I already wrote a blog about Wikipedia editing so to complete this part of my exam, I am writing an ‘update’ to that blog post. Part A was the most infuriating for one reason: I forgot my Wikipedia password and Wikipedia wasn’t sending and emails to me even though I requested it to do just that in order to get my password back. So, that was frustrating. I ended up making another Wikipedia account to do the training module (Kat53715) and that would be the account I make the edits for the exam with.
Other than that major hiccup, the Wikipedia training modules were fine. Not good, not bad, just average. Since I had already done Wikipedia editing, a lot of the stuff in the modules seemed a bit repetitive which was not mentally engaging. It felt very repetitive and doing the same tasks over and over again which isn’t very fun. However, if I were someone who didn’t figure out how to use Wikipedia or if it were my first time attempting to edit a page, the training modules would have been very helpful then.
The modules seem to be geared towards basic Wikipedia editing and to people without much experience in terms of reliable sources/scientific sources. Most of the stuff on the modules can be found through a quick google search. Personally, I didn’t find it helpful at all; being incredibly tedious to read over all the information I already know/could figure out relatively easily.
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 