SerAmantiodiNicolao

I have my moments...I think everyone does. But then I look back on some of the articles I've written - especially on subjects that have had no online presence before - and it feels good. That wonderful feeling of having made something useful. That's what keeps me going, often as not.

Besides, I know it sounds cheesy, but I've come to believe that we, collectively, are changing the world and the way the world thinks about knowledge. That's an amazing thing to think about, and it still blows my mind.

I've had a couple of people ask me to create articles for them. One or two have offered to pay me.

Generally I will say no: I said yes once, but that was because I genuinely felt the subject deserved an article, and would pass the notability test. (Didn't take any money for it, I should add.) Someone I'd never heard of before.

Yep. Wikipedia's a free community - it wouldn't feel right asking for money to edit. It's a hobby. One that has taken over my life a bit, but a hobby nonetheless.

It's credible...studies show it to be more credible than many print sources.

Also, I've found some real howlers of mistakes in print sources.

Which is just to say...use a variety. But if I were teaching I wouldn't ban students from using Wikipedia - it's a potential source just like any other.

Of my own? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohick_Church - I didn't create it, but I expanded it considerably.
I also often refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Quiner - she's a fascinating figure about whom I knew nothing before beginning to write her up.

Others - including a few mentioned elsewhere - but these are the first that come to mind.