Thing 13 - Wikis

What I find most unfortunate is the fact that there are people out there who garner such joy from vandalizing websites. I used to visit a site, drawball.com, where you could go in and draw a picture on this huge circle canvas. But people would go in all the time with the sole purpose of finding pictures in progress and drawing black lines all over them. It was just so ridiculous that I stopped going there.
Were it not for the existance of people like that, I think wikis would be wonderful.
That said, in exploring some of the sample wikis, I especially liked the Book Lovers wiki. Since book reviewing is subjective, it's certainly appropriate for a "free-for-all" webiste where anyone can contribute. I also liked the ones where only certain people (librarians) were allowed to contribute or those that required email verification.
As a long-time library worker, it's so difficult for me to refer to a source that isn't 'official' or verified. But at the same time, even sources that are 'verified' can be wrong. ( the newspaper said we were closed today for president's day) I just need to retrain my way of thinking, I guess.