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Wiki Design Principles -- Ward Cunningham

維基設計原則

Wiki has turned out to be much more than I'd imagined! That is not to say that I didn't imagine a lot. These are the design principles I sought to satisfy with the first release of Wiki. -- WardCunningham

維基演變到多過我嘅想象好多！咁唔係話我想象咗好多。呢啲係我寫第一份維基時嘗試滿足嘅設計原則－－WardCunningham

Note that this page is only a reconstruction from memory of intentions I held at the beginning. Additional principles, like server robustness, have been forced upon me.

留意－呢版係我由記憶重組番來嘅我開頭時嘅目的。附加嘅原則，如似穏陣，係塞畀我嘅。

   * Open - Should a page be found to be incomplete or poorly organized, any reader can edit it as they see fit.
   開 － 有邊頁唔完整或唔四正，邊個都隨意改得。

   * Incremental - Pages can cite other pages, including pages that have not been written yet.
  進  － 一版可指向第版，包括未寫嘅

   * Organic - The structure and text content of the site are open to editing and evolution.
  生 － 個網嘅結構同文字內容都開畀人編同演變

   * Mundane - A small number of (irregular) text conventions will provide access to the most useful page markup.
   凡 － 少少嘅（無規則嘅）文字規律就夠畀到人最有用嘅 markup

   * Universal - The mechanisms of editing and organizing are the same as those of writing so that any writer is automatically an editor and organizer.
   普 －

   * Overt - The formatted (and printed) output will suggest the input required to reproduce it.
  顯 －

   * Unified - Page names will be drawn from a flat space so that no additional context is required to interpret them.
   通－

   * Precise - Pages will be titled with sufficient precision to avoid most name clashes, typically by forming noun phrases.
   準－

   * Tolerant - Interpretable (even if undesirable) behavior is preferred to error messages.
    容－

   * Observable - Activity within the site can be watched and reviewed by any other visitor to the site.
   睇到－

   * Convergent - Duplication can be discouraged or removed by finding and citing similar or related content.
   聚 －

There are many Wiki authors and implementers. Here are some additional principles that guide them, but were not of primary concern to me.

   * Trust - This is the most important thing in a wiki. Trust the people, trust the process, enable trust-building. Everyone controls and checks the content. Wiki relies on the assumption that most readers have good intentions. But see: AssumeGoodFaithLimitations
   * Fun - Everybody can contribute; nobody has to.
   * Sharing - of information, knowledge, experience, ideas, views...

Comments:

   * Interaction - This enables guest interaction.
   * Collaboration - We believe that this could make a good collaboration tool, both synchronously and asynchronously.
   * Platforms - We like the cross-platform implications.
   * Social Networks - Its power for supporting the work of social networks is great.