User:Aifabiola20/sandbox/reflectivearticle

End of the semester reflection

Critiquing articles:

The article that I critique was a well written article, it was about roller skating. It had many components, such as the histoty of roller skating, a specific rugby roller skating game as well, the types of roller skates, group skating, etc. I thought I was going to write an article about roller skating but the topic was already well developed that I decided to think of something else. When I was reading the article, I observed and skimmed a lot. I looked at the pictures because it was so heavy on words and numbers. I didn't really change anything to it because it had pretty much eveyrthing that it should have. It had a lead, pictures, a talk page and sources.

Peer Review:

For the peer review, I was assigned two articles, both in which had an existing website. They were both very two different articles but interesting. One was about one earthquake that affected many Mexicans years back and the other one was about the history of a bar. I read all the information that my classmates put in their article and it was cool to read about them. I left both of them feedback on how I loved the way the article was coming along. For my peer review, they gave me good feedback. At that time of my article, I didn't have that much information on the background or the content, but I was able to add more detail about the podcast and how it came to be.

For my article, I try to publish it but it was taken down because it didn't follow regulations which I thought was weird. I'm not exactly sure what was wrong with it so now it is in my sandbox.

Wikipedia generally:

I like this project! I have never done something like this before and it was fun. I did struggle a little in the beginning because everything seemed complex. I did like that the project was flexible too. I am a STEM major so I get a lot of workload and sometimes it was hard to meet the deadlines. I would turn in the projects a little later but I did do everything by the final deadline so it was all good. This assignment was creative and we had a lot of options to do whichever we wanted. I think in terms of writing, it was a different technique. I am used to writing essays in MLA format and this was not that. It was both restrictive and freely. There are probably rules that I am not familiar with in Wikipedia. I had to learn a whole new platform and way of delivering my topic.

Overall, this assignement was cool! I enjoyed the process and my topic as well. My topic was about a podcast of one of my favorite YouTubers, Emma Chamberlain. I have been listening to her for many years. She is like a big sister to me. She is two years older and she is really wise and mature. I think being on social media made her mature and she shares advice during her podcast for young adults and teens. She is a millionare currently but she always remind humble and real with her fans. I think she does address many influencial issues in today's world surrounding beauty, addiction and self-love. These are some of her podcast topics that she embodies as a content creator.