Wikis

A great introduction to the ways that wikis can be used. I hadn't realised that they can be used to conduct group consultations etc. But can they be set to private or limited access? I will have to find out. I think there are great possibilities - but like anything on the web it's about finding the best stuff. I'm interested to find out more about the editing process for such things as wikipedia. I heard some statistic that wikipedia rated better for accuracy than some set of encyclopaedias - how can this be possible? (unless the encyclopaedia was dated) When a book is published, there are so many steps ( or you would hope there are so many steps!) to ensure the content is of high quality. First, the writer must research, complete multiple drafts, pitch the final draft to a publisher, then the publisher must accept the work, then give editorial feedback, before the book goes into draft stage again for yet more corrections. It seems that with wikis the process is diluted to. 1. write. 2. publish. Which surely would lead to much inaccuracy?