I (Ward) sometimes write a long post in our chat rooms that deserves a life of its own. Maybe I don't realize this until I arrive at some conclusion beyond the precipitating conversation. Then I treat it as a first draft. Name the conclusion. Make the page. Then cut, paste and refine the argument hoping others, not yet in the Conversation, will find it useful. I'll try that now.
is for Home Page what Discussion Page is for any other Wiki Page.
The key to a good page is that it's short, to the point, and generative of other pages. Thread Mess encourages the development of Wiki As Drama at the expense of Wiki As Exploration.
a form of discussion where our community holds a Conversation. It is the beginning of a process of distilling experience that culminates in patterns.