What lessons have you learned about using a wiki as a development tool?

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Published on 2008-10-18T16:27:24Z Indexed on 2010/04/23 16:43 UTC
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I'd asked a question a while back about ways to encourage my team to collaborate. The tool we use is a wiki. Since this is the first time we are using the wiki (formally and as a team), we are learning by committing mistakes.

One of the lessons has been that a wiki isn't suitable for tracking activities. It is better to use a tool built for-the-job (will elaborate if necessary).

Are there other such anti-patterns? What development tasks would you NOT recommend using a wiki for (even though it may seem suitable at first glance)?

Edit: Making this a community-wiki since it is probably unlikely that there will be 'one' right answer.

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