I can see how wikis would appeal hugely to frustrated authors and editors of the world. And it's great that you don't need to be a technological whizkid to be part of the wiki world. I can also see why schools wouldn't want children using wikis as sources of information as it would/could be unreliable and biased. So I'm a little perplexed as to the popularity of them as resources. ERL and others require the participants email addresses to guard against what one library service referred to as 'vandalism'. How is it policed though with regard to content? Does that become a time-consuming task for someone as the wiki grows in size?
One application I thought of for ERL is a 'seniors wiki page'. Given the amount of seniors and retired people now becoming au fait with the internet and computers, a wiki with links to senior activities, 'freebies', and other items of interests could be well used.
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