WikiPatterns:BlankPage

BlankPage is an anti-pattern in which people don’t contribute to a page because it’s empty.

People are often reluctant to be the first to edit an empty page because they might be unsure what content should go on it.

They may leave the page empty and assume that the person who created it will come back and start adding content at some point.

a planned event in which a community meets at a designated time to build content on the wiki together and understand how to use the wiki, and feel a sense of buy-in.

Needed to link to the community, understand how to organize content, get others involved.

Building an FAQ helps people take inventory of what they’re doing and plan what to put on the wiki, thus reducing the chance of having empty pages.

a Gnome may add a scaffold to an empty page to guide others on what to contribute.

creating a Scaffold, or template guides others on what to contribute.

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