Blogging through Wikipedia (2023)

 1.Summary:  DYK first appeared on the homepage on February 22, 2004. Presents some new or expanded articles selected through an informal review process. This is no ordinary trivia section. DYK showcases new and improved content by presenting a series of facts aka "hooks", some of which are accompanied by images which can be linked to selected articles.  The main purpose of DYK is to showcase new and improved content, highlight the diversity of Wikipedia information, provide facts on a range of topics, and recognize editors' work to expand and improve Wikipedia, thereby helping to retain editors and continue to improve content, readers are encouraged to edit articles that appear on DYK or to start their own, thereby facilitating the recruitment of new editors.  DYK is made up of interesting facts about the latest content on Wikipedia. To nominate something to appear on DYK, an editor must write or identify new content and come up with an interesting fact. Articles th...

 1.Summary:  The classification function of Wikipedia is very important. To a certain extent, it can help us locate content more quickly. Because the central goal of the category system is to provide navigational links to Wikipedia pages within the category hierarchy. After you understand the basic characteristics of a theme, you can browse and quickly find the set of pages for the theme defined by those characteristics.  After you determine which category an article belongs to, you can create a new category. Every Wikipedia article page must belong to at least one category. And besides talk pages, redirects and user pages, they can be optionally placed in categories where appropriate. Each category page should be placed in all the most specific categories it logically belongs to.  An article should be classified as specific as possible, and it is necessary to avoid duplication with the parent category. We all know that articles in Wikipedia must be verifiable, and t...

 1.Summary:  A Wikipedia article mostly starts out as stubs, and it may become more comprehensive and excellent as more volunteers join the editor. This article tells us about the various stages in the formation of Wikipedia articles.  The first is to start with the idea of the content of the article. If there is no article content on this topic in Wikipedia. We can create article pages about anything in Wikipedia. Even if there is content on this topic, we can also create content related to this topic that can make us interested.  If we don't have enough time, we can write down our inspiration in a few sentences. Form a "stub". This keeps our topic alive and allows more volunteers with the same interests to edit here. This short stub article may also form a complete article in the future.  Featured articles are generally what we consider to be the best articles on Wikipedia. Such articles are selected by review. Among the selected article candidates are essays,...

1.Summary:  We can get a better understanding of the Wikimedia Commons site through the various questions on this page. This page contains basic and some common questions, which can solve the problems we may encounter.  First Wikimedia Commons provides a central repository for freely licensed photos, graphics, animations, music, spoken text, video clips, and media of all kinds. is a library of media resources created and maintained by volunteers. It stores media used for all Wikimedia projects.  And anyone can upload on Wikimedia Commons any freely licensed media files such as images, sounds, videos, etc. that contribute to any Wikimedia project. Before uploading, let's understand that because one of the core principles of Wikimedia Commons is that content stored here should be freely reusable in any context, anywhere in the world. Just like everything on Wikipedia is free, so a free license must allow commercial use and the creation of derivative works.  The content...

 1.Summary:  Mixed culture, used to describe a society that allows and encourages the creation of new creative works or derivative works by combining or editing existing materials. Hybrid culture, also known as literacy culture, is a reciprocal relationship between producers and consumers.Remixing has always been a part of human culture, and remixing culture has been gradually improving in terms of technology, communication methods, and copyright ownership with the changes of the times. There are also many examples of remix culture, such as Wikipedia, "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", creating an editable world map of electricity bills, opening up for the public to contribute content for free, etc.Remix culture has emerged in software, music, movies, GIF, fan fiction, TikTok, etc. of digital goods. If remix culture wants to survive, it must be shared and created by others. Producers are also consumers, and consumers are also producers. The emergence of remixes is still popul...

 1.Summary:  The free culture movement is a social movement that advocates the freedom to disseminate and modify other people's creative works through media such as the Internet, in the form of free or open content.For example, many viewers or fans can see secondary creations based on original content on many video platforms.  The background of the free culture movement was proposed by Lawrence Lessig, who believed that excessive copyright requirements are an obstacle to cultural production, knowledge sharing and technological innovation. And he gave 100 speeches a year on college campuses, sparking the Free Culture Movement.The term "free culture" was first used in 2003 during the World Summit on the Information Society, and licensing has been initiated by the Copyleft attitude team in France since 2001. In the Free Culture Movement in 2005 and 2006, Eric Müller and Benjamin Marko Hill criticized Creative Commons for lacking minimum standards of freedom. More normatively...

 1.Summary:  The previous reading was more about the rigor and authority of Wikipedia as an encyclopedia. Through this week's two articles about Wikipedia, let us know the opposite aspect of Wikipedia that we have been exposed to before. First, references to Wikipedia are common in everyday popular culture. There are many imitators, vandals, and mockers. At this specific time, Wikipedia is more regarded as a personality. Even treated as a game, Wikipedia has been given more cultural significance.  When an influential person causes a large number of incorrect changes to Wikipedia due to his suggestions, which has a bad influence, then this account, whether it is the influential person or someone impersonating him, will be banned from Wikipedia. Blocked indefinitely.  The second part is about the list of hoaxes on Wikipedia. Hoax is a clear and deliberate attempt to present false information as fact in a deceptive manner. As a hoax on Wikipedia, we take care to identif...

1.Summary:  This reading is about reliable sources on Wikipedia. The authority and reliability of information sources are very important. When we usually deliver important news, we always explain the source. If the source of the information cannot be clarified, it may make people make wrong judgments. As an encyclopedia that people all over the world will refer to, Wikipedia will pay more attention to the reliability of content sources. And the management of sources is very strict. If a reliable source for a certain topic cannot be found, Wikipedia will delete articles about him.  Different types of content for articles require different sources. In general, editorial judgments should be made in conjunction with the context. The most reliable sources come from well-established secondary sources, such as reliable academic articles, books, papers, etc. Sources of news events usually include event content and opinion content, and well-known news media will become the first choice...

 1. Summary:  This book is on the subject of Wikipedia and the Wikipedia community. The content of this book mainly includes the history of Wikipedia, its real-life and theoretical precursors, and the ethnographic study of Wikipedia's culture. The author of this book, Regal, is an expert scholar in the sociology of the Internet and a volunteer on Wikipedia. So the author wrote this book after fully understanding Wikipedia, so that more people can learn more about Wikipedia through this book.  This book emphasizes that the most fascinating aspect of Wikipedia is not the authority of the encyclopedia. Rather, it is the collaborative culture that underpins it, and the concept of community in Wikipedia. A useful article in Wikipedia is backed by reliable sources and remains neutral. There is no position, but an objective statement. So trustworthy.  At the same time, this book also answers the doubts of many people who are skeptical of Wikipedia. The book emphasizes the p...

 1.Summary:  Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that has always kept its promise of being free to all. With hundreds of languages, Wikipedia provides knowledge to people all over the world. In today's fragmented and commercialized Internet world, a miracle of intellectual utopia has been created.  Wikipedia's culture can use a jigsaw puzzle metaphor to explain the interdependence of neutrality and integrity in collaboratively building the encyclopedia. In this social platform full of fake news and conspiracy theories, Wikipedia, which pursues neutrality and is more credible, has become a safe haven at the center of the information storm. Anyone who has the pursuit of knowledge can find the shelter of knowledge in Wikipedia.  Wikipedia was born out of a collaborative process of mutual aid and mutual struggle. The reason for Wikipedia's success is not only technical support, but more importantly, it is highly collaborative. As a community-based encyclopedia project, coll...

 1.Summary:  We all know that everyone can edit Wikipedia equally, but there are some disadvantages on the basis of complete openness. For example, problems such as random destruction of pages by bad users. In order to prevent Wikipedia pages from being damaged, a page manager is needed to manage and stop bad users. But at the same time, such "privileges" also somewhat violate the completely open and equal characteristics of Wikipedia. How to balance this has become a question worth thinking about.  I think that due to the fact that every user is equal, even if some users are elected managers through meritocracy, even if they are very capable. But it cannot command or order, on the contrary, it needs to operate in a softer voice, and it is not allowed to interfere or overturn the decisions made by others. Use this to ease the exercise of power and the associated anxiety. Leaders of Wikipedia communities need to be polite, humble, and humorous. It is not their prerogative ...

 1)Summary:  We all know that anyone can edit Wikipedia. This is a major feature of Wikipedia, but while pursuing openness, Wikipedia also faces many difficulties and challenges. Due to the different purposes of users on the Internet, when Wikipedia is fully open, it will not only attract volunteers who edit because of love. There will also be malicious editors who disrupt the authenticity of Wikipedia content and reduce the quality of Wikipedia content. Becoming a stumbling block to Wikipedia's ultimate goal of producing a high-quality encyclopedia.  Wikipedia is seen as an open and free encyclopedia, with a central desire to increase access to information and open opportunities for anyone who wants to learn. However, due to many disadvantages, Wikipedia has adopted a protection mechanism. From the range that can be edited without registration before, many entries adopt semi-protected pages. It means that you must be a registered user for seven days and edit more than 50...

 1)Summary:  This article I think shows us the development process of Wikipedia. From the bud of an idea to the continuous development, it finally became the top website in the world. We usually set some goals before doing anything, and then keep working hard towards this goal. The ultimate goal of Wikipedia is "the sum of all human knowledge". And scholars in different fields have different perspectives on this goal. For example, the accumulation of Wikipedia in the eyes of thinkers is a force in the world and will drive a new unifying force in human affairs. In fact, I think Wikipedia has indeed achieved this. Wikipedia has multiple language versions, which means that the same issue will be followed by different people in the world, and we can see different points of view.  The formation of Wikipedia is the sum of the wisdom of many people. The source of the idea of the personal encyclopedia device is an American electrical engineer. And he came up with the idea of a me...

1)Summary: Reading the article made me more aware of the Wikipedia we are using. Wikipedia has grown rapidly since its inception and has become one of the top websites in the world today. This is thanks to the contributions to Wikipedia content made by volunteers from different countries around the world. The core of Wikipedia is a collaborative community, and every volunteer has absolute fairness and democratic power on Wikipedia. Just make sure the source of the information is authentic and has an accurate source, and it will be taken. An excellent article on Wikipedia is not written by one person, but is formed through the practice and cooperation of many people, and the information is not always the same, and someone will be required to update the latest content. This makes for a good and trustworthy Wikipedia article. So building an encyclopedia is a cumulative, interdependent activity. Wikipedia is very inclusive and full of humanity. Wikipedia content is not limited to content e...