Wiki as a documentation delivery system? (take II)

[Gene Kim-Eng]

This may be adequate if the worst consequence of someone 
following incorrect information is a desktop or even a server 
crash, but if you're selling products that can kill people if 
improperly used, anything less than a "full review and approval
prior to release" system is walking a tightrope without a net.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Char James-Tanny" <charjtf at gmail.com>
> Just FYI...some wikis include administrative software that fires off a
> message every time someone a) registers and b) modifies a page. (This
> is part of how we keep the MSHelpWiki from being spammed like it used
> to be...a change of software and the addition of permissions mean that
> I get an email for both of those events.) We've also implemented a
> challenge email system for registration, which means that spammers can
> register...but they can't post until they respond to the challenge
> email. Amazingly enough, no one seems to want to do that ;-)
> 
> I've also added the MSHelpWiki to my RSS Aggregator.
> 
> So, depending on the software being used, it might not be all that
> hard to keep up with the quality of the wiki.