Chris
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While I think wikis work for some types of literature, I don't see it working particularly well for this one (just my opinion). Each section is going to be a sophisticated and detailed piece of text that doesn't lend well to many people making additions and edits. I think sections need to be "adopted" by a single person, or at least a dedicated few. Each person will become essentially experts in their little category. I want everyone to focus on hunting down contacts, new sources, and writing, not reviewing other work. At this point, where the project is in it's infancy, it's important we dedicate what ever time we have to get the ball rolling. If we can't reach some kind of critical mass over the next few months, the project will just fizzle out. Once there is perhaps 30% of text completed, and a dedicated crew eager to finish the rest, maybe a wiki would be great to pull in everyone else and polish the text.
With only one section done, the preface, we've got a lot of work ahead of us. I've started on my next section, and hope to see some other completed sections soon.
Chris
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