Hi Wesley,
I recognize your name from a number of online communities, I follow you on Twitter and I have read your blog. I have a Google alert set for "dissertation wiki" and yours popped up. Congratulations on getting rolling again!

I am also using a wiki to write my EdD dissertation and I'm hoping to hear very soon that my adviser is willing to formally advance my dissertation to my full committee and start the countdown to FOR and grad. This just a formality really because my full committee has always had access to my wiki and have been able to watch the development every step.

I hope to actually self-publish my dissertation in my wiki and my committee supports me in this. It remains to be seen if this will meet all the institutional requirements and there are some interesting issues around that.

I am curious to know if you are using the wiki as an organizational tool or if you plan to use it to publish and disseminate your dissertation research.
Also curious to know why you chose to put your text in PDF files? I will happily read the text of a wiki but I am reluctant to download a PDF file. If the concern is ensuring that no one alters your text, I believe you can lock the content of your wiki page and encourage participation in the discussions. I am using Wikispaces for my dissertation and that works quite well. That way I don't need to make people members of my space, they only need a Wikispaces account to add to the discussions. Membership on my actual dissertation wiki pages is restricted to me and my committee.

One of the conditions of submitting my dissertation as a wiki is that I have had to compose a rationale for doing so. I have been collecting resources and have established another wiki to organize my material to do that.

I would love to get a conversation going with you or anyone else who may be reading this page.
Regards,
Glen

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Wesley, I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to learn of this initiative. You are so close to completing your dissertation and now you have a plan. As you know, it is very difficult to have a full time job with a family and have time for anything else.

I know when you complete this and look back on your accomplishment, you will never regret it. Who knows what doors the completion will open for you?

Good luck with the implementation of your "plan"!

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