Main points on Wikis

The first major point I believe is important is the definition of a Wiki, which "all users are allowed to edit any page or create new pages within the website. The second main point is "project management." When working on a project with multiple people, wikis are very user-friendly when trying to manage a team. On the wiki, you can create links to meetings, agendas, documentation, and other things related to the overall project. This type of collaboration gets rid of annoying emails that may never get read. Third, wikis make it very easy to track project status. This promotes creativity because every project does not need a destination, or an end. As the lecture states, when using wikis it's easy to be a part of a "running project." Fourth, I think it is important to be knowledgeable interpreting a wiki page the correct way. Wikis allow you to link to pages that don't even exist. Blue links are to pages that do exist, and the red links are to pages that do not exist. If someone is an expert in that field, they can take a challenge in creating the page that does not exist. Lastly, history is very important. So, the last important point is how Wikipedia first got started. Wales and his community of volunteers had a dream of providing a "free encyclopedia in the hands of every person on the planet." So, it's a great story, and a great source of information.