Feature creep and wiki
Found another person for our blogroll, Jeremy Smith is studying Case Western wiki development. I got this from a great post about it over at WikiThat!:Finding the Wiki Adoption Tipping Point
The most unsuccessfull wikis are the ones that are misused. Wikis are good at being wikis. You shouldn’t try to use a wiki engine to create a presentation or as an IM client any more than you should use a wiki engine to iron your clothes. If you try either one of those, you’ll be disappointed with the wiki software. And if you try steering your user community towards wiki-misuse, you’ll find your user community confused and reluctant to use the wiki for what it is rightfully for.
Also see CommunityWiki:FeatureCreep