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Part 1: As of Monday, February 24, 2020, I am now a Wikipedian that goes by the username, “Plantsrgreat”. We learned how to edit our profile and what to include in our profile. This was my first-time navigating Wikipedia, and in the next few days, I will be trying to understand better how to make edits on it. However, first, I have to find articles to edit. Because I like learning about endangered plants, I will likely do more research on this matter.
Part 2: I have now completed my training module and my edits. I chose the Rhamnus plant. The training modules had a lot of information, and the one thing I was reminded of was that Wikipedia prefers that one avoid using both primary and tertiary sources. Ideally, they prefer to review papers that are more likely to have consensus information. I also found generally; review papers had the best information anyway, so my Wikipedia edits were made more manageable. I also learned that making one-two sentence changes and then publishing those changes was best practice. Though luckily, I had already been only making micro edits thus far. Still, it is worth bringing up because it can make keeping track of one’s edits easier. The training modules overall were helpful and thorough. When I started making my edits, I had a mental refresher of what to do and not do.
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 