Wiki'd out - Thing # 16

I think I've finally got a picture in my head for a wiki - a three-ring binder at the reference desk. Or perhaps, just the reference desk itself, covered in sticky notes? I guess I'm just "wiki'd out" because this was an awful lot of information to absorb, and I thought i was already familiar with wikis!

I'm not sure I have much that is new and interesting to add to the commentary. I'm leaning along the same lines as Mechael in her post on thing #16, because I too can see that this would be useful for group planning and cooperative editing. I think wikis are particularly well-suited for really well-defined projects, where a new "binder" would have been created in the offline world anyway. On the other hand, maybe the scope of the project isn't the key, it's the "core of users" that Angela mentions. A critical mass of buy-in is essential. All of the examples linked in this exercise seemed to have reached that critical mass, and more power to them!

I think wikis may be one of those many many avenues we need to be open to, experiment with, and withdraw from if needed. If it works, it works, if it doesn't, it doesn't. openmindedness is the key!