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How Can You Measure a Wiki's Worth?

Posted by timothy on from the weigh-the-electrons dept.

moldar writes "I have been involved in a major project to migrate documentation from multiple sources to a wiki (Media Wiki, if you must know). Now, the PHBs are all asking questions about how organized the data is. I've already googled for various wiki metrics ideas, but mostly they focus on page counts, average page sizes, rates of edits, etc. Can anybody suggest better ways of measuring the quality of a wiki? Things like uncategorized pages, articles that are too small, etc? Any help or fresh ideas would be appreciated."

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  1. Here's some advice by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I really don't know the best way to go about measuring a wiki, but I'd suggest not taunting it. It might get pissed and rip your arm off.

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    1. Re:Here's some advice by thegrassyknowl · · Score: 5, Funny

      I suggest a new strategy, let the Wiki win!

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    2. Re:Here's some advice by tomzyk · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought it was Happy Fun Ball(TM) that you were not supposed to taunt?

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  2. obvious by Brain+Damaged+Bogan · · Score: 3, Funny

    by using metrics of course

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  3. Simple by Dan+East · · Score: 2, Funny

    eBay

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  4. Re:Impossible! by corbettw · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't know what the other questions are, but I guarantee the last one is "Where's the quickest place to get laid on a Friday night?"

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