Dear all

Surely the whole point of having a wiki is that it is open for people to 
contribute to, whether members or open to all?  You can track the 
changes in re-editings.  Anything mischievous or inaccurate is quickly 
spotted by the community.  Just remind users at the outset of the 
parameters of netiquette, no flaming etc.  I'm sure lots of courses 
already have wikis of their own - we are certainly planning one 
ourselves.  Have you seen the Chelsea wiki?  In our view it's a much 
better ad for Chelsea fine art than a top-down website - gives a much 
stronger sense of the culture.  Or the Camberwell digital arts one.

http://www.chelseawiki.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://madigitalarts.wikispaces.com/

Best

Anne

Anne Williams
Programme Director for Photography
School of Media
London College of Communication
Elephant and Castle
London
SE1 6SB
t.    020 7514 6815
f.    020 7514 6843

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON




Nicola Foster wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Whilst I agree with Cary that there is an advantage in allowing others 
> to input material, unless this is closely monitored and vetted it 
> opens the door to all sorts of unwanted editing and 
> mis/dis/information. Unless we are confident that we can appoint 
> someone who has both the knowledge, commitment and time to do so, it 
> can become a liability rather than an asset. I know from others 
> involved in similar sites that it takes several hours per day to block 
> unwanted material.
>
> My sense of it is that unless we are able to present a site that is 
> well vetted and monitored we may end up with something which will not 
> help us and may well become a liability. Do we have any volunteers (or 
> can we afford to pay someone) to oversee this? If not, I would agree 
> with Carol and others, only members should be allowed to input 
> material, at least for the time being. If successful, who knows we 
> might be in a position to pay someone to do so. A PhD student or two, 
> would be perfect for the job.
>
> Nicola
> -----------
> Dr. Nicola Foster
> School of Arts
> Course Leader: Photography (BA)
> University Campus Suffolk
>
> Welling, Cary wrote:
>> Dear colleagues,
>> I think our need to keep our courses up to date recommends that we go 
>> for a wikispace that all can contribute new writing about photography 
>> to - everything we need from academic papers to technical reviews. I 
>> like the idea that we recommend good material to each other.
>>
>> Cary Welling
>> Photography Programme Leader
>> Nottingham Trent University
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Association for Photography in Higher Education on behalf of 
>> Proctor, Paul
>> Sent: Mon 14/05/2007 11:20 AM
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>> Subject: Open Source Software for APHE  membership participation
>>  
>> Dear colleagues,
>> It was suggested in the recent AGM that there is a need for the APHE 
>> web site to link to an open source site where members can add content 
>> directly. I have explored a number of open source network software 
>> and found Wikispaces to provide pretty much everything we are likely 
>> to need. The Wiki space will be available for everyone to read on the 
>> web but I need to know if you think everyone or only members should 
>> have the ability to add and change content.
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Proctor - Promotion & Marketing
>> Association for Photography in Higher Education.
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