In this assignment, students in upper-division Adolescent Literature and Children’s Literature classes contributed to Wikipedia articles about the books and authors covered in the courses. Drawing on the pedagogical scholarship that demonstrates the benefits of collaborative writing and the importance of learning a “community of practice”, the assignment asked students to edit live Wikipedia articles along with pseudonymous editors from around the world and learn the expectations of the online encyclopedia’s writing community. Over the semester, the students developed in-depth research skills, basic wiki editing skills, complex summarizing skills, and an appreciation for the constructed nature of knowledge. The students spent the first half of the semester learning about how Wikipedia articles are written, what constitutes encyclopedic writing, and how to research literary topics. During the second half of the semester, they contributed to the online encyclopedia and revised their articles after receiving feedback from Wikipedians and their classmates. As they researched, wrote, and revised, the students became aware of how information is selected and presented for a global audience of English speakers and the power they gained in shaping what was often the top Google hit for a topic. At the same time, they became aware of the rules governing contributions to Wikipedia and the ways in which those restrictions constructed a particular notion of “truth” on the encyclopedia.