User talk:Isha0323

Welcome!
Hello, Isha0323, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with Wiki Education; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please check out the student training library, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:26, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Reflection
My initial reaction to using and editing Wikipedia was not a positive one. This was mainly because my teachers, coming from high school and even from my early years of college, would tell me that Wikipedia was not a reliable source and that it was written by random people. The initial view I had about Wikipedia changed after I took Afro-American Music with Professor Gaunt. Our class included assignment where we had to edit Wikipedia articles. At first, I was really scared to edit articles because I thought people would take whatever I added down and I would be blocked from editing if I removed someone else's work. After completing the training on how to effectively edit Wikipedia documents, I felt more comfortable and confident in editing articles. In my first edit, I rephrased a run-on sentence and added periods to the end of sentences. In my second edit, I added a citation, even though it took a while for me to figure out how to do that. In my third edit, I built the courage to find a topic that was very interesting to me. I looked on PubMed, JSTOR, and Google Scholars for documents supporting the topic. I then added multiple citations, I added a paragraph, and I also made small grammar changes. Making those edits took away all the fear I had. I was more and more excited when it came to editing. I would also share with my graduate friends how I enjoyed editing Wikipedia articles, and I would also encourage them to start editing. I really enjoy editing Wikipedia, and I will continue to edit Wikipedia articles after I finish this class. I will also make it my duty to correct anyone who feels that Wikipedia is not a reliable source because Wikipedia articles use reliable sources when writing articles. Overall, editing Wikipedia went well, and I am so glad that I got over my fear of editing articles because if I hadn't, I wouldn't know that I enjoy reading and also editing articles. Isha0323 (talk) 02:20, 21 November 2023 (UTC)