I really enjoyed reading this article about Wikipedia. I will be the first to admit that I use Wikipedia far too often to research things of interest. I mean, I would never quote Wikipedia in an essay, but it is a great tool to go to when I know little to nothing about a subject. That being said, I never take anything I read on Wikipedia as being the actual truth because anyone can edit it.
Had I not read this article, I would probably never have looked at the history of Wikipedia, although now I really want to search on Wikipedia for Wikipedia to see what it has to say for itself. I never new that behind the scenes, Wikipedia is really complex and that the creators had actually designed it to be used by people with limited knowledge on a subject. Or at least someone who was not an expert on it.
I found the terminology and names the users employ on Wikipedia to be fairly amusing. I had no idea that some people were that addicted to Wikipedia and basically had their own terminology for it. I am really glad I read this article because I have just never taken the time to learn anything about Wikipedia and how it operates.
I thought it was interesting to read about the people who are addicted to it and to editing it too, I never would have even though of that if I hadn't read the article. I liked learning about how much more complex of a website it is than people really give it credit for.
ReplyDeleteIt is astonishing to know that people have developed addictions to Wikipedia. I guess the high of one knowing they are contributing, what they perceive to be, valuable information the entire world has access to exhilarates them. But, I have met people who were addicted to researching various topics on Wikipedia.
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