"The time has come," the Walrus said, "of tekkie tools to sing: of wikis, blogs and podcasts and other webby things."

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Wikis

Wikis are a great tool for collaborating and sharing information within a community. I can see it would be useful for two people who are coauthoring a book and live in different places. In exploring the different wikis, I was intrigued to find a Toastmaster wiki, which I found extremely interesting since I am a Toastmaster.

My concern with wikis is that it seems TOO open. What would keep people from entering information under a false identity? How trustworthy would such information be? Then there is the issue of etiquette. Sometimes people don't behave themselves if they think there is no accountability.

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