Week 3 Discussion

I found my article at howstuffworks.com and it is entitled “How Wikis Work”. The most famous wiki is called Wikipedia; it has become so large that you will come across many times in Google. People seem to find wikis easy to use and navigate through, like e-mail and blogs, wikis also perform a very useful service in a simple way. A group of people can log on to a wiki site and are able to edit bits of text. These bits of text can be viewed and edited by anyone visiting the site. Some people think the idea of being able to “edit” information means the sites are unreliable, but wiki supporters claim this is an incorrect assumption. A wiki is nothing but a collection of web pages connected with each other through internal links. The wikis website pays someone to write the articles linked to the site. I think knowing all about wiki sites is vital because some people believe these sites aren’t accurate so teachers can decide whether or not they will allow the use of these sites. Most of my college professors urge my classes not to use these sites. I think that these sites can be accurate but you have to be careful what information you use from these sites and double check the information. I think further research is necessary with sites like these.