Adrianne Wadewitz

“ I've come across very informed amateurs on Wikipedia; that is what is so great, that people who are hobbyists who love a particular topic, and then they start adding information, and that is what makes Wikipedia so great; it brings together both professionals and amateurs who have a love for a particular topic. ”

“ When someone goes to see a film like Becoming Jane, which is a film about Jane Austen, you know -- I want to know more about Jane Austen, and then they type it in to Google, and they get the Wikipedia article, that they actually know what really happened to Jane Austen's life versus this fictionalization that happened in the film, because that film was a total fiction. ”

“ So, whenever I have students put together an article or add material to an article, I have them think about what does it mean to construct an article out of a variety of sources and what kinds of sources are being used, and what does that mean for our understanding of that topic? ”