# Using Posts as a Wiki?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 16, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700 "2020-05-16T15:16:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700/17 "2020-05-18T18:45:50Z")

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I think it depends how big these “wikis” get. If they are lightweight simple affairs liberally mixed with some discussion, then probably OK. If they are massive one million word novellas in an effort to rebuild wikipedia from scratch, then probably not.

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