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==WikiWikiWeb definitions of WikiModes==
The [[WikiWikiWeb]] page on [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiModes WikiModes] says "This Wiki uses various modes of interaction and annotation." It gives a list of the different modes, which is reproduced below, with links to corresponding pages on the present website:

*[[ThreadMode]]
*[[DocumentMode]]
*OpinionMode
*DialecticMode
*DialogMode
*ListMode
*FaqMode
*PatternMode

The above list is again reproduced below, this time with with links to the original [[WikiWikiWeb]] pages, and annoted with brief definitions taken from those pages:

*[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ThreadMode ThreadMode] is a form of discussion where our community holds a conversation.
*[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DocumentMode DocumentMode] is when a Wiki contribution is written in the third person and left unsigned.
*[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpinionMode OpinionMode] is a hybrid of DocumentMode and ThreadMode that reduces the staleness of documents and the clutter of threads.
*[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DialecticMode DialecticMode] is a variant of ThreadMode in which the participants are DramaticIdentitys rather than real people, like a conversation between characters in a play.
*[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DialogMode DialogMode] may be used as a preliminary phase to DialecticMode, with actual identities rather than dramatic identities, when two participants are arguing seemingly opposed points of view, but are willing to articulate their divergences. (Someone has written after this definition: "DialogMode is very rude! It makes no sense. It confuses the readers. Do not do it!").
*[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ListMode ListMode] is a style of wiki page that consists primarily of a list of items or a list of links to other pages.
*[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?FaqMode FaqMode] discussion is laid out like any FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) help sheet that one would find littering the Internet.
*[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PatternMode PatternMode] is a WikiMode that strives to put the page in one of the established [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PatternForms PatternForms], with optional discussion and supporting evidence below the main document.

The [[WikiWikiWeb]] page about [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiModes WikiModes] also lists one [[AntiPattern]] mode as follows:
*[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?FileMode FileMode] pages present a shapeless clump of vaguely related information adhering to no distinction and conveying no consensus. (This FileMode page also notes: As opposed to DocumentMode and ThreadMode pages... FileMode pages are usually created through the misguided efforts of inexperienced wiki refactorers.)

==WikiModes on other wikis==

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