Andrea Weckerle » Wikis http://andreaweckerle.com Attack life, wait for nothing Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:54:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Wikipedia’s Honeymoon Is Over http://andreaweckerle.com/2005/12/wikipedias-honeymoon-is-over.html http://andreaweckerle.com/2005/12/wikipedias-honeymoon-is-over.html#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:27:32 +0000 Andrea Weckerle http://andreaweckerle.com/?p=30 Scott Baradell is right, the brouhaha surrounding Wikipedia and its open editing policy is just beginning.

So what’s in store for the future? A proliferation of public, but qualification-driven specialty wikis such as Cornell Legal Information Institute’s Wex? Or specialized open content wikis such as WikiMD that post disclaimers disavowing the validity of any of their content?

Update:  Dave Cormier makes a good argument for why Wikipedia, despite its flaws, serves an important purpose.

]]> http://andreaweckerle.com/2005/12/wikipedias-honeymoon-is-over.html/feed 3 Wiki-Based Legal Dictionary and Encyclopedia http://andreaweckerle.com/2005/11/wiki-based-legal-dictionary-and-encyclopedia.html http://andreaweckerle.com/2005/11/wiki-based-legal-dictionary-and-encyclopedia.html#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:10:24 +0000 Andrea Weckerle http://andreaweckerle.com/?p=17 The Legal Information Institute of Cornell University Law School has created a wiki-based legal dictionary and encyclopedia named Wex, reports the American Bar Association Legal Technology Resource Center’s Site-tation.

Unlike Wikipedia’s writing and editing requirements, Wex’s contributors must have "demonstrated expertise in particular areas of law,” must be interested in educating novices such as law students and members of the lay public, and must be strong communicators. Currently only invited individuals can make contributions and edits.

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