Comments on: Status tags for wiki pages? http://blog.tailorable.com/2008/01/22/status-tags-for-wiki-pages/ Robert's blog on collaboration, innovation and cool stuff Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:41:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Marcel http://blog.tailorable.com/2008/01/22/status-tags-for-wiki-pages/#comment-308 Marcel Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:10:59 +0000 http://blog.tailorable.com/2008/01/22/status-tags-for-wiki-pages/#comment-308 Great idea to think about tagging here. Your current collection will work fine I think; adding more sub-disctinctions can be done later in the process. I agree with the comment of Jack "The key is helping people see what you want them to do with the tags" So I would suggest you to translate the different tags you came up with. Isn't it (technologically) possible (I don't know) to translate the words in a collection of assoicative pictograms which is more meaningful or atractive for users. I could imagine (quick braindump) something like a baby, youngster, mature, old person. Just an idea. Great idea to think about tagging here. Your current collection will work fine I think; adding more sub-disctinctions can be done later in the process. I agree with the comment of Jack “The key is helping people see what you want them to do with the tags” So I would suggest you to translate the different tags you came up with. Isn’t it (technologically) possible (I don’t know) to translate the words in a collection of assoicative pictograms which is more meaningful or atractive for users. I could imagine (quick braindump) something like a baby, youngster, mature, old person. Just an idea.

]]> By: Robert http://blog.tailorable.com/2008/01/22/status-tags-for-wiki-pages/#comment-214 Robert Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:56:19 +0000 http://blog.tailorable.com/2008/01/22/status-tags-for-wiki-pages/#comment-214 Hi Ton, We looked at Wikipedia indeed; that is for instance where the CandidateForDeletion comes from. We would like to see whether such a set of tags also works within an organizational context to maintain a user-generated list of wiki pages that need some maintenance. Hi Ton,
We looked at Wikipedia indeed; that is for instance where the CandidateForDeletion comes from. We would like to see whether such a set of tags also works within an organizational context to maintain a user-generated list of wiki pages that need some maintenance.

]]> By: Ton Zijlstra http://blog.tailorable.com/2008/01/22/status-tags-for-wiki-pages/#comment-209 Ton Zijlstra Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:34:29 +0000 http://blog.tailorable.com/2008/01/22/status-tags-for-wiki-pages/#comment-209 You could also have a look at the way Wikipedia marks pages whose content is under discussion, considered controversial, not within the Wikipedia guidelines in some way, or candidates for deletion. You could also have a look at the way Wikipedia marks pages whose content is under discussion, considered controversial, not within the Wikipedia guidelines in some way, or candidates for deletion.

]]> By: Robert http://blog.tailorable.com/2008/01/22/status-tags-for-wiki-pages/#comment-160 Robert Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:35:27 +0000 http://blog.tailorable.com/2008/01/22/status-tags-for-wiki-pages/#comment-160 My colleague Ruud suggests: - "Preliminary": stage prior to a "FirstDraft". For instance: thoughts, notes about a brainstorm, initial ideas to start a discussion, and so and. Could also be called "NeedsDiscussion". - "Final": maybe not suitable for a wiki, but could be a useful tag to indicate pages that are just "done". At least an alternative for "Official". My colleague Ruud suggests:
- “Preliminary”: stage prior to a “FirstDraft”. For instance: thoughts, notes about a brainstorm, initial ideas to start a discussion, and so and. Could also be called “NeedsDiscussion”.
- “Final”: maybe not suitable for a wiki, but could be a useful tag to indicate pages that are just “done”. At least an alternative for “Official”.

]]> By: Jack Vinson http://blog.tailorable.com/2008/01/22/status-tags-for-wiki-pages/#comment-159 Jack Vinson Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:40:53 +0000 http://blog.tailorable.com/2008/01/22/status-tags-for-wiki-pages/#comment-159 The key, I think, is helping people see what you want them to do with the tags. So, maybe a front page that lets you slice and dice the tags and the underlying pages associated with them. The best examples of this I have seen are in a presentation from Jordan Frank of Traction Software (http://www.tractionsoftware.com) last fall. He's seen clients use their software with very specific tags, and then those posts can be recombined in useful ways on a front page. The example I perused also included machine tags, so you could sort/filter by creation date and owner and the like. The key, I think, is helping people see what you want them to do with the tags. So, maybe a front page that lets you slice and dice the tags and the underlying pages associated with them.

The best examples of this I have seen are in a presentation from Jordan Frank of Traction Software (http://www.tractionsoftware.com) last fall. He’s seen clients use their software with very specific tags, and then those posts can be recombined in useful ways on a front page. The example I perused also included machine tags, so you could sort/filter by creation date and owner and the like.

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