How Far to Open Your Wiki?
In response to “It takes a confident technical writer to ‘let go’ and open up his or her documentation to Wiki” in a previous post I have been berated for not mentioning that you can configure most Wikis to allow select users to add/edit content.
So, for clarity:
- You can configure most Wikis to allow select users to add/edit content.
- For example, you might want to allow the tech writers, product managers and CTO write permission.
- For other users, the Wiki functions much like a regular on-line help (except, of course, you can enable users to add comments, view other comments, and you can exercise a lot of control over the look and feel of the Wiki.)
Katriel
