Thanks for sharing what you learned Tom. Heart of a teacher!
2 Mar 2012 7:28 AM
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I really like your "Writers won’t contribute to the wiki because they will lose their brand equity" section. It's so true. And establishing a following on your own blog is hard. Like really hard! So joining into an existing community can get you recognition a lot faster. It's pretty astonishing. Thanks Tom!
2 Mar 2012 9:45 AM
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The problem I have is that a Wiki page feels like a 1 person effort. For instance, I'm trying to get people involved in the wiki pages social.technet.microsoft.com/.../7884.sharepoint-2010-building-a-web-part-that-implements-the-mvp-pattern.aspx and social.technet.microsoft.com/.../7884.sharepoint-2010-building-a-web-part-that-implements-the-mvp-pattern.aspx. Do you have any tips about that, or do I just have a nose for choosing uninteresting topics :-(.
3 Mar 2012 12:19 AM
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Thanks!
Margriet - Sometimes its difficult to get people invovled. Reach out to people in your peer group and see if they're aware of the content. Once they know it's there, ask them to give it a read. Then encourage them to contribute - emphasize how easy it is!
3 Mar 2012 12:24 AM
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The "Tom Shinder eats crow again" tag only has one entry! I'd figure it would have at least 50. =^)
Thanks Tom. Quite inspiring.
3 Mar 2012 12:27 AM
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@Ed - LOL! I need to add it to this article
blogs.technet.com/.../clearing-the-air-on-isatap.aspx
:)
Tom
3 Mar 2012 10:55 PM
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Margriet, to continue more thoughts on what Tom wrote to you...
So to be honest, implementing the MVP pattern in SharePoint does sound like a niche topic. Don't get me wrong. It's very cool, but I don't think most SharePoint users would be interested.
If your goal is to get a lot of participation and views on a Wiki article, then you probably want to go for a topic more people are passionate about (analytics on SharePoint, implementing popular SharePoint scenarios/configurations, etc.). But if your goal is to just wirte what you're passionate about, then I'd say keep going, and take Tom's advice... find people that share the same passion (even if it's a niche topic) and get them involved.
Thanks!
Lex Hegt
5 Mar 2012 2:40 PM
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Nice article! Luckily you were wrong earlier. I think there is plenty of space for a Wiki. In fact, I think that this particular Wiki should be some kind of portal which contains valuable information and that it should contain references to high quality blog posts on the internet.
5 Mar 2012 2:46 PM
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Hi Lex,
Thanks!
Check out the survival guides and the Private Cloud Dojo - they are like portals to other information.
Tom
23 Mar 2012 7:36 PM
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Thomas, you are one of the people that know the key to knowledge is sharing. You are doing a wonderful job, keep it up! :-)
Anonymous
14 Jul 2014 8:09 AM
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So why should you create a TechNet Wiki article when you can just link to an existing forum thread?
