Thing 12:Wikis

I have used Wikipedia as one of my go-to sites for at least two years. It is a great tool but not an authority. However, the ability to keep database information evolving by sharing the work and input has lots of uses in any library. I am thinking of our local community database which I have been working on with a colleague. The St. Joseph County Library subject guide's ability to integrate the catalogue records with photos of books, and links to websites was a new concept for me. Sort of another version of AquaBrowser.
I went to Zoho.com and signed up for my own wiki. I have a personal/editing/writing project on Florida place names that I have tried to put into a computer file at least two times in the last few years. Because of the potential input from the public, I think a wiki could actually be the answer to my nagging problem: How to post my work for the benefit of the public and harness their editing power. More on this later.