Blogging through Wikipedia (2023)

  I learned quite a lot about Wikipedia during this semester. From Wikipedia's identity, I learned various editing techniques and various functions in Wikipedia. Wikipedia provides information on a variety of topics, and is continuously updated and extended by voluntary contributions from users. Wikipedia operates on a community-based basis, with countless users writing, editing, and translating documents and sharing knowledge around the world. One of the key features of Wikipedia is that users are free to contribute. Anyone can sign up, create documents, or edit existing documents, and share personal knowledge and interests. Of course, in order to maintain reliability and neutrality, Wikipedia has a strict editorial policy and review process. Users strive to improve and expand documents through modification and review by other contributors. In terms of Wikipedia editing technology, I remember writing the article itself, adding photos, reviewing and adding references, and peer revi...

  1. SUMMARY Wikipedia's "Wikipedia: Did you know" is a section of Wikipedia that provides users with new or interesting information. This section, known as "DYK," is one of the items that appears on the main page of Wikipedia. The "DYK" section serves to highlight and draw attention to some content of new or modified documents created by users. This recognizes the contribution of the Wikipedia community and helps inform more users of new information. Users can propose items in the "DYK" section, which can be added to the queue after community review and approval. This gives users the opportunity to share and publicize their contributions with others. The "Wikipedia: Did you know" section has important features to help users explore and get to know new topics and topics in Wikipedia. 2. INTERESTING POINT The most interesting thing is that Wikipedia shows certain articles to users first. DYK articles using quality article content and...

  1. SUMMARY "Wikipedia: Categorization" details the principles and guidelines of the category system used in Wikipedia. It provides information on the roles and functions of categories used in Wikipedia and how to effectively organize and manage them. Categories classify and organize items in Wikipedia, and help users find related items easily. Categories are organized into hierarchical structures, and items are grouped into parent and child categories. This document provides instructions on how to configure and maintain a category structure. It is important to avoid unnecessary category classification and to maintain a consistent structure. 2. INTERESTING POINT What's most interesting is that the category system helps you sort and organize items in Wikipedia, making it easier to find related items. This is an important factor that makes it easier for users to navigate and understand information. It is also interesting to see the emphasis on consistency in the names and ...

  1. SUMMARY Wikipedia's "Article development" page provides guidance and help on how Wikipedia contributors create new documents and develop existing documents. This page describes the procedures and principles that Wikipedia's community must follow to create efficient, high-quality documents. The stages of the article include Uncreated articles, Stubs, and Developing article. The characteristics of articles written at each stage are different. For example, Uncreated articles should be searched first to see if there are already content that will be the subject of the article. Stubs is a very short form of article. In this way, Wikipedia is providing useful help to editors who want to write articles. It also gives advice on the process of developing articles. There are ways to find related articles and books and seek opinions from other colleagues through Peer review. 2. INTERESTING POINT Wikipedia is thought to be nicer to editors than you think. In particular, users...

  1. SUMMARY "Commons: FAQ" is a page with frequently asked questions about Wikimedia Commons. This page is designed to help first-time users of Wikimedia Commons and provides questions and answers about its key features and policies. The page consists of a variety of topics, including account creation and logins, file uploads, copyrights, licenses, categories, and searches. Each section provides frequently asked questions about the topic and a concise answer to them. This page allows users to find answers to questions and to use Wikimedia Commons more effectively. In addition, the page provides additional help and links to guidelines to help users gain more in-depth information. It is a useful collection of knowledge and experiences from the Wikimedia public community, helping users utilize and share media resources in a better way. 2. INTERESTING POINT It is interesting that Wikimedia can find materials used to write articles on Wikipedia. Rather than searching on external ...

  1. SUMMARY Remix culture means creating new results by combining, modifying, and reworking existing cultural materials. The realm of remix includes various genres such as music, graphic art, and GIF. For example, music remixing refers to rearranging existing songs into new forms or combining them with other songs to create new versions. Similarly, fan fiction refers to fans writing their own stories based on the characters or worldviews of the original novel or movie. The remix culture was further activated by the development of digital technology and the spread of the Internet. With digital editing tools and the Internet, people can easily import, modify, or combine existing materials. This allows artists to give new meaning by quoting or reinterpreting some of their other works when creating their creations. Remix culture plays a role in promoting creativity and collaboration. People create new works by bringing in existing materials and reinterpreting and combining them with t...

  1. SUMMARY The term "free culture movement" means a movement that promotes free copyright and knowledge sharing. This refers to the ideology and movement to create an environment in which cultural creations and knowledge can be freely used, modified, shared, and redistributed. The Wikipedia article describes the origins and concepts of the free culture movement, and deals with the free copyright model and its advantages. These movements explore ways to ease copyright restrictions or lift copyright restrictions in the areas of education, research, art, and culture. The Free Culture Movement aims to promote innovation and creativity through free copyright and knowledge sharing, and to promote broad access to knowledge and cultural diversity. This document helps us understand the principles and activities of these movements and explains the impact and importance of free cultural movements on culture and society. 2. INTERESTING POINT In the field of knowledge sharing, copyright...

  1. SUMMARY This document deals with how Wikipedia plays a role in cultural and social influence. It presents examples of how Wikipedia is expressed by other media and cited and used in fields such as art, culture, literature, film, and TV. It explains how Wikipedia interacts with popular culture and deals with phenomena such as works of art and citations based on Wikipedia. For example, Wikipedia deals with cases where it provides information about popular events, people, events, etc. and influences social discussions. This demonstrates the general public's dependence and influence on Wikipedia's information. 2. INTERESTING POINT The interaction between Wikipedia and popular culture was the most interesting. In some cases, Wikipedia provides information about popular events, people, etc. and affects social discussions, which seems to be because Wikipedia is used by many people and Wikipedia articles guarantee that much quality. It showed how important Wikipedia is socially. 3...

  1. SUMMARY "Good Faith Collaboration" examines and analyzes how collaborative online projects such as Wikipedia operate and persist. This paper describes Wikipedia's collaborative model as the concept of "good will collaboration". "Good will collaboration" means an online collaboration in which participants voluntarily contribute and share knowledge with others. This requires participants to act on the basis of mutual trust and mutual respect. The paper describes Wikipedia's successful operations, covering topics such as its organizational structure, anonymity, discussion and exchange of views, quality management, leadership, and voluntary engagement. It also helps you understand the value and motivation of collaborative online projects, including Wikipedia, and highlights the importance of an autonomous and open collaborative environment. And we suggest that a cooperative model based on mutual trust and respect plays a key role in achieving the ...

  1. SUMMARY When discussing Wikipedia's culture, we use the metaphor of the puzzle to explain how neutral perspectives and good intentions complement each other in the co-production of encyclopedias. This can also be found in Wikipedia's logo. Users write articles based on autonomy, and in the process, inaccurate information and articles for bad purposes can be scattered. Wikipedia edits articles objectively and neutrally through the review process. People have different ideas on one topic, and the way they edit it is different. The resulting disputes should be reduced to a mutual respect attitude and continuous feedback. 2. INTERESTING POINT In fact, I didn't know what the Wikipedia logo meant. Different languages are written on the globe made of puzzles. It was very interesting to see Wikipedia writing articles through mutual respect from many people around the world. For objective and neutral article editing, it is important for editors to understand each other's cu...

  1. SUMMARY Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that anyone can participate in editing, but administrators strive to maintain the quality and accuracy of articles. Wikipedia operates on a community basis, with numerous voluntary editors writing and revising articles. Among them, there are experts in their respective fields, and they use their knowledge and experience to improve the content of the article.   In this process, other editors check and improve the content and accuracy of the article. The review process is based on community knowledge and discussion. In this way, the quality of articles is managed through collaboration with general users, but certain types of guidelines are also presented. It can be seen as a benevolent dictator because it is a way of autonomy. However, this method leads Wikipedia's free editing method in a better direction. 2. INTERESTING POINT It was interesting that the administrators of Wikipedia could be seen as benevolent dictators. Administr...

  1. SUMMARY Wikipedia is an example of an open content community, focusing on providing value related to openness. But balancing values such as transparency, integrity, and non-discrimination is a challenge. In addition, even if it is an open-minded community, setting boundaries is an important factor. Indeed, even perfect openness is not comprehensive, and open systems create conditions that demand and threaten openness. As a result, a well-balanced system can persist, and a system that does not can fail. In the Wikipedia community, there are various discussions on these aspects, and there are concerns about how to balance values. As an open content community with these characteristics, Wikipedia is evaluated to meet the conditions. 2. INTERESTING POINT I think Wikipedia's Openness part is the most interesting. Wikipedia allows anyone to freely write articles on various topics. However, such an open system may rather be a stumbling block to Wikipedia's move in a good directio...

  1. SUMMARY Humans have sought to create a free and universal encyclopedia of knowledge through science and technology. In the early 20th century, there were attempts to collect and classify world information using index CARDS and microfilm. Paul Otlet of Belgium proposed the concept for information collection and classification, and H.G. Wells proposed the concept of "World Brain." The advent of computer networks opened up a new direction for encyclopedias, and subsequent technological advances led to the emergence of various "web encyclopedias" using the Internet web. However, due to the limitations of the web, for many people, it has been restricted to media where only web browsers are available. After that, Wikipedia was born in 2001 and it has developed into its current form. 2. INTERESTING POINT Personally, I was interested in H.G. Wells' concept of World Brain. As technology advanced, it was a concept for a new type of giant encyclopedia. It seems that k...

  1. SUMMARY Wikipedia is an Internet-based online encyclopedia, a resource that covers a variety of topics in the form of collaborative content creation and editing by users. Founded in 2001, Wikipedia aims to share and access information freely, and is a platform that allows users to participate in sharing and expanding knowledge. Specifically, Wikipedia is a representative platform that includes functions and concepts related to web editing. Web editing refers to the process by which users edit and modify Wikipedia's documents. Web editing on Wikipedia is done in a variety of ways. Some contributors work to modify or improve existing content, while others work to create new documents or expand documents that already exist. In this process, Wikipedia tracks modifications and improves the reliability and quality of content through reviews and feedback from other users. Web editing is an important factor in making Wikipedia an open and collaborative knowledge-sharing platform. This...

1. SUMMARY The biggest feature of Wikipedia is that anyone can freely publish and edit a topic. As a result, the knowledge of various people is gathered in one place, and discussions are freely possible based on it. However, there is not only such a bright side. If you want to gain knowledge of a particular subject through Wikipedia, you will have one question. Can you believe what this article says? The reliability of articles written by a large number of publishers and editors is one of the parts Wikipedia should focus on the most. There is a need for sources that are not biased to either side on a particular subject, but are logical and professional. If articles are written based on such reliable sources, Wikipedia can properly play the role of a special encyclopedia with no scope of knowledge. 2. INTERESTING POINT One of the parts that Wikipedia needs to focus on the most is securing reliability. The most interesting thing about securing credibility is that Wikipedia doesn't fu...