HowNotToUseAWiki

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Don't give pages plural names, like HalfWikis, as it makes it hard to refer to just one of whatever it is your describing and also use a link. Instead give them singular names, like HalfWiki?, and add the "s" outside double square brackets if you need to describe more than one of them. Granted the plural form makes a better title to the page, but the singular form is better as a reference.

Don't over-categorize. Rather than inventing a complicated structure of categories from the start, as MemePit advocates, just chuck everything onto one page. Only bother splitting out separate categories when they are big enough for this to be worthwhile.

WikisAreNotUsenet. If you're having a point/counterpoint discussion in a Wiki then you're using the wrong medium; go find a better one. Wikis work well when you produce coherent documents, not when you use them as a third-rate usenet substitute.