Wiki Week prt. 1

Wiki Wiki Wiki, for a while they were the darling product of the internet meets corporate technology baby boom. All the business books seemed to add a Wiki section and several books were made just for how to jump on the Wiki bandwagon. Wiki's are good solid ways to share information in a database format but not so good at providing running commentary, or at adapting multiple input matrices into a cohesive data pool. Wiki's do what they do, and they do that pretty well but don't expect wiki's to solve problems for you they are simply a tool to use to allow multiple users to edit a data set in a collaberative manner.
Library Wiki roundup
The library wiki's that I looked (libsuccess) at were a bit older and had not been updated recently so they had dated inputs but generally showed the limits of Wiki and the benefits too. They allowed multiple users to provide universal access to information and also acted as a "cloud" space to store updated information. The discussion pools for this information was limited and may have taken place in a non-wiki environment like e-mail. The Wiki's I viewed were navigable and layered information in subject centered data and discussion threads.
Non Library Wiki roundout
I visited the NFL wiki that was listed on the 24 things. The articles were well done but not extensive. I felt that the overall feel of the sight felt dated, even though recent posts were being added all the time. The introductory post was about last years super bowl, but the posts under it had this super bowl included. I found this site to be very limited probably because the wiki lacked regular posters and also lacked a regular update guru to keep things up to date.
Part Deux
I really think that the Kcpl wiki might be off, I am not sure I did that one correctly or not but there was not a particapants heading. Or has it been removed? Anyway I inserted my Library Guy page into the kcpl intranet wiki. lots of fun there!