Instruct You Regarding Your Wikipedia Queries

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that provides open content to its users. It is written collaboratively and openly by a community of both actual and self-proclaimed experts who call themselves Wikipedians.

Importance:

• Wikis are instantaneous so there is no need to wait for a publisher to create a new edition or update information
• people located in different parts of the world can work on the same document
• the wiki software keeps track of every edit made and it’s a simple process to revert back to a previous version of an article
• widens access to the power of web publishing to non-technical users
• Wikipedia has no predetermined structure – consequently, it is a flexible tool which can be used for a wide range of applications
• There is a wide range of open source software wiki’s to choose from so licensing costs shouldn’t be a barrier to installing an institutional Wikipedia.