I started writing my last 2008 blog about statistics related to transaction processing time, a followup to an earlier blog, then found the topic of wiki moderation, gardening if you will, an interesting diversion. For a few months, I've moderated the list of wiki moderators, starting with a dialogue with Marilyn Pratt on recruiting, training and encouraging people to better use the wiki. After finding stale wiki spaces, and learning how the description is managed, I mashed up wikis and moderators.
The new wiki home page ("Welcome to the SCN wiki", or, the "New SCN Wiki Homepage Beta Version") has a few general topic areas, then lists spaces by categories. I'll call them arbitrary as I don't always follow how the were assigned, which is why I go right to the Wiki dashboard to find a space. I didn't look to see if these 2 independent views of the wiki agree 100%; given the main page is manually edited, I would not be surprised to see gaps.
There are gaps when we mash up the dashboard against the Wiki moderators page. I dumped each page into a spreadsheet, moved cells to see what matched, then transcribed to an HTML table. It's possible transcription errors occurred, and likely that by the time you read this changes in either source happened.
Missing dashboard wikis have 2 causes - one, someone is moderating a child of a top level wiki distinct from the remainder, or two, the wiki is named differently, like Corporate Performance Management vs. Enterprise Performance Management. I'd suggest the moderated wiki page be changed.
Missing moderated wikis is the main reason for this blog - we need your help! You might already be gardening the wiki (read the instructions), and it's just a formality to add your name. Or, you might be thinking, I'm interested in that wiki area, what can I do? A few wiki pages are administrative, so don't need specific moderators from the general SCN world. Others, like SAPedia, could be culled, combined, or redirected.
Dashboard wiki pages | Moderated wikis |
|---|
ABAP Development | ABAP Development |
| | ABAP Objects (child of ABAP development) |
Adaptive Computing Controller | Adaptive Computing Controller |
Application Server Infrastructure | |
| | AGS = Active Global Support |
ASUG Systems Management | ASUG Systems Management |
Bank Analyzer | |
BPX Community Project | |
Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence |
Business KPIs | |
Business Objects | |
Business One | Business One |
Business Process Expert | Business Process Expert |
Business Process Models at BPX | |
Business Server Pages | Business Server Pages |
Central Process Scheduling | Central Process Scheduling |
Chemicals Industry | Chemical Industry |
Code Gallery | Code Gallery |
Community Events | |
Community Profiles | Community Profiles |
Connectivity Kits | Connectivity Kits |
Contributor Corner | Contributor Corner |
| | Corporate Performance Management (see Enterprise Performance Management?) |
CRM | CRM |
CSR and Sustainability | Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (CSR) |
Defense | Defense |
DIMP Discrete Industries | |
Duet | |
Ecosystem Professionals | |
Emerging Technologies | Emerging Technologies |
Enterprise Performance Management | |
| | Enterprise Portal (see Duet?) |
Enterprise Services WIKI | Enterprise Services Wiki |
Enterprise SOA Infrastructure | |
ERP2005 Upgrade | ERP2005 Upgrade |
ERP Financials | ERP Financials |
ERP Human Capital Management | ERP Human Capital Management |
ERP Operations | ERP Operations |
ERP SCM | |
ERP SD | |
Exchange Infrastructure | Exchange Infrastructure |
| | Finance & Accounting (see Shared Services?) |
Foundation Topics | |
Global Trade Services | |
Higher Education | Higher Education |
How To Guides Supplementary Directory | How To Guides Supplementary Directory |
Incident Management @ SAP | (see AGS – Active Global Support) |
Java Development | Java Development |
Java Development Infrastructure | |
Java Server Troubleshooting | Java Server Troubleshooting |
Knowledge Management & Collaboration | Knowledge Management & Collaboration |
Master Data Management | |
MaxDB | MaxDB |
Mobile | Mobile |
Netweaver Technology | |
Partners Community Conversations for Eco Hub | |
PLM Consulting | |
Portal | |
Private SAP Mentor Space | |
Process Lifecycle Management | |
Product Lifecycle Management | Product Lifecycle Management |
Public Sector | |
R/3 Utilities | |
SAP Blogger Corner | SAP Blogger Corner |
SAP BPX Certified | |
SAP Developer Challenge | |
SAP Document Builder | SAP Document Builder |
SAPedia | ? |
SAP Enhancement Packages | SAP Enhancement Packages |
SAP for Retail | |
SAP Mentors | |
SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Documentation | |
SAP Research | SAP Research |
SAP Trial Versions | SAP Trial Versions |
SDN Subscribers | |
SDN Subscription Programs | |
Searching utilities | Searching Utilities |
Security | Security |
SEM Business Consolidation | SEM Business Consolidation |
Service Marketplace | |
Shared Service Center | Shared Service Center |
Smart Information Transfer | Smart Information Transfer |
SOA Starter Kit | |
Software Logistics | |
Solution Manager | |
Supplier Relationship Management | Supplier Relationship Management |
Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Management |
Test Data Migration Server | |
topicnew1 | |
Unicode Conversion | Unicode Conversion |
Utilities Industry | Utilities Industry |
Visual Composer 7.0 | Visual Composer 7.0 |
Visual Composer 7.1 | Visual Composer 7.1 |
Web Dynpro ABAP | Web Dynpro ABAP |
Web Dynpro Java | Web Dynpro Java |
Wiki | |
Wiki Homepage | |
Wiki Sandbox | |
xMII | xMII |
Your Community BPX Book | |
Errata
Dead wiki links - Entries in the wiki moderator page might have URLs, funny colors, or other indicators that the links are bad. I've seen this happen before due to software bugs, rather than the wikis not existing. If you find these, let support know.
Italics - show my editorial commentary
Moderators without links - hey folks, if you're volunteering to keep order, let us know how to get in touch with you. Otherwise, I'll tweet, DM, or email Craig or Marilyn, and that's not how they want the system to work.
Moderators not moderating - unlike the forums, where moderators may be clearly identified, wiki gardeners might be invisible, so if they stop weeding, how do you know? You can add you name to a wiki with existing wiki moderators if you like.
Product versions in wiki space name - To me, this is not a best practice. I'd like to see "Visual Composer 7.0" and "Visual Composer 7.1" co-exist in the same wiki space. Maybe that's just me.
Other errors and omissions are mine.
References
Craig Cmehil referred me to the book Wikipatterns, which I bought early in 2008. It's worthwhile reading that, and examining the companion website. The roles, like WikiGnome, are priceless.
