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The Wikipedia training modules provided me with background knowledge for what Wikipedia values and stands for. The modules recognized the five pillars of Wikipedia and familiarized students with each pillars meaning. In addition, a general overview was given about what verifiability means and how to use acceptable sources which include textbooks and literature reviews, to name a few. The modules also taught three different forms of plagiarism which include unattributed plagiarism, cited plagiarism, and close paraphrasing. It is important to recognize that plagiarism can also be considered a copyright violation as well.

After completing the Wikipedia training modules I feel better equipped to navigate through Wikipedia correctly and use their features. Their module explaining how Wikipedia does not include "original research" helped me understand their foundation and what to keep in mind when I am editing articles. I feel that as I start to practice editing articles I will gain more confidence and be a better Wikipedia user.

Homework #3:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Chi_Omega

I feel that this article was written well overall. The structure of the content allowed the information to flow effectively. All of the articles main points included detailed information about each separate topic about Alpha Chi Omega. I would give this article an 8/10 because its overall content and structure were written effectively.

I would include information about Alpha Chi Omega’s brand tagline, which was listed on their headquarters website page as, “Real. Strong. Women.”

In addition, I think it could be beneficial to add a picture of the Alpha Chi Omega symbol of a lyre onto the page directly. The picture could be added from the linked Wikipedia article on lyres.

My skill and knowledge of citing sources are improving with experience. Today, I struggled with manually citing my source and I do feel I could use some more practice.

Now that I have finished this assignment I am going to celebrate by sleeping.