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.
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