Runescape Wiki

Well it appears that when it comes to providing information on the web that wikis are often the most comprehensive ways of creating a cost effective information source. So with a very complicated and extensive game like Runescape it only makes sense that a Runescape wiki be created.

What is a Runescape Wiki

Basically a wiki is a webpage that is a compilation of many unpaid editors dumping all the information they know about a particular topic on a site. So rather than the Runescape wiki being compiled by a relatively small group of authors it is open of anyone to add useful and related information to the wiki.

Why Are Wikis Popular

Wikis are a popular form of information portals because they utilize the huge information resource out there (people) and give them a very simple medium to add their knowledge to without requiring them to also be knowledgeable in others areas, like hosting, wed design, coding, programming etc which would be required to create a site otherwise.

How Reliable Are Runescape Wikis

The only downside to wikis is that they often rely on users that often aren’t experts in their fields to contribute the information. So this can lead to incorrect and unreliable information being published on highly trafficked wikis with the users making the assumption that the information source is reliable. However when it comes to topics like Runescape there are a thousands of players that could be consider experts on the topic of Runescape and as such the Runescape wiki for the most part is a fairly reliable source.