Frequently Asked Questions
Introduction Pages
- Categories
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- Create a New Page
- Create a New User Account
- Dynamic Page Lists
- Effort Page Format
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- Governance
- Landforms
- New Editor Resources
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- Sandbox
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- Style Guide
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- The Big Picture
- The Credit Box
- Theory of Knowledge
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- Video Tutorials
- Welcome To The Salish Sea
- Welcome to Salish Sea Restoration
- Wiki Markup Tutorial
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Why will people want to add information?
Individuals may be motivated by contract terms, the need to share information easily with a partner, or the desire to manage your own information in a way that makes it accessable. The underlying challenge is to develop the cultural and social habits by which we find value in building shared knowledge.
Shouldn't this be associated with academic institutions?
The intuitional structure of universities, like all public agencies, can prevent the free flow of information, because the site content is taken to represent the opinion of the agency. In addition, agencies typically manage informaiton to promote their own interest, and may discount the value of shared interests. Housing this platform with a professional association reduces the bureaucratic influences.
How will this survive over time?
Our first strategy is to minimize operating costs. The platform currently costs only $2,400 a year to maintain. We could provide for perpetual operations with a $100k endowment. The platform depends on building a user base with a cluster of institutions that are willing to contribute a few hundred dollars a year to support information management. In addition you can build support for the wiki into your grant applications, but using the wiki to share project information.
Wouldn't this be great with a map?
Sure would. We would like to develop the mechanism by which a wiki page can be associated with a spatial object, and the wiki can then function as a service.
