I couldn't tell you how often my household uses Wikipedia, but at a guess I'd say at least once daily.
I use it all the time - for answers to questions about old tv shows and music and movies; for crosswords - it's the first place I look.
Despite all my best efforts, my youngest son still regards it as the definitive reference tool for school assignments...and his marks suggest that it serves him well. What that says about the standards of our education system will become quite evident in 4 years time when he starts University....or will it?!
My only other experience of a Wiki is our own Libnet - which I use all the time to find answers, but also add to as often as necessary. It is easy to use - though I am finding that the bigger it gets the harder it is getting to find stuff. I think we need a second Wiki called WikiArk where all the stuff that isn't looked at very often can go.....just joking - think perhaps we need to be stronger about what stays there.
I like Library Success: a best practices wiki - found some interesting tips here on library displays and will come back to this wiki again.
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