#3 The scope of Wikipedia and how it's written and used


1. Summary

1-1) 
Wikipedia Motto describes it as 'Imagine a world in which every single human being can be free share in the sum of all knowledge. However, Wikipedia does not accept all the information as it is. That's why people who use or edit Wikipedia should have an accurate understanding of the scope of Wikipedia's acceptance. Anything beyond the permissible range is subject to deletion. For example, “nonsense, advertising/spam, vandalism and hoaxes, copyright violation/plagiarism, content forks, original research, lack of verifiable, reliable sources, lack of notability, any other content not suitable for an encyclopedia”. Because there are some rules that are free, Wikipedia should not be considered as an 'unconditionally free place to express opinions.

1-2)
I knew that there were many people who used Wikipedia since the first lecture. In this lecture, we took a closer look at information about the users. Fifty-nine percent were from 17 to 40. In detail, Fourteen percent were aged 18 to 21, 13 percent were 22-29 years old, 19 percent were aged 30 to 39 and 28 percent were over 40. By gender, data in 2011 showed that 91 percent of women were men, although women were on the rise. By country, 20 percent were from the U.S., 12 percent from Germany and 7 percent from Russia. Most of the edited languages were English, followed by German and Spanish. The motivation are ‘Like the idea of volunteering to share knowledge’ and ‘Saw an error & wanted to fix it’. Many other reasons followed.


2. Interesting
Detailed information about users and users was interesting. After seeing the motivation to use it, people who like to be snobbish seemed to use Wikipedia a lot (Of course some people don't). People want to show off their information, but they haven’t a place or time. So, they will use Wikipedia. It is interesting to imagine that people are writing in a place of your own.


3. Discussion
How do you feel about giving a small awards like 'Editor of the Year' to someone who makes a lot of editing or contributing to the field of editing? I think it's going to be a device that leads to people's participation.


Comments

  1. Jeong Seo YoonMarch 23, 2019 at 1:36 AM

    I think it's a good idea to motivate. People will feel a sense of belonging to the Wikipedia community and will have a passion for records and corrections. In fact, they held a party to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Wikipedia in Korea on Jan. 16, 2016. And there are also a steady variety of offline gatherings. Even if it's not offline, it would be good to proceed with the online answer. One of the concerns is that we don't know what will happen when we place a differential in the degree of knowledge contribution. Thank you for sharing your idea Ju Hwan!

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