I was interviewing for graduate assistantships this afternoon and in the course of discussion mentioned writing articles on Wikipedia (actually, a few to which I've been the near-sole contributor were in my portfolio, too). One of the committee seemed very enthusiastic about it; he asked me about a few topics, including the proposed plans for article validation, and recommended that the rest of the committee (five or six others) take a look at the project. (I wasn't quite bold enough to ask if he had a user account!)

I was pleased (and not a little surprised!) at the generally positive reaction from the ones who weren't familiar with it. Points scored there for me and for Wikipedia, I think.

-Kat [[User:Mindspillage]]