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Ten Commandments of blog and wiki etiquette

Blogs and wikis are wonderful tools for bringing disparate people together and for accumulating knowledge. Yet they can also quickly devolve into the online equivalent of grunting apes. As we demonstrated with "The Ten Commandments of cell phone etiquette," new modes of communication require new codes for behavior. Just keep these Ten Commandments in mind as you type, and you will rise above the fray -- and help facilitate fruitful, lively discussion.

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Thou shall not confuse thy opinion with gospel truth
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Thou shall not invoke personal attacks
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Thou shall stick to the subject at hand
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Thou shall cite thy references
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Thou shall punctuate and capitalize
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Thou shall own up to thy mistakes
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Thou shall not use aliases or sock puppets
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Thou shall not feed the trolls
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Thou shall resize thy images
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Thou shall respect the old adage: What happens on the wiki stays on the wiki
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May 28, 2007

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