Friday, June 17, 2005
A group opinion?
Today, the LA Times released a "wiki" version of their editorial page. If you don't know what a "wiki" is, a good definition is here. The Times describes what they want to do with their opinion wiki here.
This is quite a grand experiment. It's one thing to use a wiki to collaboratively manage knowledge, such as with the grandaddy of them all, Wikipedia. But if an opinion piece is meant to represent the opinion of the paper, how can you allow hundreds, if not thousands, to edit/delete/create content? Hey, I know, let's create a Bible wiki, where the text of the entire Bible is input and anyone can change the content to their liking. After some time, we will have what the Bible should really look like. . .
OK, back to reality. To be fair, the Times notes that this is an experiment that may not work. And to be fair, the Wikipedia itself has worked extremely well, beyond what we can imagine. Time will only tell, I guess.
Categories: LATimes, Wiki, Wikitorial ¶ 9:15 AM 0 comments
This is quite a grand experiment. It's one thing to use a wiki to collaboratively manage knowledge, such as with the grandaddy of them all, Wikipedia. But if an opinion piece is meant to represent the opinion of the paper, how can you allow hundreds, if not thousands, to edit/delete/create content? Hey, I know, let's create a Bible wiki, where the text of the entire Bible is input and anyone can change the content to their liking. After some time, we will have what the Bible should really look like. . .
OK, back to reality. To be fair, the Times notes that this is an experiment that may not work. And to be fair, the Wikipedia itself has worked extremely well, beyond what we can imagine. Time will only tell, I guess.
Categories: LATimes, Wiki, Wikitorial ¶ 9:15 AM 0 comments
