When we were first asked to edit Wikipedia I did not know what to think. First, I considered the fact that I wasn't even entirely sure how to edit Wikipedia. However, I then reasoned that this could fairly easily be figured out. The next thought that came to my mind was what should I edit? I do not believe that I know how to better explain most of the words on Wikipedia. At this point, most of the explanations on Wikipedia have been written and edited by numerous people who have all checked the work of those who wrote before them. Furthermore, I was keenly aware of the fact that Wikipedia was found to be 20% more accurate on average than an encyclopedia. So how could I possibly contribute something valuable to this website on an already existing topic.
This lead me to the conclusion that I would edit a page for myself. I then remembered that back in High School we had created a Wikipedia page for one of my teachers. Within five minutes of us creating the page, it had been taken down by the Wikipedia administrators because they do not allow pages for unimportant individuals in society. I was curious to see how long my Wikipedia page would last before it was taken down. I thought it could be a sort of game to see who can get their Wikipedia page to stay up the longest. Though a page about me would provide no benefit to society, I was still interested in making one for purely personal reasons.
It's interesting to know that Wikipedia is found to be 20% more accurate than an encyclopedia. I've always thought that Wikipedia is not a reliable source because anyone can have access to it and edit it. Since I now know that this is not true and that there are professional editors who constantly check every page on Wikipedia, I think from now on I'm going to refer to WIkipedia more often.
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