User:K1arraSFSU/New Sandbox

Reflective Essay
I haven't used Wikipedia much until this class so I learned a lot about it's functions and uses. I learned how to navigate Wikipedia and how everything works, like editing and talk pages. I also learned all the strict rules on Wikipedia for editing and copyright. By critiquing articles I learned the format Wikipedia articles use and how they differ between topics and how some are kept, such as leads, linking to other pages, and references and citations. I approached my criticism based on the flow of the article, information, and if the links in the references worked and were reliable sources. For my article I outlined it based on another article of a similar topic and added a lead, early life, and a works section with all the track credits. Someone edited my article to fix up my works section and I think it looks much better now.

I've just made small edits to other articles, like fixing a grammar mistake. It isn't much but it helps make the article look more professional. I wrote a brand new article for my assignment, I started with the paragraphs first then added the tables one by one as I worked on them.

For the peer review I looked over two of my classmates articles. I first read their article then went over it again as I looked at the peer review rubric. Most of my criticism were about some spelling mistakes and what information doesn't need to be in their Wikipedia article. The peer review I got for my article was mostly about the flow of the article, which I went in later to fix.

I haven't gotten any feedback just yet, but some people went and edited my article. They mostly fixed some small things and one person took my first two tables and put them together to make the article look better. I think this was a good edit that I'm happy with. I was thinking of thanking the editor for the edit but I haven't done that just yet.

This was my first time writing and publishing an article that can be read by everyone, not just my classmates or professors. It's a little intimidating but it's also a lot of fun and I hope people like my article and other editors come in to make it even better. I think Wikipedia is a good starting point if you're doing research on a project, use it to learn the context and then go into the references to see if you can use any other sources for your paper. This project showed how anyone can share information to get it to spread to more people.