History: Wikipedia content guidelines and how they relate to Tiki software features

Wikipedia is about building an encyclopedia (content and knowledge). (Mission statement)

Tiki is about building a tool to manage information & knowledge.

Wikipedia has several guidelines for vast collaboration. How does this correspond to Tiki?

Neutral point of view

Make features generic and use sensible defaults.

Tiki options, settings and preferences are like representing various points of views.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV

Notability

In Tiki, we must also decide which features are added and removed. Since we are not limited to making an encyclopedia or to a specific use case, in our case, usefulness is the main criteria.

Does the feature work?
Are people using it?

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inclusionism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deletionism_and_inclusionism_in_Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability

No original research

In Tiki, this could be interpreted by: use existing code when possible and when it makes sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research

Verifiability

Does the feature work? Is anyone using it?

Let's see some documentation, screenshots and live sites!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability

And this one is important to remember 😊 Tiki is not a bureaucracy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules

Missing:
About merging pages & features (no duplication)