Wikis With Comment Appending

Some WikiEngines allow you to edit pages the standard way or append comments in a forum-like way. They are somewhere between "vanilla" wikis and a WikiLikeThing.

Advantages:

• Pages can be locked for edit but still open to comment (AppendOnly).
• UserNames and datestamps are displayed next to comments.
• Users used to forums don't feel lost and get used to the WikiWay gradually.

Disadvantages:

• Encourages ThreadMode.
  • ameliorated by WikiMasters subsequently folding comments into the main text where appropriate.
• DatestampsConsideredHarmful.
  • ditto

Known examples:

• QuickiWiki/ClusterWiki
• ProjectForum
• OddMuse can be extended to support this feature, as CommunityWiki has done.
• MassMind is a WikiLikeThing that supports comment appending.
• WaGn (AppendOnly or not)
• WeRc (http://werc.cat-v.org) implements comments and wiki editing as orthogonal and complementary features, ie., AppendOnly is optional.

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See also: ParagraphWiki

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