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== Collaboration and speed == | == Collaboration and speed == | ||
The material in wiki articles often iterate (change). When an author wants to see whether a wiki article needs editing, he should check it. In a wiki there's no concept of an author "checking out" a document and preventing anyone else from writing on it for a week while he edits it. In a wiki, rather than overhauling a document from stem to stern, an author makes a small change to a section, then saves, then makes another small change, then saves again, summarizing the change so others can validate it. | |||
Wikipedia was developed in this way, and it works. You'd think a bunch of volunteers couldn't build a site which rivals the accuracy of Encyclopedia Britannica, but they've done it. Many eyeballs make any bug shallow. We are smarter than me. | Wikipedia was developed in this way, and it works. You'd think a bunch of volunteers couldn't build a site which rivals the accuracy of Encyclopedia Britannica, but they've done it. Many eyeballs make any bug shallow. ''We'' are smarter than ''me''. | ||
== The writing process and single sourcing == | == The writing process and single sourcing == | ||