Purpose of Portland NETwiki: Difference between revisions
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One of the entire points of convening NETwiki is to make knowledge and expertise in the NET community '''''participatory''''', and decoupling the authority of expertise in disaster response from PBEM - a small government bureau with limited staff time and knowledge - and handing it to neighborhoods. That notion is in line with the expectations of the online culture that built and builds wikis. Many community wikis also have low or no barriers to entry when it comes to authoritative control. Other wikis, such as internal corporate wikis, maintain strict content control. | One of the entire points of convening NETwiki is to make knowledge and expertise in the NET community '''''participatory''''', and decoupling the authority of expertise in disaster response from PBEM - a small government bureau with limited staff time and knowledge - and handing it to neighborhoods. That notion is in line with the expectations of the online culture that built and builds wikis. Many community wikis also have low or no barriers to entry when it comes to authoritative control. Other wikis, such as internal corporate wikis, maintain strict content control. | ||
NETwiki falls between those ends of the spectrum. PBEM appreciates | NETwiki falls between those ends of the spectrum. PBEM appreciates | ||
