Thursday, August 28, 2008

Wikis - Week 9

There are some interesting wikis out there. Wikipedia is an old fallback - even the Encyclopedia Britannica is going the same way, although with a bit more control behind the entries.

I thought that it was interesting that the Library Success wiki has had to go for email confirmation of its posters because of spam and vandalism. One of the problems with open participation.

The use of wikis in New Zealand for the Police Act review was very interesting. This must have been truly innovative, and it appears to have been very successful.

I have never posted anything to a wiki but have read several, especially Wikipedia, in the past. I might gather up some nerve and make a posting soon.

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