Weblog versus Wiki

I have a dilemma, I want to set up a site that can accept input from a community. My choices, as I see them, are to set up a weblog (I would choose WordPress) or a wiki (most likely MediaWiki.)

My problem is that, while I think a wiki is more suited to the site I am creating, I worry that people will be afraid of contributing and editing pages. The potential users might be people who are unfamiliar with a wiki, and not quite sure how it works. Even in organizations where I’ve deployed wikis, people are often hesitant to add or modify things.

On the other hand, a weblog might be suitable because people would just have a simple comment box to fill in if they wanted to say something. Then again, saying something, or just responding to what posts the few authors might write, is a far cry from the openness of a wiki to those willing to contribute…

I’ve done plenty of WordPress installs, but while I’ve used plenty of MediaWiki sites out there, I’ve not set up my own yet. I don’t want familiarity of tools to limit me here though.

Hmmm, I’ll think about it for a bit, but any feedback on this is much appreciated…