W2. My first edits. Describe why you made them. - Jaeig Lee (이재익)

W2. My first edits. Describe why you made them.

Information sociology
Jaeig Lee

1. Summary

 I participated in Wikipedia for the first time through this class.

During this semester I set my goal to edit and write documents that I like, know well, and find information.

Of course, I will cover items about Korea and society as much as possible.

First, I thought about what I like and know well and what I can find well.

I love music and watching sports.

And I know well about the city where I live.

Also, it seemed to be able to find good things about my school, my events and famous people in Korea.

In the case of celebrities, I thought it was easier to deal with celebrities in the music and sports worlds that I was interested in.

I decided on a big topic, so I became clear what to do.

2. Interesting point

 For the first time, I edited a document about Yesan county that I had spent my childhood.

I first read the document and edited the celebrities from Yesan county that I knew, not mentioned in the document.

The person I wrote is a very famous businessman called Baek Jong - won.

Although Baek Jong-won is a famous person who was mentioned in various broadcasts that he was from Yesan,

I was a bit embarrassed because he was not in the document.

Next, I edited the streaming service in Korea for the music field I was interested in.

It called Melon. Among their business, the ticket reservation business was a lot of publicity and sales, and there was no trace in the document.

I felt this lack of detailed information.

Then I edited the 2018 Winter Olympics, Korea's most recent big event.

In the Olympics, Korean women's curling team became popular.

Among them Kim Young-mi was the most talked player.

This is because the team was composed mainly of Kim Young-Mi.

This was a very hot issue in Korea.

But the English Wikipedia document only records her basic information.
I wanted to give information to foreigners who wanted to know about her.

I could see that Koreans' participation in English Wikipedia was low.

3.Discussion point

 Why Koreans do not participate in the English Wikipedia document about Korea?

I think writing an English Wikipedia about Korea helps foreigners who live in Korea understand Korea.

This will have a positive impact on living together.