B is a indeed good idea and it already happens, though not as much as Wikipedia would like. Why make a class write a long essay that'll eventually be filed in a

B is a indeed good idea and it already happens, though not as much as Wikipedia would like. Why make a class write a long essay that'll eventually be filed in a bin somewhere when they could be make real contributions to open knowledge? It also might help with Wikipedia's recruitment problem. There's some advice to help implement successful Wiki-assignments here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Student_assignments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Student_assignments