My initial thoughts when I was told to edit Wikipedia included many ideas that would not necessarily be productive. When people think of Wikipedia, most of them recall the fact that anyone can edit the information at anytime. I am no different and having that kind of power is dangerous. I thought about posting random pieces of information that could either be funny or just pointless that would throw off the reader. While I would never actually follow through and do this, it was tempting.
I have never had the desire to post anything on Wikipedia, but if I had to edit one page of Wikipedia I would edit some uncommon page that nobody ever looks at. I would post random comments about the subject that may or may not be true. Then I would watch that post and see how long it took somebody to realize that the information I posted was not accurate. Like I said, I have no real motivation to contribute to Wikipedia so if this seems random and pointless...well that's because it is.
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Nice closing sentence. I would say that's a pretty good summations of how I feel as well. I am also curious to see how long it would take someone to correct a false post as well. Although there may be administrators who are constantly patrolling, it seems like a reasonable lie would survive their wary cursor.
ReplyDeleteI agree the ending sentence is very good. When we edit wikipedia we are not experts or anywhere close to being so. I think it would be fun to edit an article about say swordfish. Who honestly goes to wikipedia to look up swordfish?
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