Wikis Allow Knowledge-Sharing
"Taran Rampersad didn’t complain when he failed to find anything on his hometown in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia is unique for an encyclopedia because anybody can add, edit and even erase. And the Wikipedia is just one, albeit the best known, of a growing breed of Internet knowledge-sharing communities called Wikis.
"Though for now largely the domain of techies, Wikis are poised to become what blogs have turned into–still in the Internet avant garde yet widespread enough to be influential."
Anick Jesdanuna. ‘Wikis’ Offer Knowledge-Sharing Online. USA Today. Sept. 26, 2004.