This is the class blog for COMM 3307 Social Media at Fordham University's Rose Hill Campus. The students insisted on this name for the blog, the professor is totally innocent in this.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Editing Wikipedia Assignment
A week after my added post to the Wikipedia page of my hometown, the information I added is still there. I found this assignment to be difficult as well because most of the information about any given topic that I could think to write about was already on that Wikipedia page. I eventually found something to add and to my surprise it has been unedited. This actually makes me feel a little uneasy, now that I have experienced the ease of editing a Wikipedia page. I wonder if I had posted something incorrect if it would still be there or would it never be noticed, then leading on future readers. I still like Wikipedia and intend to keep using it, but I will probably be a little more in depth with my research if I am using it for a large project.
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I agree! It seems so easy to edit a post, almost too easy. Even though editors claim the work has to be cited, I feel like smaller changes, despite how important they may be, might go overlooked by them. I like using Wikipedia as a starting point or a reference, but I think it has to be used with care.
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