Wikis vs Blogs

The world is greatly changed through the internet world. The networking-based system provides you lots of information through databases such as Wikis and Blogs.  There are major differences between Wikis and blogs.

First, Wikis are edited by multiple anonymous users, yet the blogs are usually edited by single users. In addition, Wikis are based on many writers and readers, but the blogs are one writer but many readers. For example, accordance with the article, “Pentagon Keeps Wary Watch as Troops Blog”, the blogs are most likely being watched by many people for any purposes.

Secondly, the articles on Wikis are consistently changed and continuously updated. On the other hand, the blogs are chronologically recorded by a single user. According to the New York Times article “Wikipedia to Limit Changes to Articles on People”, because of those characteristics of Wikis, Wikipedia’s freewheeling ethos is about to be curbed. It makes sense that Wikis try to limit the access for editing, adding, and changing to keep information on Wikipedia’s accurate database. This curbing system could be one of the new things that Wikis has not been done yet. It could lead Wikis to become more like the blogs with the limited access.    

Although both Wikis and the blogs have the differences, there also exist similarities. Both web pages are bases on knowledge sharing from time to time. Likewise, Wikis and the blogs are similar but different at the same time.

Works Cited

COHEN, NOAM. Wikipedia to Limit Changes to Articles on People. 24 August 2009. <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/technology/internet/25wikipedia.html?_r=2&>.

DAO, JAMES. Pentagon Keeps Wary Watch as Troops Blog. 8 September 2009. <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/us/09milblogs.html?ref=politics>.