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One of the GreatChallengesToWikis

When ThreadMode degenerates into a blob...

Symptoms:

• Three plus levels of indentations
• Page gets longer and longer and longer...
• Creation of Part2 and Continued pages

Consequences:

• Difficult to understand pages
• Tends to inhibit contribution for some people

Examples: Too many...

Treatments:

• Wiki:ThreadModeConsideredHarmful
• ReplaceQuestionWithAnswer
• ColdBlanket
• Recan the worms (cf. ForestFire)
• DebateGraph

References:

• Wiki:ThreadMess
• ForestFire
• ReworkingProblems

CategoryReworking

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