Not being a frequent user of wikis I have found that they could be very useful. With people able to publish information about things that they have special knowledge about. During my schooling as a mature student, I was advised to stay away from wikis such as Wikipedia as they were not reliable sources for info. So, with that being the first thing I learnt about wikis I have found that I continue, on the whole, to regard wikis as a tool only to be a last resort, and that they need to be checked against a more authoritive tool.
Overall, it is good to learn about such things, but for now I will continue to use more trusted tools.
I did find that Mark's SLV wiki provided some useful sites, some of which have found there way onto my bookmarks.
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I'll confess to being a BIG fan of Wikipedia. In an effort to persuade you to modify your view on its reliability, may I recommend the following articles:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/852571020057CCF685257371005EC1CD
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071017131854.htm
Thanks
It may be that all tools need some checking against others to verify there content
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