Wikipedia is a website that I am very familiar with. My kids have read many articles on it to learn about people they see on TV, or which celebrity is in the newest Hindi movie. Even my husband goes onto Wikipedia to read about old film stars and countries. When my kids do reports I ask why can't they use wikipedia as a source as well. They cannot because anybody can edit anything they want to. Thus, the information can be inaccurate or short with no references or evidence to back it up. Since I have used this website before, I decided to try and edit a dance show my family loves to watch every weekend.
How easy or difficult was it to find articles that needed editing? Were the errors you found factual or grammar/spelling?
It was actually very easy to find articles. I just typed in many things I knew about and there was always a couple of mistakes: grammer, spelling, and/or information. The dance show article had alot of information missing. The page was unorganized and contained many opinions on the direct page. There is a tab on the top by "article", it's called "discussion". That is where people should discuss what they think about what has happened. Wikipedia should be unbiased with just the information, not opinions on what most people believe, because not everyone believes the same thing. Mistakes I have fixed include: spelling, grammar, biased information from one opinion, and incorrect information. I have also added where people have missed information. I even added references so Wikipedia could not say that I made up that information. In the past when I have put in information without a reference (but was still correct) the next time I was on Wikipedia, it sent me a message saying the information I had posted was not correct.
In the end, this was one of the more easier blogs to post because I am very familiar with this website. It was fun to edit articles and change information to become correct.
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