Wiki

Wikis are open-ended. Anyone can create a page for any purpose. Yet all page names belong to one global namespace. This creates a scarcity—who will define the meaning of each name? The result is a generative tussle that forces the emergence of negotiation, communal norms, communal goals, communal meanings.

Since the Web 2.0 era is about user-generated content, it can be a show to newcomers who are not used to the idea when they come to Wikipedia. The community practice of not waiting for a fancy solution and just getting your hands dirty has spawned a special mantra (or admonishment): SOFIXIT.

Wikipedia is the best known example of a page-based approach to knowledge management. Each topic has a dedicated title and page, accessible on English Wikipedia at en.wikipedia.org/{title}. A given topic has, at any given moment in time, a consensus about what is important and truthful.