My first experience with Wikipedia was a few years ago and involves my 2 daughters, who at the time were probably 15 and 11. They were arguing over an actor on a TV show - the younger insisting that he also had starred in a movie they had seen the other night. My older daughter was insisting that she was wrong and basically didn't know what she was talking about. To prove her immense knowledge in all things entertainment, the 11 year old went to the computer to look him up. She called her older sister to come and see what she had found. There on Wikipedia was the article on the actor and all his roles. And the movie she was sure she had seen him in was listed. The older sister was not amused -- she hates to be wrong, especially to the youngster. It was a few days before the little one fessed up to "editing" the article to include the movie title. It can be a dangerous tool, but might be good for winning a bet or two.
I checked out a few articles for this assignment. I wanted to edit one on Jann Arden to include her newest alblum. When I clicked on the edit button and read to the bottom of the information and saw that the update had been added. I thought it was strange that it didn't show up in the body of the article. Maybe it will soon.
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What a great story! lol.
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ReplyDeleteOops I missed a word in my first post and had to delete it... I meant to say: What! no info added to Wikipedia about George?
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