Blog and Post reviews on the Wiki - no comments

I've created two more pages on our Wiki site that everyone (yes, everyone, whatever their political persuasion) has the right to contribute to. What they give you is the opportunity to post reviews of Labour blogs, and reviews of the top posts (as judged by the Recommendations facility).

There are a number of motivations for these new facilities. Firstly, they're part of a move away from "recommendation by authority" - self-styled (what else is there?) blog gurus selecting their own favourites, however reliable their skill and judgement might be. They're also a move away from opinion polls - however cunningly set-up and well-meant, little commitment is required by the voter, and rarely any opportunity to make a detailed statement. All the evidence suggest bloggers like to write, like to write about their friend's blogs, and are thrilled to have things written about their own blogs and articles. Seeing as most of us would be shot-down in short measure if we tried to set up Wikipedia pages for our blogs, here's a similarly democratic and decentralised alternative, albeit without the entry requirements. Malicious or abusive entries will, of course, be dealt with, just as they are on Wikipedia.

If you look at the pages I set up, you'll see a few rules and suggestions, but these are just intended to keep people on the straight-and-narrow. I'd like to see as many blog- and post-reviews as possible - at the very least, so people are more likely to find good and accurate ones. If this catches on, I don't think it's too fanciful to think we might have something worthy of (paper) publication. So, if you're worried that Tim Worstall's BritBlog roundup has given the same few dozen blogs enough gongs already, perhaps we can breathe some life into the whole democratic blog-reviewing genre.

Once again, if you've seen some posts on a B4L blog that you like and fancy reviewing in one or two paragraphs, or want to immortalise a few of your favourite blogs in text form, please head over to the relevant page. Do also check in to see if you've been reviewed yourself, and help us spread the word on your own blog!

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