To Wiki or not to Wiki?

Personally, I find wiki pages to be interesting to look at, and I can't tell you the countless hours I've spent on Wikipedia. So, I found our navigation around the Wiki world last Thursday pretty interesting. I am however, going to steer clear of attempting to change wikipedia pages because apparently the Wikipedia gods frown upon that. I believe it took a solid 5 seconds for someone to edit the profound on-liner I wrote on the gold fish page. I guess they didn't approve of my advice to NOT buy your own gold fish from Wal-Mart...and why they disapproved it is still a mystery to me, I find it to be useful information! (but that's just me). Although, I did get the chance to write some fun little facts about my high school on it's wikipedia page (without it getting erased two seconds later) so that was pretty neat. All, in all I find wikipedia to be a great quick reference to see what year the Statue of Liberty was given to the U.S. or what beta fish like to eat at night. But as far as trying to create or edit a wikipedia page, well I'll leave that up to the Wiki Fanatics.



When we were asked to find a non-wikipedia wiki, I enjoyed looking around for that right wiki to post on our class blog. And wow, there is a wiki for EVERYTHING! Besides my avid use of wikipedia, I consider myself relatively new to the wiki world. So, I was astounded to stumble upon an abyss of wikis when I just typed it into the google search engine. I was very pleased to find a Wiki on Sawyer from LOST. (here's the link if your curioushttp://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Sawyer). Not only because I would claim myself to be an enthusiastic fan of the man, but I was also pleased to notice how extensive his wiki really was. They had every fact about the character down so pat, that it almost appeared as if he were a non-fictional person. I really did enjoy looking through the world of wiki's, but again probably would be hesitant about editing one. Just from looking at a handful of them it looks like the people behind their Wiki pages have a pretty tight grip on them, and keep tabs on them at all hours. So, I'll just do my part of admiring their wiki's and countless information they post about Sawyer.