1. What did wiki software allow Web users to do that the Mosaic browser did not? 
2. What do blogs and wikis have in common?
3. What problem did a young Jimmy Wales find with the World Book Encyclopedia?
4. How was Jimmy Wales inspired by the World Book Encyclopedia to create Wikipedia?
5. How have encyclopedias inspired you in your own life?
6. Why did Nupedia fail?
7. How did wiki software change the ideas behind Nupedia?
8. What is “crowdsourcing?”
9. What do you think about the concept of “any fool in the world” being able to write articles for Wikipedia?
10. Do agree with the idea that “total idiots” could edit Wikipedia and of that being a good thing? Explain.
11. Why do you think Wikipedia grew so fast and became so popular in such a short amount of time?
12. Do you believe Sanger’s elitist attitude was a good thing or a bad thing for Wikipedia?
13. What did you learn from the anecdote about the Wikipedia article on Einstein going to Albania for a passport in 1935?
14. Explain this quote from the article: “I can’t imagine who could have written such detailed guidelines other than a bunch of people working together...It’s common in Wikipedia that we’ll come to a solution that’s really well thought out because so many minds have had a crack at improving it.”
15. The author of the article states that Wikipedia “grew organically.” What does he mean by that?
16. How has Wikipedia “been the greatest collaborative knowledge project in history?” 
17. Based on your own opinion and experience with Wikipedia, do you agree with the above statement or disagree with it? Explain.
18. What does the author mean by “wiki-crack?”
19. Based on the article, do you believe Wikipedia is a reliable source of information?
20. Do you believe its possible for a 16-year-old from New Jersey to write “insightful” Wikipedia articles?
21. How do you feel about basing your own research on something a 16-year-old wrote on Wikipedia?
22. What does Jimmy Wales mean by this mission statement: “Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge?”
23. Do you agree or disagree with this mission statement?
24. Do you think Wikipedia has succeeded in its mission?
25. Do you agree or disagree that ordinary people, people without degrees, can “be part of the process of creating and distributing knowledge?” 
26. Based on your reading of the article, would you yourself use Wikipedia for your academic research?
27. Would you yourself like to write and/or edit Wikipedia articles in order to be “a part of the process of creating and distributing knowledge?” Why or why not?