DNC Love Wikis, Well Kinda Wikis

Heard of Wikipedia? How about McCainpedia? Nope? The Democratic National Committee have gone all Web 2.0 and have built a Wikipedia clone stuffed full of anti-McCain spin. At least they’ve grasped the web, the Republicans are probably still sending telegrams.

It’s closed for updating. Pity that. I thought the spirit of Web 2.0 was all about opening up content systems for user submission. Here’s their spiel:

McCainpedia.org is a wiki run by the DNC’s Research, Communications, and Internet teams. The goal is to centralize research material, allowing the general public to use it as they see fit. Unlike some wikis, McCainpedia is read-only and can’t be edited by the public. This allows us to fully validate all of the information that appears, ensuring accuracy and reliability.

A read-only wiki? :) Love it. Now that’s not very Democratic, is it?

The Democrat love of wikis doesn’t stop there. Obama supporters have jumped on the bandwagon and created Obamapedia. Hey these guys are more democratic that the DNC web team. You can actually update some pages - Undecided Voters and Barak Obama Supporters. Two pages. Let’s jump up and down.Where is Hillarypedia in this ruck?

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