Thursday 18 October 2007

Assignment 2: Online communities:Wiki-Away - Part III

Final reflection
As was mentioned in the process description section, if the requested articles section was discovered earlier, it would have been possible to add more complex content that would have added to the overall value of Wikipedia. However, the addition of more information on the university is a proud first contribution for a new wikipedian. The format used is on par with the format used by other universities, and the info-box also provides more direct information to other users. There is still quite a lot more information that can be added to offer more value to other users, however the improvement contains the most basic and valuable information pertaining the subject. The second article contribution was basically a more compressed summary of the most important information regarding the website of Ezmo and will definitely be valuable to certain users. It also adds a certain finesse to the article which was previously lacking. Finally, the third article unfortunately added no value to the community and in fact only turned out to be a time consuming process for a particular administrator.

All in all, it is my opinion that contributing information to an online community is a worthwhile experience and helps to get more users actively involved.

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