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Prior to this course, I was always aware that you could edit Wikipedia files however HOW to do it remained a mystery. With the help of Dawn, we were able to select Plant Ecology related Wiki pages and add information to such pages as well as the references. We were told to edit at leastContinue reading “My Wikipedia Experience”

Becoming a Wikipedian allowed me to understand the true extent of why vetting and citing information matters. As university students, we often view citing sources only in terms of writing essays and lab reports, however, this should not be the case. Citations hold incredible power even in a non-academic setting. Before becoming a Wikipedian IContinue reading “Citing Sources is Not Only for Your Essays”

First off, Wikipedia requires solid information from reliable primary sources. To made a Wikipedia post, one must first read and evaluate many primary articles. All information and quotes taken from the article and posted on Wikipedia must be sourced and documented. Most information from articles is irrelevant and cannot be added to Wikipedia posts. TheContinue reading “Reflective essay”

Beginning my life as a high school student, I was constantly told to avoid the use of Wikipedia as a source in my essays. I was told it was not an accurate source of information for academic work. However, after talks from this class, I realise Wikipedia is an important tool for gaining preliminary understandingContinue reading “Wikipedia through Wikiedu”

After being told to not use Wikipedia for any sort of information growing up, I didn’t know what to think when becoming a Wikipedian was one of the assignments. I now sort of understand the appeal of it. Looking for references and constantly updating pages with pictures and better sentences is a bit exciting (inContinue reading “Am I a Wikipedian Yet?”

Wikipedia is truly an engaging platform for students to actively participate and grasp knowledge from reliable sources.I discovered WikiEdu for my Applied Plant Ecology (BIOL4095) course website to be really helpful in editing my article for Lepidosaur herbivory. The website is designed with helpful training modules which helped me in understanding the five pillars ofContinue reading “My Wikipedia Experience through WikiEdu”

Wikipedia is referred to this mass of information that has been collected becoming articles for general information of diverse amounts topics and and some summaries of in depth topics in the scientific community. Despite this wikipedia is not used in papers directly but rather as a way to do a quick check on few details.Continue reading “Becoming a Wikipedian”

So the first and possibly most meaningful thing I took from training to be a wikipedian is “to be bold”. Editing wikipedia pages and creating new articles is a collaborative process between other editors, and wiki experts, so any mistake (some more challenging that others to fix) can be rectified. Even when adding citations andContinue reading “Becoming A Wikipedian”

I signed up for Wikipedia using the username Abominablemystery to edit the Slime Flux page. I was interested in this page because I had previously come across pictures of this plant disease online which piqued my interest, however the Wikipedia article was a complete stub. When I first logged onto the student dashboard, there wereContinue reading “My Experience Becoming a Wikipedian”

For as long as I can remember I had been told by my teachers that Wikipedia was an unreliable source and to never use it for research. I also remember ignoring them and using it on an almost daily basis- to look up quick definitions or concepts, tv show reviews, historical and upcoming events, biographiesContinue reading “I’m a Wikipedian”