A wiki is a server-based collaborative tool that allows authorized users to easily create and edit web pages using only a web browser. Wikis see widespread use for collaborating on projects, sharing information within organizations, and creating knowledge bases like Wikipedia. They enable real-time group editing and organization of content without technical skills. However, wikis also face criticisms like issues of reliability, accuracy and uneven quality due to their open nature and reliance on consensus among contributors.

1. Wikis In 30 Minutes or Less

2. Recent Headlines MIT Launches Center for Collective (Wiki) Intelligence Stanford Debuts Wiki of All Things Stanford Campus Technology News Update 10/10/06

3. What is a Wiki? A Wiki is a server-based collaborative tool that allows any authorized user to edit Web pages and create new ones using nothing more than a Web browser and a text entry form on a Web page. WikiWikiWebs: News Ways to Communicate in a Web Environment Information Technology and Libraries, March 2006

4. What is a Wiki? server-based collaborative (with limits) Web environment no programming skills create, organize, and maintain Web site of automatically linked pages WikiWikiWebs: News Ways to Communicate in a Web Environment Information Technology and Libraries, March 2006

6. Wikipedia Launched 1/15/2001 5 million articles 1,425,949 in the English-language version 229 language editions of Wikipedia , sixteen of which have more than 50,000 articles each. Wikipedia 10/10/06

7. Criticism of Wikipedia Questions of reliability and accuracy Susceptibility to vandalism Uneven quality and inconsistency Systemic bias Anonymous entries Wikipedia 10/10/06

8. Criticism of Wikipedia Preference for consensus over credentials Unconfirmed and questionable information Lacking proper source citations Small number of contributors Wikipedia 10/10/06

9. Wikipedia—Article Standards Neutral point of view Verifiable information only No original research Citing sources Biographies of living persons

10. Wikipedia—Working with People Assume good faith Civility and etiquette No personal attacks Resolving disputes

11. Citizendium New competitor Created by founder of Wikipedia Editorial control by experts/scholars Invited contributors No anonymous entries http://citizendium.org/

12. When to Wiki An easy way to create a website Allow users to update materials Collaborative class project Glossary/dictionary of terms Project teams sharing info Team members writing one paper

13. Setting Up a Wiki Over 100 engines available for developers 12 Wiki Farms for the rest of us We’ll look at one--PBWiki

15. PBWiki

17. What Else? Need three people to launch a wiki a midwife to launch it a champion to get them to use it someone to monitor it

18. Being Sucessful Make sure people understand why it makes sense to share Select right target group—will they communicate? Provide technical support/guide new users Encourage accountability Allow users to create their own pages Be flexible From The Shifted Librarian 10/16/06