Purpose of Portland NETwiki: Difference between revisions
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Part of the whole point 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 | Part of the whole point 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 editing and content control. Other wikis, such as internal corporate wikis, maintain strict content control. | ||
NETwiki falls between those ends of the spectrum. PBEM respects the libertarian view of wikis that permits ''any''one to edit any''thing'' at any time. That is not what NETwiki is. PBEM does exercise some content control for the following reasons: | NETwiki falls between those ends of the spectrum. PBEM respects the libertarian view of wikis that permits ''any''one to edit any''thing'' at any time. That is not what NETwiki is. PBEM does exercise some content control for the following reasons: | ||
