Going Beyond Encyclopedias

So Wikipedia is excellent for neutral, global facts.

...but what else can wikis do besides encyclopedias?

To answer that, we'll need to understand:

What makes wikis different?

There are a LOT of different ways for a group to collaborate:

• IM
• direct emails
• mailing lists
• blogs
• POTS & VOIP conference calls
• web forums
• IRC
• etc...

Most of these are designed to assist discussion, to help back and forth

and to archive the actual conversation. that's very helpful.

But it's not the whole answer.

Building Consensus