Method and System of a Voting Based Wiki and Its Application to Internet Topic Directories

摘要

A method and system of a voting on changes to a collaborative web page or topic hierarchy, e.g. a voting-based wiki. Information on a website is created, edited or deleted by end users and then voted upon before being accepted into the site. In the case of a voting based wiki for a topic hierarchy, under the normal course of operation, the topic hierarchy changes such as new topics being added, topics being moved or topics being deleted can be done without manual intervention. This allows free collaboration between all users or qualified users, and does not normally require manual intervention. If a topic is controversial (i.e. has received a number of votes greater than a threshold both for and against it), then it can be adjudicated by a moderator.