Saturday, April 5, 2014
W5. Surprising things on Wikipedia
I am surprised there is a lot of information, and also there are a lot of people on Wikipedia. Many people see my edits. They change and improve the articles. I was amazed that my edits was improved even I edited them just a few minutes ago. As Linus's Law that we learned in class, more people can participate in editing, more information get valuable, I think. Another thing that I am surprised is people have their own interesting areas. Each person has particular areas in which they want to edit or add on Wikipedia. They do not have to be experts and they are not. Participants on Wikipedia don't have to make knowledge, but they read and study information on original sources and introduce the knowledge with references. So the information on Wikipedia has a lot of original sources and it has to be. It can be the sum of all knowledge as more people volunteer for it. And I am also surprised that wikipedians are wiling to accept other's advice and to talk or discuss their edits.
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W6 blog topic: How important is it to be civil online on the Internet?
ReplyDeleteActually, as considered of this topic, We have seldom apparent point of view about civil online on the internet.
This is because benefits of civil online on the internet often go with negative aspects, such as lack of independent decisions and making internet isolation.
Although civil online on the internet often mislead people with baised perspective in every department of our's life,
I think advantages of using online on the internet affect our societies more than negative sides.
Firstly, one of advantages of that is holding irrationalities of the society in check.
As you know, since internet invention, we have gotten access more easily to illegal news on the internet and thereby we have a right to criticize openly.
Although, we individually have a lack a sense of morality and judgement, Their functions are possible to lead around world to be right.
Secodnly,as internet provide convenient services that were never dreamed of in the past.
For example, People will sit in front of computers at home and perform their tasks without commuting to their company.
and we will simply log on to the internet to shop for items we need.
also, we will communicate with each other more valuable informations via email and blog.