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A wiki can kill

filed under Ideas, Web 2.0 by rob on 16Mar07 @ 2:36 pm EST

“Wiki” is now in the dictionary. And as good as that is for the word itself, you’ve got to be careful with wikis — a wiki can kill.

Actor and comedian, Sinbad, began receiving condolences for his own death because the popular user-edited Wikipedia reported his ‘death’. Turns out Sinbad is alive and well.

Does this mean you don’t trust what you read in a wiki? Does this make them all bad?

Nope. It’s just cautionary, that’s all. It’s about the community. It’s about how the members report and respond to information.

A wiki can still be used so well for documentation. I’d love to see ministries using wikis to develop best practices and support help for each other. A wiki is so dynamic that it can change quickly…and that can be a good thing!

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1 IndyChristian on Mar 20th, 2007 said:

Rob… Can you cite some examples of Christians involved in secular wikis as a form of ministry? Or issues arising at Wikipedia vs. Christians? Or some best-practices Christian wikis? Or maybe lead us to the foremost (Christian) blogger re the use of wikis?

YBIC,
Neil
2 rob on Mar 20th, 2007 said:

Neil, to be honest, I haven’t seen a lot of wikis being used for evangelism, or any ministry for that matter. However I think they are great tools for managing best practices and documents. I think they could be used best behind the scenes for a team to collaborate on issues.

That seems to be a wiki’s best use, IMO. Could be wrong, just haven’t seen them used in a more expanded way.
3 å‘ç”µæœº on Apr 3rd, 2007 said:

Iâ€™m perplexed at Kathy being a target when on the list of top people to go after, I doubt sheâ€™d be in the first 50 pages (not discrediting her work, sheâ€™s brilliant, and gentle, but not the first Iâ€™d think would have to deal with this