Wiki-thicket

A wiki inwhich the threads of discussions have devolved into a tangled, inpenetrable mess. Usually the result of conventions for structuring topics being ignored or the formative discipline of refractoring neglected. A symptom is that new ideas have difficulty raising above the background noise. In severe cases, can cause total wiki-paralysis (technical term for going nowhere fast). May require radical cures such as slash and burn refractoring or moving on to new ground and starting over.

-- Lynnwood "If-you-can't-code-make'm-laugh" Brown - 30 May 2003

Heheh. Thanks Lynnwood. It's nice when humour and truth coincide. I've been tempted to start some slash and burn refactoring lately, and now I have the words to define (and justify!) it. : )

-- MattWilkie - 30 May 2003

I was also thinking that we could enhance standard "support" pages: for PageName we have PageNameDev for discussion, we could add PageNameFlames for flames and just move flames there.

-- PeterMasiar - 30 May 2003