[Week 13] : Can Wikipedia disappear?

week 13 : Can Wikipedia disappear?

There are some people who worry that wikipedia will be disappeared within few years. However, before we discuss about that matter, it is improper word for us to use “disappear”. Disappear means “No longer see anymore”. However, there are nothing to do disappear except unvisible things. So rather than using of “disappear”, using diminish or weak use is more proper in this discussion.  

As we know, there are different kinds of encyclopeida before Wikipedia appeared. People seldom change thier use pattern. However if the encyclopedia could not catch up with specific change of our society, or follow the ask of users, people do not enter and use that pages anymore. Although, wikipedia is not a heavy trend follower, they try to follow up of changing in our society and demands from users. They having been changing their contents, management system, operating system. This is the strong point of collective intelligence with wikipedia.

We are all know the sprits of web 2.0 are sharing, transparency, participating. Not like other closed encyclopedia, wikipedia  comply with that rule. For this reason, wikipedia is never dissapear and diminish easily.