Blogging through Wikipedia (2025)

Translating for Wikipedia has exposed me to a wide range of knowledge in fields that I would not normally have access to. For example, translating articles in cutting-edge scientific fields such as artificial intelligence and neuroscience has allowed me to learn not only the jargon, but also the latest research trends in these fields. At first, I felt stuck as I wrestled with unfamiliar concepts, but with each sentence and paragraph I completed, I felt a sense of accomplishment, like I was putting together a huge puzzle of knowledge. The biggest thing I learned from this process was the importance of being open to new fields and the importance of continuous learning. Translating Wikipedia pushed me out of my comfort zone and taught me the joy of exploring new information with curiosity. Editing Wikipedia has taught me the importance of accuracy and objectivity in information. It's not just about paraphrasing, it's about clarifying sources and presenting information in a neutral...

1. Summary To be honest, this was the first time I really looked into Wikipedia's categorization system, and it's much more complex and organized than I thought it would be. It's basically a system that organizes millions of articles by topic, and it's like a giant library. It's a tree structure that goes down from the top categories to the bottom, and interestingly, an article can be in multiple categories at the same time. When editors write new articles or edit existing ones, they have to add the appropriate category, which I think is really helpful when searching, and it's not just for finding information, but also for organizational purposes. 2. New discoveries What I found most interesting is that this system is completely different from the usual library categorization we know. I thought it was really innovative that an article can be in multiple categories at the same time, for example, if it's about Marie Curie, it can be categorized in 'French ...

1) Summary The Wikipedia article development process consists of organized steps from an initial stub to a complete featured article. The process includes a number of quality tiers: Start, Stub, Grade B, Grade C, START, GA (Good article), Grade A, and Feature article. Each tier has specific criteria and improvement requirements, and the quality of the article is incrementally improved through community review. Through this rating system, Wikipedia aims to ensure consistency and reliability of content. 2) Interesting find What I found particularly interesting is that Wikipedia also evaluates the importance of an article: it categorizes it into best, top, medium, low, and worst based not only on the quality of the article, but also on the importance of the topic. It's impressive how they combine these two aspects (quality and importance) into a matrix to determine which articles should be prioritized for improvement. 3) Questions and discussion topics I question the extent to which W...

Summary : Wikimedia Commons is a repository of media that is autonomously created and maintained by users. Wikimedia can contain many forms and types of media, including photos, diagrams, animations, music, spoken text, video clips, and more. We believe that the Wikimedia projects can serve as an online site (like a cloud service and storage disk) for storing materials, information, and media from many different countries, so that future generations can pass on the information, technology, and history of our generation. As with other Wikis, all multimedia content uploaded to Wikicommons must be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY or CC BY-SA license, and must be free from copyright issues or be licensed media. Files should always be added to a descriptive category so that they are not easily deleted and lost.  Opinion :  I usually visit Wikimedia Commons to get photos that are free from copyright issues or to upload to a wikidocument for a Wikipedia article wri...

  http://reagle.org/joseph/2010/gfc/chapter-8.html This is a review of reading this article from the syllabus. Summary, impressions, and my thoughts I was struck by the analogy of Wikipedia to a puzzle, which can simultaneously illustrate the problems with Wikipedia and its positive features and effects. It is mentioned that if Wikipedia is supposed to be written from a neutral and impartial basis, eventually, everyone who contributes ends up adding their own laws. It was thought that when different Wikipedia contributors make puzzle-like contributions, each with a different shape, the different contributions cooperate and complement each other to complete the puzzle, just like puzzle pieces fitting together. The puzzle pieces in the Wikipedia logo, representing different languages, are also meant to convey the above meaning. The puzzle can represent the culture of Wikipedia, the importance of collaboration, the contributions of different languages, and the incompleteness of the wo...

Summary and my thoughts Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, but not all information can be listed and articles can be deleted. Wikipedia is not a personal blog or social network, so it is not a repository of personal experiences or feelings, nor is it simply a repository of information. It is also not an advertising or promotional space, so articles promoting specific brands, companies, products, people, or organizations are not allowed. Wikipedia is also not a real-time news site, and only covers historically significant events, not simply updates on recent events. Not every topic is eligible for inclusion, and articles may be removed if they lack credible sources. There are many reasons why articles are removed from Wikipedia. The most common reason is a lack of independent and reliable sources. Sources such as personal blogs, social media posts, company websites, and promotional materials are likely to be removed because they are difficult to verify. Articles t...

http://reagle.org/joseph/2010/gfc/chapter-4.html Summary :  The papersaid itself as an intermediary between Wikipedia's open content environments which experience continuous imbalance because of four tensions including policy, process, people, and openness values. Wikipedia's openness builds on five building blocks derived from the principles of FOSS movement: Wikipedia uses open content licensing such as GFDL although there are other options. The paper recognized the following challenges: the Seigenthaler incident caused so called 'semi-protection' features designed to block anonymous edits, which question the users' ability to edit the encyclopedia, 'office actions' to make legal changes are not in line with the claim of being transparent; the ever increasing pace of bureaucracy threatens to extinguish thesocial spirit of Wikipedia, and WikiChix: a women only space , went against the non discrimination policy, but was trying to solve the issue of women...

Summary This chapter delves into humanity's enduring quest for a comprehensive encyclopedia, ultimately realizing its potential through Wikipedia. In 2000, Jimmy Wales sought to develop an affordable encyclopedia accessible to schools globally, building upon the collective knowledge tradition championed by intellectuals like Diderot and Paul Otlet. H.G. Wells' groundbreaking "World Brain" concept envisioned a dynamic, continuously evolving encyclopedia that would consolidate knowledge and minimize inherent biases. Technological progressions from microfilm to digital networks paved the way for collaborative encyclopedic endeavors. When Nupedia's expert-driven model encountered challenges, Wikipedia's inclusive approach emerged, swiftly transforming the long-standing dream of a universal encyclopedia into reality. My thoughts Wikipedia's democratization of knowledge represents an extraordinary milestone. By transitioning from an expert-centric model to open ...