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Wikinodes: Wikipedia:Wikinode Wikinodes Play Media Mathe Für Nicht-Freaks

The document discusses WikiNodes which are pages on wikis that describe related wikis and how they are organized. It also describes the different types of users that participate in wikis such as readers, authors, wiki administrators and system administrators. The document then discusses factors that affect the growth of wikis.

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Wikinodes: Wikipedia:Wikinode Wikinodes Play Media Mathe Für Nicht-Freaks

The document discusses WikiNodes which are pages on wikis that describe related wikis and how they are organized. It also describes the different types of users that participate in wikis such as readers, authors, wiki administrators and system administrators. The document then discusses factors that affect the growth of wikis.

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WikiNodes

"WikiNode" redirects here. For WikiNode of Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiNode. For the
app for the Apple iPad, see WikiNodes.
Play media

Visualization of the collaborative work in the German wiki project Mathe für Nicht-Freaks
WikiNodes are pages on wikis that describe related wikis. They are usually organized as
neighbors and delegates. A neighbor wiki is simply a wiki that may discuss similar content or
may otherwise be of interest. A delegate wiki is a wiki that agrees to have certain content
delegated to that wiki.[48] One way of finding a wiki on a specific subject is to follow the
wiki-node network from wiki to wiki; another is to take a Wiki "bus tour", for example:
Wikipedia's Tour Bus Stop.

Participants

The four basic types of users who participate in wikis are reader, author, wiki administrator
and system administrator. The system administrator is responsible for the installation and
maintenance of the wiki engine and the container web server. The wiki administrator
maintains wiki content and is provided additional functions about pages (e.g. page protection
and deletion), and can adjust users' access rights by, for instance, blocking them from editing.
[49]

Growth factors

A study of several hundred wikis showed that a relatively high number of administrators for a
[50]
given content size is likely to reduce growth; that access controls restricting editing to
registered users tends to reduce growth; that a lack of such access controls tends to fuel new
user registration; and that higher administration ratios (i.e. admins/user) have no significant
effect on content or population growth.[51]

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