W10. What would make writing on Wikipedia easier for me? - Sun Bo Sim

1. Summary

I think there are two major things that make it easier for me to write on Wikipedia. The first is my background knowledge that I already know. Especially because the subject I chose in the weekly edits is related to what I already know. Because I deal with what I know, I feel confident in writing, so I can write more detailed and descriptive articles so that I can make quality articles in Wikipedia.  In addition, it seemed similar to me, not only to me but also to others. I had seen a page showing the most editors in Wikipedia, where I checked the contributions of some editors and found that they were dealing with a lot of articles in a certain area that they knew well.
The second is about what I want to know. When I write about what I want to know, I will also devote my sincerity to the article and make a lot of effort to get accurate information. Typically, I think that the reference used for writing shows the completeness and enthusiasm for the article. I search the news to get information about what I want to know, and I also look at various professional sites. The more references you find, the more reliable the information is, which is a well-written Wikipedia article.

2. Interesting Point

 The interesting part is that by using Wikipedia alone, I can make all of the things I mentioned. As you learned in class, Wikipedia has a page that lists incomplete articles that are called "cleanup listing" and require modification or require a lot of information. I think this is the advantage of cleanup listing that I can find out about the fact that I did not know through this, find out about the concept, write a good article, and find out the lack of articles that I know.

3. Discussion Point

 I think it is necessary to improve the reference in English Wikipedia article on the concept related to Korea. There are a lot of references to these articles, but there are a lot of reference links written in Korean, so it's hard for foreigners to see this reference. However, I think that it is difficult to solve because there are not many foreign materials on articles about Korea.

Comments

  1. UnknownMay 12, 2018 at 6:38 AM

    I think you are just looking at the positive side of Wikipedia. I wrote about self-quotes of Wikipedia users. Of course, you are not wrong. I just wanted to say that there is also a negative part.

    Yongil. Seon

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