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Feb 27, 2013 | 9:09 am

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lin821

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Wikiposts on FT...

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Originally Posted by lin821

I was told currently there are only 4 or 5 fora with enabled wikiposts. Travel Technology Forum isn't one of them.

It seems wikiposts had just been enabled in most fora, only MODs and Ambassadors are allowed to "participate" though:

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Originally Posted by JDiver

IB previously implemented Wikiposts in Beta in several fora, and has now rolled them out cross-forum. For the moment, as they work some bugs and policy out, these are currently operable by forum Ambassadors and Moderators

(bolding mine)

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Originally Posted by cordelli

One of the best Wiki's, in my opnion, inside or outside of Flyertalk over the years has been the New York transportation to the Airport Wiki.

http://www.flyerguide.com/wiki/index...sportation_FAQ

Granted it's been around seven or eight years, but I've used it as an example outside of FT as how a wiki is supposed to work, well organized, plenty of user provided information, easy to find stuff, etc.

If Flyertalk is going to roll out Wiki use, that's a good one to model it after.

I don't think FT's new wikipost feature is the same wiki feature you have in mind, cordelli.

For those who are not familiar with FT wikiposts, Carol, our Community Director had provided us a live example:

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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K

See an example here:

Hurricane Sandy (and post-Sandy) impacts and related issues (consolidated)

While testing is in beta phase, only moderators are able to create the wikis.

We are very enthusiastic about the Wiki capability that IB has developed. It's a first post wiki, so the information will be highly visible.

See more discussion about wikiposts on FT, click here.

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Originally Posted by gfunkdave

Wiki is a new feature on FT that they have just rolled out. I haven't totally figured out how it works yet.

Personally, I would really like to hear what and/or how our forum mods intend to take advantage of the newly implemented wikiposts in Travel Technology Forum.

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