william beutler explains the ins and outs. on the overall, you will more likely to trust something from the washington post or "the new york times then threw something you found on main -- than through something you found on a blog sight. editor, a commentator, a consultant for the on-line encyclopedia wikipedia. >> coming up, we will take your questions and comments on "washington journal. " after that, "newsmakers." later, our live road to the white house coverage begins with republican presidential candidate michele bachmann. our road to the white house coverage continues today with republican presidential candidate mitt romney in it i was. he is meeting with voters to discuss the jobs and the economy. the family table restaurant is hosting the event. watch live coverage at 3:30. >> our coverage leading up to the iowa caucuses continues this morning on "washington journal." we will take a look at the role of christian conservatives. after

we continue our 2012 coverage leading up to the january >> this week option "q & a" william beutler creator of wikipedian.net discusses his blog as well as his consulting for the wikipedia web site. >> why did you start wikipedian.net? >> it is a blog written by me. the goal is to explain wikipedia to people who read it but do not understand how it works. >> how did you get into it? >> getting into wikipedia has been a long process. i do not know the first time i first read it. by the middle of the last decade, i was spending hours and long weekends immersed in wikipedia. after a while, i was interested in editing. it started simple. i fixed minor things. then i got more confident and i read more about how wikipedia worked. i became more involved. then willing to share my knowledge is what led to that. >> do you work for wikipedia? >> no. >> is it for profit? >> it is not for profit. there are no ads on it. i write about how i think it works, should work and try to explain interesting stories about wikipedia to people who might be interested. >> talk to people about wikipedia who do not kno

. >> william beutler explains the ins and outs of the on-line encyclopedia. >> it goes through editorialayers and you can use that phrase, that a lot of people laugh at when you have a larger companies that have stories or newspapers have done a bad job. but on the overall, you will more likely trust something from the washington post and the new york times and from something you found on a blog. in order for a blogger to be proved right, a they usually need an additional gatekeeper of a media source. >> william beutler on his role as editor and consultant and blogger for the online encyclopedia wikipedia. >> c-span will continue to show you the latest gop presidential candidate events leading up to the january 3 iowa caucuses. there is a look at rick perry and his wife, anita. they stop in fort dodge, iowa at bloomers cafe. he is virtually tied at third place with rick santorum and former house speaker newt gingrich. this is about 45 minutes. this runs about 45 minutes. let me sign that. >> thank you. i think we can support rick perry to not have any california bailouts in the future. >