w15: What did I learn while editing Wikipedia? ｜LiuXinlei

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


I have never tried a non-native language text editor before. Before editing, I also doubted whether I could finish this article well, because Wikipedia is a platform for users all over the world. I believe there is more to English articles. Multi-professionals will refer to it. Thinking of these, I think I should edit it more seriously. My article is "Sociology in China". In fact, in the process of studying sociology, I also realized that Chinese sociology-related materials are very scarce (maybe because of some protection measures), and I am searching for related When searching for information, I often found some information with Communist Party colors. I think the main theme of Wikipedia is texts that are fair and non-specific or personal, so I spent a lot of time sifting through the information. I need to extract the non-partisan parts of the large amount of information for editing. And add. In this editing, I not only paid more attention to the source of the information, but also paid more attention to copyright awareness. As we learned in class, Wikipedia has its own unique insights on copyright awareness. I need to pay more attention to these issues when editing, and try my best to avoid copyright issues.

The article I edited is about Chinese sociology. It is difficult to find the exact content in English materials, and it is also a glimpse of the unique development of sociology in China. Fortunately, Chinese is my native language. Whether it is simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese, I can easily summarize and extract important content. I think that in my editor, I also learned about the development of Chinese sociology that I had never learned before. When searching for the current academic development of Chinese sociology, I also found many very interesting parts. They are many new sociological phenomena brought out by the development of new scientific and technological fields or new public opinion communities and environments. I have a high degree of interest. I think that after the course is over, I will take the initiative to understand this aspect. If I have the opportunity, I will also try to translate them into other languages ​​so that more people can understand.

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