Week 14 assignment

Week 14. What did I learn in this course?

    It is the second time that I learn about Wikipedia. At first time, I sometimes used Korean Wikipedia but I didn't use anything to write, edit and comment in Wikipedia, I just searched some article in that site. I was unskilled to use Wikipedia but after I learned and tried to use Wikipedia, I understood to edit some article and operate some tools in Wikipedia. There are lots of things that I was surprised about Wikipedia. Among them, the thing that I was really surprised fact was that Wikipedia is comprised of many  volunteers in the world and they always watch on other’s edting in Wikipedia. Actually I was concerned about articles because many people who use Wikipedia wrote lots of article, so Wikipedia would be massy. But there are many server monitors that watch on people’s editing so Wikipedia maintained for a long time. Other thing that I was surprised fact in Wikipedia was that people could discuss their opinion about some topics. Wikipedia has ‘talk page’, so if someone has different opinion about article, he or she could write their opinion on the talk page. This tool was refreshing to me so I tried to discuss some topics with other users. 

     In this fall semester, I learned more difficult editing skill. Sometimes It was really hard to use it because some tools were unfamiliar to edit for me. When I edited some articles, I tried to use difficult editing skills. I tried to make a table, graph and so on. It's a valuable experience for me.  

[Week14] what did i learn in this course?

what did i learn in this course.

There are several things that i learned from this course.

First of all, although I already took this course last semester, by attending this class I can get more proper information about, what we called, collective intelligence. Collective intelligence is not only gathered information but also main operating mechanism of wikipedia, furthermore main pillar of information society. Additionally, power of collective intelligence is more powerful than my thoughts. Second, I can easily find out specific information via wikipedia. I have learned of both shortcut and project that in wikipedia. It surely navigate for me to the information what i want to get. Third, I also know about inequality of information between people in the world, Which country have censorship policy forward to encyclopedia for their own purpose such as maintain their government like china.

Moreover I became a core volunteer of wikipedia that we already saw some table and graph. Every single week we edited at least 10 articles that we have interested in or not. Throughout last 15 weeks we already edited 150 edited including micro, small, big edit.  It will help my career for future. I am so happy as I could attend this course, met nice colleagues, contacted with passionate course director!

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What did I learn in this course?

 

 

I am study wikipdia from spring season to this season with professor. This time is hard time because speaking. but this time is meaning time. I get many things. First of all, we edited 10 article each week and presented this edits. from this activity, I should read overall flow in wikipedia. many functions in Wikipdia are not accustomed. but basic functions that are uploading photo, making table, adding reference become accustomed. Secondly, This course is reconsider time about Collective Intelligence in information society. I can see people of world make fast flow of information and consensus in one topic. also I get interested in truth and copyright of information. the internet in korea was ignored about these parts. But rules of wikipedia act standard of these part.

Blog Topic 14: What did I learn in this course?

I've learned several things in this course. First and most obviously, I learned how to use Wikipedia searching, editing information and navigating Wikipedia. I still remember how afraid I was to click edit button because I was thrilled of the idea that what I wrote would be shown to anyone. If I remember correctly, I wasn't able to edit information till the end. Now, I know how to edit and I can do it without trying to have that much braveness. It is a fun, easy, and meaningful work for me which gave me the second thing I feel I learned. I learned how to communicate with people in Wikipedia and how to trust them. That helped me to think editing is fun and easy because there are so many people out there helping me to improve Wikipedia who are willing to correct information if I do something wrong. Third and the last, I learned a better picture of Collective Intelligence by being involved in Wikipedia and observing it closely. Especially my experiences, developing an infobox and asking village pump to be able to solve problems and getting answers, made me think that Collective Intelligence is worthy knowing and studying about.

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It is not easy to disappear. Disappearing has lots of means. It may mean; disappear forever in people's memory, disappear but still exist in people's memory etc. For wikipedia, it has several kinds of utilities it is encyclopeida more than encyclopedia. Furthermore it also has community(talk page) people can discuss lots of things and they are trying to catch up the cycles in web society. They have community and the articles are edited by different types of people which can listen to other people's thoughts. The wikipedia is more than encyclopedia what it means and is enrolling in lots of places ; schools, wikipedia is used as an education for young people who will later talk about things in society. There are many ways that wikipedia cannot be forgotten. For these reasons, it never be forgotten and will exist very long time.

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Anywhere people gathered in group needs a leader, mostly. For the wikipedia it needs certain type of leader. The reason why I am saying 'certain type' is because this encyclopedia is building up by all kinds of people. Wales and Sangers are the ones who founded and the ones who really developing articles are wikis. In my opinion all people deserves to be a leader however, at least one point needs to be. For example, it is necessary to have one who can control when there is a situation that wikis cannot handle themselves. Not a high placed, but a peace-controller is necessary for this community. The wikipedians give their thoughts in wikipedia talk page however there need a place or a commitee that have nurtral point view then the wikipedia would be well-controlled in other conditions. But a commitee should be aware that all wikipedians are leaders for wikipedia.

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 I think wikipedia don’t disappear. Globally, I see Wikipedia has more accrued information than other accrued spaces. Also Use of wikipeida is increasing in korea. for example, popular website in korea (http://www.hiphopplaya.com/) is using wikipdia to arrange Korea’hiphop history through 5~7 article. That is mdia channel little by little realizes wikipdia usefulness in korea. Other platform’ information not accrued (ex, Facebook, twitter...) but Wikipdia is upgrading and accompanying day by day. Wikipedia is appropriate in open information society That is are emphasized Through history function that many people can edit missing information, return past information. But I think one thing. rule of Wikipdia make upgrading consensus but many rule weaken power of open information.