Wikis are very interesting. I like how multiple people can work on them together. This could make group projects so much easier. When I was in college for my undergraduate degree (from 1994-2003), wikis were not quite trusted. If you wanted to do a group project, it was essential that group all meet together or send a lot of emails. I often wondered how the non-traditional students managed to work and do these projects. I knew wikipedia existed, but it was considered a bad source.
Looking over how a wiki is posted to, I wish wikis had a family tree application. The LDS church has been trying something like this, but it does not really work well yet because people do not know about it or notice each others comments! I much prefer wikipedia. It is easy to search through and give pretty good information. Once during a seminar, the presenter said that when the LDS church was looking at the wiki application they 'edited' some sites on wikipedia with incorrect information to see what would happen. Within the hour, the cites were changed back and they had received a message to leave them alone. I also like that wikipedia allows for citations, language changes and photos to be attached to their articles. This is very helpful when doing research.
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