Read Mara's text, then viewed the video. Cute, but what's wrong with emailing or phoning, again? Wiki is wave we must ride?
I use Wikipedia all the time, thus truly related to Colbert's piece. Truth is what we make it!!
Nancy Purl's BookLust site is interesting. I like her on NPR, though don't always share her taste. I was looking for some book discussion repartee, and what was there was okay, but there wasn't much in the way of current commenting or editing. The links to other review sites are current (NYTimes, e.g.) Again, I didn't sign up, though I would certainly suggest the site to a patron if asked. As was noted in Mara's set-up piece, and in Comedy Central's sketch, the validity of what's in a Wiki is far from certain. For that reason, the "pedia" kinds of Wikis, no doubt, are far less reliable than something like Nancy Purl, which is meant to be opinion.
Hadn't given much thought to the "open," as opposed to "closed" wiki. If you knew the provenance of the allowed contributors you would know a lot about the reliability of the site.
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