Editing in Wikipedia
Blog assignment October 5th, 2012I decided to create a wikipedia account. I added to small paragraphs to the plot summary of ” Lazarillo de Tormes”. I thought that it would be helpful for new readers.
This is how it looked before
I edited in the article on October 4 at 22:52.
Today, October 5 I spent the whole morning checking the article to see if somebody did a change to my own work. At 3:52 pm I saw that a user just deleted my work and left it the way it was before. When I checked view history, I saw that he changed it because he thinks that what I wrote is my personal point of view. Honestly, I got mad when I saw how my work was deleted, but this is wikipedia anyone can edit or delete in an article.
Honestly, this is something I would have never tried before if it was not for an assignment. I am glad that we were assigned this adventure because I really liked the experience even when I got mad that my work was deleted. I think that I will keep editing to the same article for now because I love the novel. Hopefully, I do it better next time and my work just got a few changes.
October 5th, 2012 at 10:13 pm
This is amazing how fast people edit pages that others create on Wikipedia. I just went on your wikipedia page and apparently the last modification was made 4 hours ago.
October 6th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
It is awesome that people can actually cooperate to make an article better, but at the same time it is frustrating that one’s contribution is deleted by someone else.
October 9th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
What is is Lazarillo de Tormes and why did you choose that as the page to edit? You might put it back and provide some sort of support — maybe cite an article about it. It seems that what you wrote just needs some support. It doesn’t necessarily read as personal opinion. Back it up in some way and it should stick.
October 9th, 2012 at 8:13 pm
Thanks. I think I was not wrong at all, but as you said I should back it up. Definetly, I will work on that article.
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