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What is a Wiki

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Spring 2009 Meeting Presentation: A Wiki Welcome

by Amy Wharton

Research and Emerging Technologies Librarian

University of Virginia School of Law Library

May 22, 2009

Or . . .

Wikipedia:

- The good

- Free

- Far more comprehensive in number of subjects covered than any print encyclopedia could ever be

- Representative of a diversity of viewpoints

- Provides links to additional resources of perhaps greater reliability

- The bad, and the ugly

"You see, any user can change any entry, and if enough other users agree with them, it becomes true.”

- Stephen Colbert, "The Word: Wikiality," The Colbert Report, July 31, 2006.

So, if we don't want to create our own version of "wikiality," what can we do with a wiki?

A wiki is -

A way to create web pages without web authoring software or HTML skills
A "Web 1.0" tool for web authoring by an individual OR a "Web 2.0" tool designed for collaboration

“Wikis in Plain English” on YouTube:

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