That's the way most Wikis work. Like you say, if you limit access,then it's just another CMS, which means you're paying someone to maintain it. Which means it doesn't get done because there's no money to pay anyone to do it. So, by the "something is better than nothing" rule, you open it up to anyone or forget about having the information on the web at all.
Note the phrase "_public_ information" in the original quote. This is information already available in some form, so anyone can enter it. Accuracy will be only as good as the level of participation, not the level of access. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Faircloth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:10 PM Subject: RE: eGovernment and Wiki's --- anyone making Wiki's with CF? > But what would concern me the most would be the quality and, especially, > the > reliability of the information... > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 5:47 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: eGovernment and Wiki's --- anyone making Wiki's with CF? >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rick Faircloth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:04 AM >> Subject: eGovernment and Wiki's --- anyone making Wiki's with CF? >> >> >> > "E-government researchers have suggested that >> > collaborative Wiki software may be the best avenue >> > for getting public information to the citizenry." >> > ... >> > I have little experience with wiki's...I've did have a look >> > at wikopedia, or whatever it's called. I'm not too impressed >> > with the idea of just any person being able to edit >> > content. Who's would oversee such entries? >> >> That's the whole idea behind the opinion that it's the best avenue for >> getting public information to the citenzry. It's probably the only way >> the information will ever get published in many cases, especially with >> smaller municipalities with little or no budget for web development and >> information publishing. Basically the idea is that you can get >> something >> for free by letting anyone volunteer to do the work for you. >> Sometimes it >> works and sometimes it fails miserably. >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229297 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
