1) Summary
This week I worked on updating the Wikipedia article for Hegang, a city located in northeastern China. It’s not exactly a popular destination—some people might not even know where it is. But that’s part of the reason why I chose to edit it. I updated the education section with recent information and added sources for it, and also expanded the part about medical facilities. I also corrected a typo in the economic section: the name of a major pharmaceutical company had been written incorrectly. For many people in China, it’s a well-known name, so seeing it spelled wrong felt out of place. Fixing that wasn’t a big task, but it felt necessary.
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2) Interesting points
While editing the article, I started to notice how some parts had been updated bit by bit over time—by different users, at different moments. It wasn’t that the page had been ignored, but more that it felt like a slow, quiet collaboration. No one editor was trying to overhaul the whole thing, but together, those small edits added up. I think that’s actually one of the cool things about Wikipedia: it doesn’t always need a big rewrite to make an article better—sometimes it’s just someone adding a source, fixing a name, or expanding a sentence here and there. That kind of gradual work feels very real.
3) Thought of the week
Working on Hegang’s page made me think about how easy it is to overlook places just because they’re not famous. But for the people who live there, it’s home—and their schools, hospitals, and industries matter just as much as anywhere else. I used to think editing Wikipedia was mostly about facts, but now I think it’s also about visibility. Who gets to be seen, and who gets forgotten? This edit didn’t take me long, but it made me look at small cities a little differently. Even fixing a company name—something most readers might not even notice—felt like a small way of making the page more respectful to the place it represents.
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