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==Article Structure==
The [[Wiki]] approach and the [[features|original vision]] can be brought closer by using strictly named subarticles that are then collated into a viewable document on-demand for the [[consumer]] based on her/his [[preferences]]
Advantages include:
*Consumer can specify what information s/he wishes to view and in what order in each case
*Good for internationalization since translation can progress subarticle-by-subarticle
*Finer grained version control and approvance (signatures)
*Performance gains over monolithic articles (?)
*Good for maintaining historical information
*Editors know where to find the portions they have most knowledge of
*Useful for efficiently mixing autogenerated portions with manually edited ones
*Less Wiki Veteran Annoyance due to quicker comprehension of small separate syntax guides instead of one big lump of do's and dont's
Depending on the type of article there are varying needs of:
*Mandatory subarticles
*Optional subarticles
When thinking about companies an outline of subarticle structure might be something like
* [[Company X]] - containing [[product group]]s, [[brand]]s, [[product]]s etc.
* [[Company X/ids]] (mandatory) -  registered names, national registry numbers, d-u-n-s, stock symbols etc.
* [[Company X/economy]] - subpaging further like [[Company X/economy/2003Q4]]
* [[Company X/history]]
* [[Company X/affiliated businesses]]
* [[Company X/executives]]
* [[Company X/advertising]]
* [[Company X/labor practices]]
* [[Company X/workplace upgrade requests]]
* ...
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==Governance==
==Governance==
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===How to handle the internationalization?===
===How to handle the internationalization?===
Should all language versions strive to contain the same information or how should we go about this?
Should all language versions strive to contain the same information or how should we go about this?
===Subarticles or a single article?===
There are good sides to both approaches. When thinking about companies an outline of multiple articles might be something like
* [[Company X]] - containing basic identification, [[product group]]s, [[brand]]s, [[product]]s etc.
* [[Company X/economy]]
* [[Company X/history]]
* [[Company X/affiliated businesses]]
* [[Company X/executives]]
* [[Company X/advertising]]
* [[Company X/labor practices]]
* [[Company X/workplace upgrade requests by the workers]]
If the document structure is standaridised it makes for easier navigation and faster downloads. On the other hand it might be considered to limit the creativity of the editors


===How to handle a situation where the target of the article changes===
===How to handle a situation where the target of the article changes===
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