I made a few edits to the Harvest Moon 3 wiki page, mostly adding some details on to what was already there.
As much as I've played said game, I could've made the wiki page read like a walkthrough guide, but that isn't what Wikipedia is for. I think, maybe, I didn't tone it down enough, but I suppose the beauty of Wikipedia is that if someone doesn't like what I put out there, they can fix it. Of course, we're talking about a blip of information on a GameBoy Color game that was released a decade ago; I could barely find decent FAQs to check my information against, so I don't think anyone is going to be very concerned about it.
Over all, I was very very conscious of what I was putting out there. I didn't want to add wrong or superfluous information, or have anything worded in an unclear way or be grammatically incorrect... I mean, once it's out there, it's out there. Did anyone else experience this near paranoia of doing something wrong?
If everyone out there making Wiki-edits is as concerned as I am about the quality of the information they are posting, well, I guess Wiki would be great and mostly accurate, wouldn't it?
You have a fun personality in your writing - that's great. What I would like to see you do more of is engage the media studies aspects of the course and your assignments in a more critical way. Rather than a cursory report of what you wrote on, talk about wikipedia, why it is changing things or not -- why is it relevant -- what does it say about sensorship. Remember - your post is part of a larger conversation, so relating it to the class discussion or other articles on wikipedia makes it more relevant.
ReplyDeleteI agree with user vancebr. Also, next time try to include more pictures or some visual aid. This will only make your blog more appealing than it already is. :)
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