Does the wiki provide a blog?
On 7/13/07, Laurence Parry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you build it... they will come. > > That's one way. Here's how I go about it: > > * Figure out what kind of wiki would be most appropriate for the community. > * Plan out a few categories, get basic help pages in, and some very basic > policies. This is where you get to decide the direction of the site, so try > and get it right, it's hard to change afterwards. Write an "About" page > reflecting the same. > * Write some sample content. 10 articles at least, enough to show a bit of > variety for each category, the more the better. Make it really good stuff, > the sort of work you'd like to see in the future. > * Figure out who to invite as initial seed contributors (you probably won't > get all, or even most) > * Show them what you've done so far, and your plans for the site. Emphasize > the potential and your commitment to its success. > * Some will join you. Be aggressive in helping them out when they need it. > * Start writing about how the project is doing. Attribute all your work to > the group, and all their work to the individuals concerned. > * Gather more contributors until you have a good idea of who is capable of > handling sysop tasks. Grant enough to cover the major hours. > * Begin mass advertising of your best content on all appropriate venues. > Continue to emphasize wiki output as that of the group even if you did a lot > of it. > * (Optional) Deal with trolls without drama, just block and revert > * Continue as above, occasionally running promotions for milestone events > * Go to a related fan convention and hand out flyers > * Wait two years > * Go to a related fan convention and hand out 500 contributor badges > * Profit! :-) > > -- > Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry > http://greenreaper.co.uk/ - http://wikifur.com/ > "Eternity lies ahead of us, and behind. Have you drunk your fill?" > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
