Reddit has a small internal wiki component as well, and it definitely is useful to add a *persistence" component to a forum-based platform, where once something drops out of the variety of “feeds” (Subscribed, All, New, Top) it becomes super difficult to ever find again.

So things like an instance FAQ - what is “Lemmy”, what apps work for it, what are “tankies” and why might I want to avoid them, etc.

However, by that same token, why would e.g. feddit.uk’s wiki be okay to be editable by people with accounts on Hexbear.net, Lemmygrad.ml, lemmy.ml, and USA centrist instances, all bringing their own political viewpoints and causing edit wars? In short, wouldn’t feddit.uk’s purposes be better served by having an internal wiki rather than a federated one? What good does the federation component add, and how would that good not be outweighed by the bad?

It makes sense for forum software to be federated bc people don’t need to be educated or speak proper facts when the purpose is to just talk, so as feel less lonely. But the purpose of a wiki is entirely different - there, facts do (or at least should?) matter much more?

So all the tactics that we cannot stop on the Threadiverse - vote manipulation, disinformation campaigns, bots spewing prepared nonsense, etc. - seem like they will be magnified significantly further by now adding a persistence component.

TLDR: I’m not against wikis, just wondering what benefits that federation adds to them, especially in relation to the known detractions.