This is one of the guidelines in wikinomics.

To refactor is to reorganize, reorder, reclassify, relocate, consolidate or differentiate.

A page should be refactored when:

*it isn't written form a consistent point of view
*it is longer than necessary
*it doesn't have a lot of links to other pages in the wiki.
*it duplicates content on another page
*the content does not reflect the title
*it is not well organized into concise paragraphs
*there are comments that should be absorbed into the text.

rather than refactor the case study regarding my LiftPort Group case study, i will simply move the content. i think it is important, and part of my writing style, to have a first-person persepctive... it's intended to be a blow-by-blow account of what is and is not working, as we transform to a wikified approach to running, building and developing our company with a global community. so, i will keep my first-person style and hopefully stil fit within the framework of the book. however, let's be clear about this... i am not writing this with the intention of being included in the book. i am doing it, because it is the right course for my business to take. if it gets in the chapter 11, bonus, but i am not writing it for that reason.

take care.

Michael J. Laine
LiftPort Group

contributed by Michael Laine on May 7 1:01pm