[australia] Wikis in organisations

[Hinton, B (Brad)]

David,

I don't have much experience on wikis (although I imagine keeping them
current would be straightforward with an active group of participants),
but I do have content management experience with intranets/internets. 

Stale information on a web site is death. Websites are supposed to be
active places and not repositories for static information, although many
internet sites and intranets are full of dead information. In some
organisations, a web content editor ensures websites are maintained with
up-to-date information and redundant information is removed, subject to
any governance and archive provisions.

A book by Gerry McGovern, called "Content Critical", is a good
introduction for good content management. I understand he is releasing a
new book later in the year. I have been to one of his seminars in
Canberra a couple of years ago and thought he made some very useful (and
common sense) observations. I recommend his work to you.

Regards,
Brad Hinton 
Manager, Information Services 
Rabobank 
Level 7 Rabobank House 
115 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 
GPO Box 4577 Sydney NSW 2001 
Australia 
PH: +61 (0)2 82338437 
FX: +61 (0)2 82338232 
Email: Brad.Hinton at rabobank.com 
Web: www.rabobank.com.au 



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[mailto:australia-bounces at lists.cmprofessionals.org] On Behalf Of White,
David
Sent: Friday, 13 October 2006 3:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [australia] Wikis in organisations

Thanks everyone for feedback so far. I have a followup question..

Warren I read that article on the use of Wikis within US organisations
with interest, particularly at that statistic of the 85,000 page wiki.

The question that springs to mind is how do you stop content going
stale? Does anyone here have experience with successful strategies for
handling stale content (on a wiki or regular web site).

Cheers,
DW

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David White
Senior ECM Specialist, ICT Portfolio Delivery, RailCorp
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