Day 1 Assignment: Edit Wikipedia

Edit a Wikipedia Entry

The assignment:

• Please find and edit an entry on Wikipedia relating to a topic for which you have some level of expertise. The edits should be more than cosmetic and should actually enhance the substance of the article. See Wikipedia: Introduction for more information.
• If you feel particularly energetic, add comments to your chosen article's talk page. You can edit the talk page and explain the edit you made to the article page.
• Following your edits, add to this page a link to the article you edited along with a brief explanation of your changes and the username you used on Wikipedia.
• Edits must be made by midnight on Thursday evening.
• Before class on Friday, check your edits and see whether anything has happened to them. Report any changes on this page.
• If you need a place to start, considering looking for stubs (short articles that need to be expanded).

Cyberlaw edits Wikipedia!

• Updated the entry on Gunn High School to give correct name for school mascot. See diff. Mshacham 10:28, 3 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on the Minsk metro to mention a recent expansion of the Moskovskaya Line. See the diff by rl03. Rlumpau 18:39, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated entry on day labor to add a recent source on targeting of day labor sites for immigration enforcement and clarify content on competing day labor models, and made other minor edits. See diff. --Jahlers 20:27, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated entry on fly fishing to include more information on dry fly trout fishing. See the diff Ttassin 19:21, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Kauai's Secret Beach to describe trail conditions and made other minor edits and reorganization. See the diff by jumpingdeeps. Jumpingdeeps 19:31, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on the Mall in Columbia (MD) to add a paragraph about a recent mall managment decision that sparked a minor community protest. I also added a link to a Wash Post article about the controversy in the External Links section. See the and recent ratification by the United States of an international treaty on international adoptions and corresponding citations. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_adoption&diff=181758971&oldid=178423742 diff by Cms9982. --Cseif 20:36, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Tannersville, New York to include more of the town's history and corresponding citations. See the diff by ccj1981. ccj1981 20:43, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Radio-frequency identification to describe how casinos are implementing RFID. See the diff by DeeJay100. Dglasser 20:50, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Speedlite 430EX to give more details on the pivot functions of the flash and to add images illustrating the difference between on-camera flash and the Speedlite 430EX. See the diff by shamulou. I also added an internal link on the Speedlite page and slightly changed some of the wording to remove the term "confusingly similar" re: Nikon. See the diff khoffman 21:34, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards to show the new categories of Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture and in a Television Series and correct a few typos. See the diff by roguestage. Eroggenkamp 21:38, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Added references, slightly rearranged, and did minor copyedits at Assassination of Benazir Bhutto. See diff by Calliopejen1. Jendawson 22:04, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Lagrime di San Pietro to include a link to free scores provided by Choral Public Domain Library. Ac 22:18, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on List of collegiate secret societies to include a description of secret societies at the University of Pennsylvania. See diffby Gorby007. --Samantha Lipton 23:09, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Andy Reid, the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, to include information about a recent interview regarding the legal problems of his sons. See the diff. Lk37 23:27, 2 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on sport climbing to add information about rock climbing ratings in the United States, as well as to include a discussion of climbing ethics. See the diff by NikaE. NikaE 00:03, 3 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Malone College to expand the stub by adding basic information about the college. See the diff by kgrose. kgrose 00:22, 3 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Treaty of Paris (1810) from its one-line stub to include contextual information. See the diff. Kratville 00:37, 3 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution to correct a mistake regarding the requirements for advancing to the national competition. Also added information about the format of the national competition. See the diff. WillM 00:49, 3 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Matt White to add the name of White's high school, identify the type of rock discovered on White's land, specify the location of the land, provide the name of White's quarry, and link to an additional magazine article. See the diff. Jhliss 07:32, 3 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Joss Whedon to include information about his involvement with Equality Now. See the last sentence of the Feminism section. Vhettinger 08:55, 3 January 2008 (EST)

• Added a lead section to the Childfree article, which I have been editing for some time. It was the only remaining 'cleanup' box. -Lciaccio 10:10, 3 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated and flushed out the No Kidding! article. -Lciaccio 10:23, 3 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Jon Opstad to give up to date information and more recording history. See diff. Douglasmcmahon 11:07, 3 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Radiohead's Pyramid Song to cite to an interview with the band. Also slightly modified statement to correspond with the content of the interview. See diff by o11o111o. JoshuaFeasel 11:34, 3 January 2008 (EST)

• Updated the entry on Macy's to include more information about the ongoing controversy from the conversion of Marshall Field's. See the diff. Kp 11:39, 3 January 2008 (EST)