Wiki+vs+Blog

There have been a couple of conversations regarding Wiki's vs Blog's. These two things are quite different and serve a different purpose for the user.

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Here is a table outlining the differences between them.
 * **WIKI** || **BLOG** ||  ||
 * **Definitions:** ||  ||   ||
 * A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it || A personal or corporate website in the form of an online journal, with new entries appearing in sequence as they are written ||  ||
 * **Writers:** ||  ||   ||
 * Many authors, various personalities & experiences, opinions face scrutiny of community || Typically one author, one personality, one opinion ||  ||
 * Knowledge comes from community of dozens or even thousands || Knowledge limited by single person ||  ||
 * **Content:** ||  ||   ||
 * Grows rapidly at all hours of the day || Grows slowly, one post at a time ||  ||
 * Articles constantly change and continously updated || Each post becomes stale over time ||  ||
 * Discussions can take place on pages or in the discussion forum (at least in Wetpaint wikis) || Discussions take place in the comments of a post, typically approved by blogger ||  ||
 * **Setup:** ||  ||   ||
 * Ranges from easy to setup to very difficult, depending on chosen solution || Ranges from easy to setup to very difficult, depending on chosen solution ||  ||
 * Most solutions take care of themselves || Many solutions require constant security updates ||  ||
 * Spam policed by the community || Spam policed by the blogger (but now some blogs automatically flag spam for bloggers to review) ||  ||
 * Publishing very easy, no html needed on some platforms (like Wetpaint) || Publishing very easy, some HTML knowledge useful ||
 * Spam policed by the community || Spam policed by the blogger (but now some blogs automatically flag spam for bloggers to review) ||  ||
 * Publishing very easy, no html needed on some platforms (like Wetpaint) || Publishing very easy, some HTML knowledge useful ||