Talk:SwitchWiki
Still don't know if inactive template should be applied on SwitchWiki ? Christophe Ducamp | talk 14:17, 18 Feb 2006 (EST)
Hi Christophe, I don't think the inactive template should be used, because the wiki is still active, just the project that is done. MarkDilley | talk
Old notes about SwitchWiki, MarkDilley | talk
Why SwitchWiki is important for newcomers.
- Is* it important for newcomers?
They're already here. See it more and more.
Would there be anything interesting for them to see happen in that space? Anything important to have there?
What's the moment they knew they would stay and be (active) members of the community/communities? What conditions made it possible?
How do you provide newbies with the tools that allow them to participate without hand-holding and without disruption? Or with limited hand-holding and limited disruption? And if there needs to be handholding and disruption, how do we deal with that? [The question that occurs to me now, as I sit in this airport and type, is: Might disruption be something that is, at times, in some ways, *desirable*? Does disruption produce anything that's valuable to the community? So that it's not just something to be weathered or managed, but something to be wanted, even sought. And then my next question is: if there *is* such a thing as desirable disruption, what conditions make that possible? I'm not sure if my line of questioning makes sense or if it's interesting to you, but it's what I find myself wondering right now. I'm thinking again of teaching. There is such a thing as a too-docile student. You want a degree of resistance. But the right kind of resistance!)