcting the Course: Conundrum

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Will (WikiAdmin)

Here are some preliminary thoughts on correcting what I have begun calling the Course: Conundrum (the creation of course specific pages in the main space of the wiki instead of into the Course namespace). In general, I really like the … Continue reading →

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Categorization Manipulation

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Will (WikiAdmin)

One of the main tools to organize a wiki is categories. Mark Choate, in his book Professional Wikis, describes adding categories to a wiki article as a parallel to adding tags to a blog article or a photo: tags and … Continue reading →

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The Course: Conundrum

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Will (WikiAdmin)

The UBC Wiki is organized into a couple of different namespaces. Two of the major ones are the root space (found at wiki.ubc.ca) and the Course space (wiki.ubc.ca/Course). The purpose of these spaces is to help organize the wiki by … Continue reading →

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