Already, there are many Wikis out there, sites using Wikipedia-like software (but interestingly, not often the exact software, choosing instead to implement their own version of the heirarchy and approach) and then collecting knowledge. Wikipedia calls them “Knowledge Bases”. We call them “Wikipedias”. They are usually loaded with misinformation by someone who has successfully imposed their agenda on a supposedly "authoritative" encyclopedia article.
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Wikipedia is like pollution. It is disguising itself as an example of free speech, when in fact, it is something much closer to fraud. One of its offsprings i.e. DavisWiki exhibits very little objectiveness and is offen libellous. I think over time, people will want to get away from the grey goo of Wiki and move towards specialized or properly-run sites, which contain, not a cabal, but at least a slight barrier to entry that will ensure that the person who is going to undo your hours of work with a few mouse clicks is at least, from some relatively objective standpoint, vaguely entitled to do so.
For Davis, Ca people looking for an objective, properly-run local community encyclopedia, see: