Assignment #8: Wikis

The three wikis that I explored were:
1. The ALA conference page
2. Waterloo Way Wiki
3. WATSTART

The idea of using a wiki for a conference is a good one, but our organization doesn't hold any events that are of this magnitude. The Waterloo Way Wiki looks like a resource that we could use to research potential or current volunteers and donors and has brought to my attention that I should be looking for such wikis. I can't see an application for us implementing such a wiki other than perhaps setting up a listing of our funded agencies but I have concerns about having such information open for public editting. The Watstart wiki was again an interesting resource but I can't see the application for us.

The only user-generated content I think we would implement on our website would be more of a blog for experiences that our volunteers have, I'm not sure where the definition lies for if a user-editted blog is considered to be a blog or a wiki.

The negative side to wikis is the fact that because their content is based on opinion of whoever edits them, they may not always be factual and so implementing one for our organization would require careful monitoring to ensure that the information posted is factual.