W4 Discuss Reagle's Chapter1-2

1.Summary
First in this Reagle's article, there were lots of information of Wikipedia. And some of them are related to our class discussion questions. In this article, there is advantage and meaning of discussion in Wikipedia. Also this article tell us about collectiveness of Wikipedia and saying Wikipedia is a big community. And from reading this article, I could understand Wikipedia policy. Why did Wikipedia sets those policy and rules. for example, this article talks about universality of Wikipedia and why this universality is important. These information was what we learned in this course.

2.Interesting point
I am really interested in Wikipedia's discussion section and universality. As written in article, in discussion section there could be a sort of concord. Because we experienced different culture, everyone's value is different. From that difference there could be gap in using the words and opinions. In discussion section, by talking together we could narrow that gap and get to the concord. So I think discussion section is really meaningful place in Wikipedia. Also I think the universality of Wikipedia comes from discussion and is needed because of the same reason as discussion section. Because we have different value and Wikipedia is a place where everyone in this world uses it, there should be universal information so that everyone could accepts it. From these reason, I think Wikipedia's discussion section and its universality is very interesting.

3.Discussion
As I read this article, I could know lots of policy and rules of Wikipedia. Though I couldn't understand some of them very well. For example, the criteria of the rules. So I am curious about other people's thinking. Do they also have uncomprehending point?

Comments

  1. UnknownApril 1, 2018 at 8:01 AM

    Me too! So many rules and policies are in Wikipedia! It's so hard to understand and use. But I think It's so important

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