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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

#16 Wikis

Yes we are up to Wikis...now i like Wikis when they are used for group planning and discussion i think this freedom to edit and save as you go and then see what others have written is fantastic, my friends have a constant need to 'Reply all' in regards to emails, now when there is 50 people on a list this can get fustrating to constantly receive emails that are of no use to you. So on that note i give the common Wiki and its concept a thumbs up!, in regards to Wikis popular child Wikipedia i'm not so sure, the positives turn to negatives when too many people can edit and information that can be taken as 'gospel' can often be misleading or incorrect.
When it comes to Wiki use in libraries i am all for it after having a look @ the Princeton booklovers Wiki (which i was forced to tag after realising i had been there for probably longer than i should have!), what a great idea, let people add their own book reviews to public library sites and then have subsequent Wiki bookgroups independent of the library!, great stuff....so that's my thoughts on young Wiki :)

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