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How to Develop Editorial Guidelines for Your Wiki
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November 30, -1
How to Develop Editorial Guidelines for
Your Wiki - And Why You Need Them
Wikis have become a popular tool for storing and creating knowledge. Companies use wikis to enable collaboration among far-flung teams, to manage meetings, or to develop presentations. Some companies have even replaced their dead-end intranets with thriving wikis. But all wikis come with a level of risk: if everyone can contribute, will the content be valuable? Will it be accurate? The essence of every wiki is the quality and readability of content. And wiki content authors must be given writing guidelines (plus training and support) if the wiki is going provide long-term value and not become just the newest communication toy.
During this workshop, we’ll review wiki samples and react to wiki editorial guidelines developed by other companies. You’ll be invited to bring sample of your company’s wiki as well as your questions about writing wiki content.
You’ll learn:
Wikis have become a popular tool for storing and creating knowledge. Companies use wikis to enable collaboration among far-flung teams, to manage meetings, or to develop presentations. Some companies have even replaced their dead-end intranets with thriving wikis. But all wikis come with a level of risk: if everyone can contribute, will the content be valuable? Will it be accurate? The essence of every wiki is the quality and readability of content. And wiki content authors must be given writing guidelines (plus training and support) if the wiki is going provide long-term value and not become just the newest communication toy.
During this workshop, we’ll review wiki samples and react to wiki editorial guidelines developed by other companies. You’ll be invited to bring sample of your company’s wiki as well as your questions about writing wiki content.
You’ll learn:
- How to develop wiki editorial guidelines that cover content organization issues such as creating categories and naming articles
- How to develop guidelines that cover linking, attribution, tone, and scannability
- How to publish wiki editorial guidelines
- How to get content authors to follow the editorial guidelines
- Wiki samples to help you learn what topics wiki editorial guidelines must cover
- A high-level outline of editorial guidelines that you can customize for your wiki
- A resource list detailing wiki content best practices
