Monday, November 30, 2009

Wikipedia Editing

After trying to change what is written in wikipedia I found out that it is extremely easy to change the text, but not so much to keep the text online for too long. I tried three different times with three different facts. Overall wikipedia got rid of what I had to say pretty fast. Under the title Labrador Retriever i wrote "But no matter the color, the moist cold nose of a Lab is always welcoming." This edit took about an hour and a half to change. I also added to Labs that "Some say that the force of a Labrador Retriever's bark can blow your shirt clean off." Unfortunately, this sentence did not even make it onto wikipedia. The last fun fact I added to wikipedia was under the title Eric Murphy aka "E." from the television show Entourage. I added that "There are many other E. Murphy's in the world, and they are just as entertaining. For example, one plays real life Assassins Creed." This is just something random I added about a friend of mine who's name actually is Eric Murphy. This edit lasted three minutes on wikipedia. I believe that whoever is patrolling wikipedia and its facts is doing a good job. The only thing is that perhaps during those few minutes, or half hour, someone may have looked at that page and received the wrong information. I do not see how it can be possible to keep the statements on cites like wikipedia completely true and protected at all times.