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A friend asked me what was wikiality about “Six Apart, Ltd. the world’s largest blogging company”. Is it that a reference is needed? That the statement is vague? That the article appears to be wholly autobiographical?

Yes, probably all those things and maybe some others.

Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia with open contribution. And it seems to be the reference of choice for bloggers. Around 100 of my articles link to Wikipedia.

Although, I continue to use Wikipedia as a reference. I use it for only for general orientation. Few articles I read there don’t have some problem with them. Wikiality represents “A reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it becomes the truth.” and Stephen Colbert used it to triple the population of elephants.

You don’t need Steven Colbert to excite his viewers into changing articles about elephants to create wikiality and improve Wikipedia’s “truthiness”.

There is a huge Wikipedia frontier of articles. It includes almost 2.5 million articles, and although many meet encyclopedic standards, it’s safe to say most of its articles to do not.

After a few mediocre experiences with the Wikipedia Clergy, I’ve decided it would be fun and still possibly useful to document my encounters with wikiality here.

Do you have any wikiality experiences to share?