WikiPatterns:Magnet

Entice people to visit the wiki by exclusively posting essential information

let staff manage their own listings

the Poker pattern is a good first step toward the magnet pattern.

Putting social content like the weekly poker schedule gets people looking at the wiki.

FAQ is another good step toward the magnet pattern.

Having people write an FAQ on anything, from dept. workflow to specific projects gets them to try editing the wiki and starts the movement of important content onto the wiki.

as the magnet pattern draws people to the wiki, the scaffold pattern gives them direction on what content to add to pages.

Establishing an effective Wiki normally requires an active community of contributors.

The Viral pattern can lead to a rapid explosion in the number of users, but it is often difficult to generate a “critical mass” that ignites such an explosion. Without such a critical mass, the Wiki will often fall into dis-use.

an anti-pattern in which a user takes content off the wiki and emails it, for example.

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