User:RyanMorville/be bold

Being bold is important on Wikipedia.

I didn't know that WikiEd existed before taking this course, and I think it is an important development in the quickly changing world of education. It is obvious that WikiEd is trying to reach a young audience, but some things strike as infantilizing. For example, calling developing pages "sandboxes", assuring users that they "won't break anything", showcasing testimonials that rave about "not needing permission", and so on. Maybe this has some pedagogical advantage, but it is a bit much. In any case, I think that WikiEd should be promoted in early high school curricula, as younger students would undoubtedly benefit from learning the sort of factual accountability and impartiality that Wikipedia encourages. Being bold is important on Wikipedia.