Wikipedia Update

The changes I made on Wikipedia are still there!

Final Product

Illustrator Progress Post 2

I wasn't able to successfully download the trial version of Adobe Illustrator on my personal laptop. For this reason, I decided to test out different fonts on Photoshop Elements so that I will be prepared to work with my time effectively in class on Wednesday. I found that Arial and Berylium are the closest matches to the original vector ad that I chose. I think that I will have enough time to complete the Illustrator assignment during class time on Wednesday.

Illustrator Progress Post 1

Editing on Wikipedia Continued

It's nearly a week later and my updates to Wikipedia's "Bellport, New York" page remain untouched. I did not include any false information when I made my edit; however, I do feel that the information that I included about Ho Hum Beach should not be placed under the part of the article labeled "History." If I was more familiar HTML codes I think that I could have formatted my added information exactly as I would have liked.

From this assignment I learned that it is quite simple to edit a Wikipedia page; however, because I didn't include false information in my edit, I still do not know if someone would have fixed my edit if I had added wrong information. If I included information that was outrageously wrong, I presume that it would have been changed rather promptly.

Print Screen Image of "Bellport, New York" Wikipedia Article

(see Ho Hum Beach under History)

Editing on Wikipedia

For this assignment, I decided to add some information to the “Bellport, New York” page. I read the page over and found that it focused primarily on Bellport Village. The page was lacking a lot of detail, and many of its subcategories called for additional information and citations. I decided to add a description about Bellport Village’s private beach on Fire Island, Ho Hum Beach. It was very easy to edit the page. I simply clicked on the “edit this page” tab and inserted some details that I found about Ho Hum Beach on Bellport’s official website, www.bellport.com. I did have some trouble figuring out how to format the text properly due to the computer language that is used on the website's editing page. I also wanted to add Bellport Village’s emblem to the page, but I wasn't able to do so because I did not create a Wikipedia account.

Wikipedia allows for anyone to edit an article’s information. It is not even necessary to make an account on the website. If you don’t make a login account your IP address will appear in the “history” tab of the article that you edited. If you do create an account there are added benefits. Benefits include the ability to start a new page, upload images, and edit semi-protected pages.

I made my changes on Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 5:22PM. I checked my edits again on Monday, November 23, 2009 at 12:25 AM, and the information that I added about Ho Hum Beach is still included in the article.

Midterm Part II