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	Technical Writers Still Rule

spolastre

2-16-2008 6:05 PM

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technical writer, writers, technical writing, wikis

spolastre says:

I came across this article, and I had to post it. It is how Wikis and Technical Writers will combine to become a force to be reckon with. The article is great. Check it out!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2c12a9cc-e2f7-4654-8467-da3e569b29a0/D2B4F689-C392-4955-AFDC-87420DE64DC3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.helpscribe.com/2008/02/why-wikis-wont-kill-technical-writing.html" href="http://www.helpscribe.com/2008/02/why-wikis-wont-kill-technical-writing.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.helpscribe.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.helpscribe.com/2008/02/why-wikis-wont-kill-technical-writing.html"><DIV>Many people have predicted that wikis will replace traditional help in the future. Ok, I can buy that.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.helpscribe.com/2008/02/why-wikis-wont-kill-technical-writing.html"><DIV>But I've also heard that technical writers will surrender content control to SMEs and users, and will move into other roles such as merely editing wiki content, or switching to programming, training, etc.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.helpscribe.com/2008/02/why-wikis-wont-kill-technical-writing.html"><DIV>In the world of wikis, technical writers will still be kings of content. Here's why...</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.helpscribe.com/2008/02/why-wikis-wont-kill-technical-writing.html"><DIV>If you've ever read through wiki or forum discussions between users or SMEs, you're probably aware that unorganized information is not user friendly. A usable wiki must have an intuitive structure. Technical writers will likely fill that role.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.helpscribe.com/2008/02/why-wikis-wont-kill-technical-writing.html"><DIV>Technical writers, on the other hand, are devoted to the documentation. They have the information-gathering skills to turn unrelated chunks of notes into something that won't leave readers scratching their heads.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.helpscribe.com/2008/02/why-wikis-wont-kill-technical-writing.html"><DIV>Will technical writers delve into programming, training, usability, and other tasks? Sure. But we've always had to wear lots of hats, haven't we?</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D2B4F689-C392-4955-AFDC-87420DE64DC3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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