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Reflective Essay:
Throughout this Wikipedia assignment, I learned how to use multiple new tools and information about wikipedia and what it really is as a site. During the article evaluation, I learned how much steps go into creating what wikipedia would consider a "good" article. I learned how to add citations and references to articles, I learned the different licenses and information about using images, and, I simply learned, how to properly edit/use wikipedia! To find my article, I thought of something that I would genuinely be interested in improving. Something that I am passionate about is music, specifically EDM music. In EDM there are many sub-genres. I chose to do my article on Dubstep music, which is a topic in EDM that has minimal information compared to other forms of EDM like house music. I have a very good knowledge and understanding of dubstep music, as this is one of the genres I listen to myself. When I was reading through the article I noticed the lack of information under some of the sections, specifically the Riddim section. EDM Riddim is a form of dubstep that is currently on the rise, and with the minimal information the section had, it was a good article to improve. The contributions I had in my chosen article, was information in the Riddim section and in the wobble bass section. My edits were valuable in addition to the article because the Riddim section lacked information apart from the basic knowledge of what it is. The article now, in comparison to previously, has an updated Riddim section where users can get more information that is now accurate and up to date. When I did my peer review, the article I was evaluating was Ice Hockey in Canada. I was able to see that the lead lacked information related to the major sections of the article as well as notice that the information was not up to date (no new information from the past few years). Overall, from this assignment, I feel like I have learned an entire new area of editing and publishing work. This assignment in comparison to other assignments is much different. I found this assignment to be extremely frustrating trying to learn how to use all the tools and navigate around the site, but the actual work needed to be done was reasonable. In other assignments, the instructions are usually straight forward and the work is frustrating. This assignment has shown me to look past what our eyes see at a glance. There is endless amounts of information on the internet that is unseen or hidden and wikipedia is an extraordinary site to have to be able to access information on any topic in the world.