week 10 : My recent wikipidia edits - ljhwa(이진화)
The article I edited this week is about the professional gamer "Piglet". As one of the early esports players, he faced many challenges. In particular, several incidents that occurred in South Korea at the time clearly reflected a lack of respect for professional gamers. Nevertheless, he achieved significant accomplishments, and many of the teams he was part of remember him and honor him as a pioneering player.
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1. Piglet was released from SKT after sister teams were disbanded[18]
2. and SKT went with Bang as their starting ADC.[19]
3. Piglet joined Team Curse,[20]
4.who then renamed to Team Liquid,[21]
5. Hopes were high for Piglet but his little knowledge in English led to poor results and he was replaced by Keith.[22]
6.Team Liquid brought back Piglet after week 7 and they scraped playoffs.[23]
7.Team Liquid entered playoffs with little hopes but surprisingly went 3–0 against CLG, who barely missed the playoff bye.[24]
8.They then took a 2–0 lead against Cloud9, looking poised to make their first finals in the organisations history but were reverse-swept and played in the 3-4th place match.[25]
9.Team Liquid beat Team Impulse 3–2, breaking the fourth place curse.[26]
10.In Summer, Team Liquid made first in the regular season[27]
11.They looked to finally make Worlds but they lost 3–1 against TSM in the semi-finals[28]
12.and then lost in the regional qualifier to a surprising Cloud9.[29]
13.Quas was suspended, and then kicked for behaviour issues,[30]
14. Xpecial was kicked from the team.[31]
15-16. This put a strain on Team Liquid and they picked up Lourlo, an NA CS top laner who looked poor on CLG Black, Smoothie, a support who seemed to have potential but was relegated on TDK and Team Liquid also picked up a full challenger team, planning to split times between them.[32][33]
17. IWillDominate was retiring[34]
18. Their replacements were Dardoch and Matt.[35]
19. Team Liquid won 3–0 against NRG and many pro-players were impressed by their dominant scrims and said they could win the split. [36]
20. However, Team Liquid lost 3–2 to CLG,[37]
Any new, interesting, or unusual items learned
I’ve always thought I liked esports and knew a lot about many players, so I was a bit surprised to learn that Piglet voluntarily moved down to the Challenger League. Since he was already a top-tier player in Korea, I assumed that stepping down to the Challenger League would be difficult due to pride and many other factors. However, he accurately assessed his own abilities and made the decision himself to move down to the CL. I believe his lack of arrogance is something truly commendable.
Identify at least one question, concern, or discussion
I edited the article twice. However, the more I worked on it, the more I felt that the article lacked sufficient references. I understand that Wikipedia is a collaborative project built by everyone, but I couldn’t help but think that this particular article was lacking in citations from the very beginning. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to suggest or establish a basic number of references as a guideline when creating a new article? I wonder if such a rule would go against the spirit of Wikipedia.
Your concern is very valid and shared by many editors. While Wikipedia does not enforce a fixed number of references for new articles, verifiability and reliability of content are core principles. It’s generally encouraged that every statement likely to be challenged be backed up with a reliable source. Setting a strict number might conflict with the flexible, collaborative nature of Wikipedia, especially since some topics naturally have more sources available than others. However, suggesting a minimum threshold as a soft guideline—especially for new contributors—could help maintain quality without limiting creativity. You could even propose this idea on the article’s talk page or a relevant WikiProject to invite broader discussion.
ReplyDeleteI understand your concerns. However, I have doubts about establishing a rule regarding the number of references. The appropriate number of references can vary depending on the topic of the article. Fields that have been studied for a long time have plenty of high-quality sources to cite, whereas emerging fields have fewer sources available. If the number of references is enforced as a strict rule, editors may feel pressured and give up contributing, or they may repeatedly copy and paste unreliable sources simply to meet the standard. Ironically, guidelines intended to improve the quality of articles may actually end up lowering it.
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