Wickis ... I learned some time back to inform patrons of the nature of Wikipedia and not to use it as a primary research source because of the potential unreliability of the information.
In reading about the various wikis, however, I can see where they would be useful in situations where what you are looking for is opinions. For that reason, the Princeton Book Lover's wiki seemed to be the best use. (It would have been helpful, however, if, in giving book reviews they would have posted other favorite books of the reviewer so the reader can get a frame of reference... in other words, I might give more credence to a biographer's review of a book than a person who reads only Stephen King novels.)
Despite the fact that they give lots of information, I would be dubious about posting information as being created by me (as some of the library sites do), unless I had the ability to prevent some anonymous person from changing my words an misrepresenting my views.
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