Perhaps it’s just the ones I have looked at, but there are some things I don’t like about Wikis.
Many of the library oriented ones lean towards reviews, or others may include customer ratings. But there is no way to know who is actually adding the content. An author, publisher or other interested party could easily be skewing the results, or padding the reviews.
It also seems that information on a Wiki can get dated very quickly. On the ones I’ve looked at it’s difficult to see when and by whom the information is being updated. So you don’t know if you are looking at old information or recent. Maybe I’m missing where information is dated or categorized, but it seems like you’d have to do a lot of digging to qualify the information. And if the people who started the wiki lose interest then….
Lists are static. Creators have to repeat or type out information that you might find in a database, etc. They don’t seem to be easy to update, modify or sort say by date to find the most recently added information.
With multiple editors information isn’t added in a consistent fashion, again calling into question the usability of the data or information.
However, perhaps we could use a wiki to gather feedback on 25 things, things that could be implemented in our workplace, and/or things that might help the next group?
