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Enterprise 2.0 failed the neologism test

After spending some time editing the Enterprise 2.0 article at Wikipedia, Ross Mayfield saw it disappear, a victim of speedy deletion because it failed to meet Wikipedia's neologism criteria. [Link]

At one point every term was a neologism, language evolves, faster for some people, and the new becomes mainstream.  What's interesting is that Andy McAfee's initial Enterprise 2.0 definition (freeform social software adapted for business) still stands, but is being extended in consistent ways.  Jeff Nolan's insight that enterprise mashups are of processes, while Web 2.0 mashups are more simply data, is significant.  Vinnie challenges us further.  Dion Hinchcliffe offers up a definition of Enterprise 2.0 (richer than what I quote) as liberation....

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