This week’s activities involved using wikis, specifically Wepaint. I did try this last year but couldn’t think of much to put on the wiki. See last year’s blog at http://karenaitken.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/week-2-wikis/. This year there is more structure to the wiki activity and I can add or amend things. Sadly my group don’t seem to have added much yet so am not able to use the discussion threads there. I have posted some comments and will see if anyone adds replies.
Editing text is easily done and you can see all previous versions. I’m not sure if I will get informed about a change to my edit yet – don’t see where to watch the page. This is a feature quite easy to spot on Confluence, the wiki used by Acquisitions and Access team.
I added a video to the video gallery and it was very easy to do when using a youtube clip. However, I don’t seem to be able to make mine the featured video. It seems that is a privelege for site moderators rather than mere contributors 
The layout of the video pages doesn’t seem very good to me, I would prefer to see the video comments closer to where the video is.
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July 30, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Debbie Phillips
Hi Karen!
If you want to keep tabs on edits made to a page in Wetpaint, you can use the ‘watch page’ option, which can be found under the ‘More tools’ drop down at the left of the edit menu across the top of wiki pages. You can then see updates as part of your watchlist on your profile, or you can be emailed notifications.
I definitely agree with you about the comments on the video pages – I guess that’s an area where youtube has got it right!
July 30, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Debbie Phillips
Oops! I meant right of the edit menu, not left! Sorry!