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Wikipedia Reflection

This entire Wikipedia experience was super new and interesting to me. A bit confusing but I think I got the hang of it. I have learned to not only critique my peers but myself and, in these criticisms, learned how to become a better researcher and writer. My early version of the article only contained two sources but as I got more in depth with the research, I learned so much about my topic and how far it has come. I learned of cultural significance within the drag community and how far back it dates. While there is no date of origin there is still records of how far drag queens date back to and how far they have come. I have learned that drag queens have inspired everyone in the makeup, music, and movie industry. My peers recommended to fix the sources used in the draft proposal and to include more sources which made me go and do a great deal of research. This Wikipedia assignment was the most unique thing I have done in my entire career as a student. I never even thought that I would ever be able to edit or work Wikipedia the way that I have. I think with how much research students do for all their classes, bringing this kind of knowledge to the general public is very beneficial. Not a lot of people can get peer reviewed articles from google, but if students who have access to that kind of information give it to the general public, then misinformation can’t be spread. I feel like personally my edits and contributions did no harm even if the information wasn’t long or extreme, some information is better than none. I feel like my topic was important for the LGBTQ community because a lot of people even member a part of this community don’t know their history. I feel like if this was a career option, more research and work needs to be contributed. Also, with the current climate that we are living in more people, especially students, are worrying about financial stability versus their education status. My role as a student will always be to give the proper information to the best of my ability because I have such a wide access to educational materials. Through Wikipedia I did learn how information is spread and how its shared. I always assumed that people could write nonsense and then publish it, but there are a great deal of moderators that genuinely want to public to have access to a wide variety of knowledge and sources.