Wikis are a perfect example of how to be an effective Web 2.0 publisher. Two rules stand out for me:
1. Be clear in your purpose for creating and maintaining your wiki. Your audience is using your wiki for a specific purpose. Putting too much into your wiki is like visiting a restaurant specializing in Italian cuisine that includes Russian delicacies because the restaurant felt that the menu needed more items. Adding more stuff in a wiki acknowledging the the purpose just adds to the confusion.
2. Keep it simple. The more a user has to scroll, the more likely a user will get lost and not locate the information they're searching for.
One wiki I particularly enjoyed was Library Success: a best practices wiki.
Clear in purpose, easy to navigate. This wiki would have been a perfect reference for students in a library teacher credentialing program, featuring collection development to technology uses in the school library environment.
Now if only I could be that clear...
Out.
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