The wikipedia page I edited: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_fragmentation
I completed all of the training modules required for Wikipedia training and thoroughly went through each example which altogether took me an hour to complete them all. With that being said, they are informational and are essential to go through before even beginning to edit on Wikipedia. I was able to add information into Habitat Fragmentationpage on Wikipedia and I had already added information onto this page for my first Wikipedia edit, however, I was more excited this time around due to doing that topic for my class presentation and being more knowledgeable on that topic. The edits that I contributed onto the page consisted of adding additional research done on the implications and causes of Habitat Fragmentation and the primary research conducted on this topic by researchers in the past and presently doing so – focusing mainly on human activity contributions made to the positive and negative effects of fragmentation which affect the ecosystem which in turn affect the animals inhabiting that ecosystem. The feedback that I received was from a Wikipedia editor for a sentence which I added in but accidentally forgot to cite, thus, copyright violation. I was adding so much information onto this page that I completely forgot to cite my source and lost track – however, after receiving that message I immediately revised my work and contributed additional information appropriately. Overall, Wikipedia is a first-step source to help readers provide an overview of any research they may be doing and while I was conducting research was very helpful as a starting aid to further my research. A lot of the time we think about habitat loss but habitat fragmentation is just as big of a factor and it is great to see that Wikipedia has a page on this topic which can help the public to better differentiate between the two topics while being able to learn more in depth regarding this topic.
Below are some of the information I added onto the page to further my contributions, although I have made more I decided to include just a couple.
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 