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Public Sector Organisations
As public sector organisations are funded by public money they may use wikis as a way to be transparent about their operations to the general public. They may also see it as a way to release information to the general public. For example, the UK government set up a wiki dedicated to the spread of flu in Britain and to offer people tips on how to avoid the flu, [5]. The trend has been for wikis that are set up by public organisations to have "stronger safeguards" than typical wikis [6].
Another company that uses a wiki is Camp America. The wiki is mainly used to give people information about what is happening at the camp, it lets people know about any changes that are taking place etc. There is also forms and stuff on the wiki for staff to print off and fill in.
Charities
wide audience quickly. A charity that uses a wiki is OLPC (One Laptop per Child). OLPC stands for one laptop per child. It aims to provide the world's poorest children with a rugged, low cost, low power connected laptop to help them learn. Recently the OLPC have been using their wiki to make a special appeal for Haitian children.quickly [7]. .
Links
Short Video explaining how Wikis work.
[1] Microsoft
[2] Disney
[5] Flu Wiki
[6] The Guardian
Camp America[7] One Laptop Per Child

This wiki was created by four people in the Business Web innovation module on the Management Technolgoy and Enterprise course at Glasgow Caledonian University.
The short video explains in basic terms exactly what a wiki is.

This wiki was created by four people in the Business Web innovation module on the Management Technolgoy and Enterprise course at Glasgow Caledonian University.

This page will discuss the advantages of wikis
When using a wiki there are many advantages. someThe advantages that i found with wiki's are listed below:of wikis are:
It is easy for anyone at any time to edit documents.
Storage is reduced as the file does not have to be saved on a hard drive as it is automatically saved on the Internet

This page will discuss the disadvantages of wikis.
The disadvantages of wikis are:
It can become hard to keep it organized as text is constantly added therefore the wikis can become messy.

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It can be hard to see who has edited what information, a way around this could be for everyone to use a different colour of font.
There may be security issues as accounts could be hacked allowing unauthorised people access
There may be disputes and disagreements over what should go on the wiki and arbitration may be needed
As it can be edited by anyone all content is subjective and may be influenced by opinion rather than fact
People may not have the necessary IT skills to fully participate in a wiki