Wikipedia

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Wikipedia is a great platform for reaching people who are interested in directly researching a topic.

Best Practices and case studies:

Belden (2008). "Harnessing social networks to connect with audiences: If you build it, will they come 2.0?". Internet Reference Services Quarterly 13 (1): 99–111. doi:10.1300/J136v13n01_06.
Combs, M (2011). "Wikipedia as an access point for manuscript collections". In K. Theimer. A Different kind of web: New connections between archives and our users. Society of American Archivists. pp. 139–147.
Cloutier, Camille (2008). "The Calisphere Wikipedia Project: Lessons Learned". CSLA Journal 32 (1): 27–29.
Galloway, Ed; DellaCorte, Cassandra (2014). "Increasing the Discoverability of Digital Collections Using Wikipedia: The Pitt Experience". Pennsylvania Libraries: Practice and research 2 (1). doi:10.5195/palrap.2014.60.
Lally, A. M.; Dunford, C. E. (2007). "Using Wikipedia to extend digital collections". D-Lib Magazine 13 (5/6).doi:10.1045/may2007-lally.
Lally, A. (2009, May 18). The Interactive archivist: Case studies in utilizing web 2.0 to improve the archival experience.
Pressley, L; McCallum, C. J. (2008). "Putting the library in Wikipedia". Info Today 32 (5).
Szajewski, M. (2013). "Using Wikipedia to enhance the visibility of digitized archival assets". D-Lib Magazine 19 (3/4).doi:10.1045/march2013-szajewski.