week 7 task 16

wiki's - I had not previously understood that previous versions of wiki entries can be 'retrieved' and viewed. This would be useful for authentication or verification purposes. I noticed also that the link to the book related wiki (can't remember the link, but it's on the 23 things list) - may well have had a different 'user-driven' content than what a 'list of books' or 'list of reviews' may have had if it was just mounted on the web by library staff members. I noticed, for example, that there were a great deal of reviews (over 50) for non-fiction titles, and 57 or so for 'contemporary' fiction titles - this is a lot more reviews than were posted for other categories such as 'romance', 'mystery' and the like (allegedly 'traditional' public library fodder). There was also a lot for 'biography & memoir'. I wonder if library staff would have predicted this outcome if they had been the 'fat controllers' of the wiki and its content?