With all of the negative "press" students get from teachers in elementary all the way to post secondary institutions, I cannot believe the wiki has not yet died in the realm of scholarship. After all, is it not the very nature of a Wiki to allow any unfiltered information into the fold. Even if the information that is posted to the Wiki has an associated citation, what is the chance that the citation is faulty, or worse, manufactured.
The logic of the anti-wiki crowd is apparently not seen in great numbers, however, because according to this "Thing task" the wiki-mania popularity is exploding. Upon investigating various wiki pages, it appears that they are simple forms of blog sites or perhaps face book. Just another vehicle for self promotion or the sharing of events which interest a very small cross section of folks. But, then again, isn't more information sharing better than too little? I think so.
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