Wikipedia Experience

In this Training Systems course (the cause of this blog), I'm working with a team member on editing a Wikipedia page.  The article that we chose to edit was Skype.  There was a very small section on the educational uses of Skype, so we decided we would focus our efforts on improving that area.  

First, we had to come up with about 20 sources that we could use to improve our chosen topic.  This didn't take very long.  Thankfully, my partner did most of that part.  

Second, we had to write up a report on our selected topic using the sources that we found.  This ended up being a 2 page report on Skype in general and its educational uses.  I did this part because I had a day where there was a large unexpected break between classes.  We make great partners!  LOL

Third, we had to post proposed changes to the Talk page of our chosen topic.  I posted that today.  This wasn't very hard considering the report was already written and we knew which area we wanted to edit.  The only thing I couldn't figure out was how to reference our sources on the Talk page.  There were so many different ways to do it.  I chose to just list the sources since it was only on the Talk page.  My partner and I can figure out how to do it later.  It will be interesting to see if we get any comments on our suggestions.  I think it will add more content and information to that area of the Skype article.  

I noticed when we first began this project that the release date and version number of every update was listed on the page.  The contributors on the Talk page discussed this and it was removed.  Apparently, it's a constant problem because after they remove it, someone always adds it back.  I personally don't see the point of it.  It takes up too much room on the page and who really cares about that information anyway.  

Well, I'll let you folks know if we get any feedback on our section on the Talk page.  Feel free to check out the Skype page.  Skype

Until next time...