[Web4lib] wikis in libraries

[K.G. Schneider]

> Of course, the irony is that the "handrails" in question are probably
> going to be used to bold, italicize, underline, and do a variety of
> chrome and fancy formatting that isn't really necessary.

You know, you really need to speak to Joan Didion, because I just plucked
"The White Album" off my bookshelf and flipped through it. It's rife with
italics, and those chapter headings are all different sizes. There are times
when I suspect her of inserting an additional space between paragraphs. If
only she knew how to write!

In any event, if it's not necessary, then don't use it, but there's nothing
heroic about life in the lower registers of the character sets, nor is there
anything wrong with merging the visual with the textual. Just ask George
Herbert (or Alison Bechdel). 

Karen G. Schneider
kgs at bluehighways.com