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W15. What did I learn while editing Wikipedia? How is the assignment different from more traditional student assignment? Is it more fun?

  I could learn the power of collective intelligence by editing Wikipedia. I already knew the word collective intelligence, but I didn't have a chance to make it happen consistently. Because traditional student assignments were the process of finding problems and solving alone or as a team. In comparison, this task is the process of solving problems by gathering and discussing opinions with everyone around the world, not just a few team members. We say this is a global era, but chances to communicate with so many and various people are not very common. The fact that many things, such as nationality, gender, and age, work with other strangers made this interesting. This class is over, but I will provide helpful information to others.

W14. Do you know

 1. What is 'Do You Know'? DYK's function is to recommend new content to users. Wikipedia offers a variety of information by recommending and sharing new information that can be missed because it is not on the main page. It also provides insights to users.   Hereby, they increase the power to recreate other information and disseminates improved information.   2. Thinking about DYK I think this feature is the result of thinking about how to give users more informative information. If you use this function well, you can evenly acquire useful information that might have been necessary for you. It shows content that you might be interested in while ensuring a certain level of quality. That's why you don't have to be stressed out for be perfect in Wikipedia. Also, I will believe in this feature and try to participate with a light heart, when I edit Wikipedia in the future.

W13. After reading 'Categorization'

  When you search for information on Wikipedia, you can see that the content is categorized. This article explains that part. If vast amounts of information are grouped and organized into related contents through category functions, it will be easy to find the information I need among them.   For example, when you search the name of a person to know the activity history of a person, it takes a long time to find the information you need in a place mixed with unwanted information such as the person's academic background or agency. However, in Wikipedia, where a lot of that information is categorized, you can find the information you need as soon as you search. Categories reduce information search time, making it more efficient.

W12. What is quality for our societies?

  I think human rights, equality and happiness are the most important indicators of the quality of our society. This is because I think these indicators are the most basic but difficult items to secure high scores. What should we do to score high on these indicators?   First, let me talk about 'human rights'. Human rights mean the basic rights that a person deserves. Human basic rights include the right to life, liberty, equality, and the right to live. In other words, everyone should be guaranteed the right to be respected the value of life, the right to act freely without interference from anyone else, the right to be treated the same regardless of their political views or status, and their right to enjoy food, clothing, and shelter at least. A steady issue in human rights is the 'human rights of criminals'. It is an argument about whether to protect the human rights of criminals who violate the human rights of others. Unfortunately, criminals are also human being

W11. Is quality subjective or objective?

 I think quality is a subjective indicator. The quality score will vary depending on who evaluates it. That is why we need standards for quality assessment. For example, let's evaluate the quality of clothes. Indicators that evaluate the quality of clothes include material, weight, and design. And we need to set a standard for each indicator. Does the material not damage the skin because it's rough? Is there any inconvenience in everyday life because it's too heavy? Isn't the design too fancy? Here, those who like fancy designs will be given low design scores. Quality is a subjective indicator because people have different evaluations like this way. The average value of scores of countless people who scored differently is quality, and the higher the number of appraisers, the more reliable the indicator.

W10. Who is affected by the digital divide? Can we think of some groups?

 The digital divide means that as digital becomes more common, economic and social differences arise for those who have easy access to information and those who do not. The four major information vulnerable groups designated by the government include low-income families, the disabled, farmers and fishermen, and the elderly. Why are they hard to access digital information? Digital information can be obtained through digital devices, not paper newspapers, which are also expensive items for middle-income earners to purchase. In other words, it is difficult for low-income people to purchase digital devices themselves. The elderly are not good at using digital devices because they are not a generation that used to use PCs or mobile devices commonly. In addition, the ownership rate of digital devices among the elderly is lower than that of the general public. Farmers and fishermen with a high composition rate of older people have a similar reason for the digital gap.   Then, what about t

W15; What did I learn while editing Wikipedia? How is this assignment different from more traditional student assignments? Is it more fun? / Nam Jinu

  While editing Wikipedia, I was once again surprised by the power of collective intelligence. We could see the power of collective intelligence when we saw people unite with one belief that they would provide better information beyond the constraints of time and space, share each other's opinions, contribute, participate, and devote their abilities. In fact, these events are also seen in Korean society as a negative aspect. On SNS, people are divided into sides, divided into their own communities, spreading fake news and criticizing others. I think our society, which uses only group power in a bad way, needs a spirit of dedication to each other like Wikipedia's users. I thought it was necessary to have a spirit of discussing it, not ignoring it because I didn't know it, not teaching it, helping it, or cursing it because it was different. Like this, we can learn about collective intelligence through Wikipedia. Unlike existing tasks, it seems to have been different in that i