Maintaining a wiki

Once a wiki has been set up, it must be maintained, or it will quickly become useless.

Establish Policy

 * What Copyright license will the Wiki will operate under ? Project:Copyrights. Tell what it means. Tell what it doesn't mean.
 * Describe how this wiki is different from http://en.wikipedia.org/

Define

 * Templates are needed as the wiki grows. Build them yourself to help manage growth.
 * Categories are needed to organize the information available. Build them yourself before someone else does.

Monitor

 * New pages using the built-in RSS feed on Special:Newpages
 * Recent Changes using Special:Recentchanges
 * New users on Special:Users
 * Watch out for SPAM

Lifecycle

 * A wiki is a community of users. Users will come and go.  The wiki must be advertised continually to bring in new users.
 * Invite contribution. A wiki without contributors is nothing but a blog on steroids.
 * Consider merging with other wikis. As wikis come and go, content can be moved between wikis so that it is not lost.  Give you content away, or ask to incorporate content