Thursday, November 12, 2009

Editing Wikipedia

Finally, only five minutes left of class. We must be wrapping things up pretty soon, right? Wrong. Before I expect the teacher to give us the homework, she asks us to edit a Wikipedia page. I am in complete shock. I've been feeling so sick all day, and all I wanted to do was climb into bed, and now this?! Editing Wikipedia is a huge job that must take much more than five minutes. I was feeling completely overwhelmed by the amount of work we had to do in that class today. I began thinking of the quickest, simplest way to edit a page, only to realize that I had completely no idea what i was doing. Then came the most wonderful words that I could possibly hear at that moment. The teacher said, "just kidding."

If I actually had to edit a Wikipedia page, I would want to choose a topic that I was very well versed in so that I could give the most accurate information possible. I think I would pick something having to do with dance, because that is a huge part of my major and something I have been doing since I was very young. I feel that I could bring a lot to a page on this topic, and be able to edit what other's have written on it.
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  1. Alex SmithNovember 12, 2009 at 8:54 PM

    Good description of the exact situation that happened in class and the feelings of everyone in the room at that time. Even though it was only for a split second, everyone let out a sigh of relief at finding out it was only a joke. Editing a page for dance would be a great idea if you have that much experience in it, because your contributions would never be wrong, but would rather pertain to your unique experiences throughout your life.

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  2. Jenna HetheringtonNovember 13, 2009 at 2:57 PM

    I felt the same way when we were first told to edit a page on Wikipedia. It seems like it would take a lot of time and effort to find something that actually needs editing and to contribute credible information. I also would want to edit an article that I knew a lot of information about. However, I have no desire to actually edit anything on Wikipedia right now.

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