Wikipedia Edits

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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.
  • Add an explanation of your edits to your chosen article's talk page. This need not be longer than a sentence or two.
  • 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 are due by class on Thursday morning.
  • Before class on Thursday, 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!

  • Example: 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 Example. No changes were made. --sign your name by entering four tildas
  • I've taken over Berger v. New York and am sprucing it up. I added the SCOTUS infobox, formatted the article in keeping with the SCOTUS template, and rewrote the body of the article to more accurately describe the holding and significance of the case. No one (on wikipedia) seems to have noticed. --erin 01:27, 13 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I've taken a stab at Patent infringement to try and clean up the indirect infringement section and provide references into Chisum. --Mgalese 18:31, 11 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I've added a bit on St. Louis to try to comment on the proposed legislation to make Budweiser the official beer of the State of Missouri. --Ryan Vacca
  • I replaced the 3rd and 4th paragraphs of the Puerto Rico entry [1]. The previous text was unfortunately ambiguous and relied on poor references. The new text clarifies the Island's constitutional status and relationship to the US and adds reliable sources. I suspect this won't be taken lightly by some people since this is a controversial subject back home. --Hiram
  • I recently updated the the entry on my high school, KLHT, to detail which athletic conferences the school is a member of and to list a couple notable former athletes who I played football with in my days there. BWiegand 20:18, 11 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I laid down some law over at the page on antitrust tying arrangements, adding a new section detailing the relevant factors and correcting/developing the discussion of the Microsoft case, inter alia. I did some additional work on the Star Chamber page, adding a section regarding its role as a motivating force behind the Fifth Amendment.--KHickey 20:34, 11 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I adjusted a vague line about two streets near my apartment (Clinton Street and Orchard Street) in the Lower East Side neighborhood post. -Shawn
  • I tweaked the description of Joint Implementation projects under the Kyoto Protocol, basically re-writing the whole thing since it was very basic and didn't really have cites. --Edithpb 21:57, 11 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I corrected/added information to the entry on Cable 13, the student-run TV station at Duke... and got immediately reverted. It liked me better the second time. --Lexi
  • Edited entry on Emergency Medical Technician - Basic by adding substantive content including clarifying the legal constraints on the scope of practice for EMT-Bs; also restructured the article by adding and moving sections and subsections, and corrected a number of typos and spelling errors. I also tried to bring the section headers and more of the text into compliance with the Wikipedia Manual of Style (MoS). See detailed list of my edits here, which I submitted anonymously with the name "Michael" in quotes because I don't want to create an account. --Michael Schakow 07:57, 12 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I added a note on the Scandecor Judgement of the UK House of Lords on [2] under the heading of public policy as regards the aspect of trademark licensing. Aditya Thakkar
  • I added some information about local brown bear populations and diet on the Katmai National Park page and noted an informative link on the discussion page but did not include it in the article. --Derek Gluckman
  • I added a recent update (posted today, Wednesday) from Wizards of the Coast regarding the upcoming Shadowmoor set, as confirming some earlier rumors regarding the set's theme. No one's reverted me yet, and since I was the first to add the new reference, I think it'll stick. Mike M. 14:24, 12 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I tried to bulk up the page for my old high school, Madison Ridgeland Academy [3], as it was shockingly small, especially as compared to our competitors. So far, no one has commented, and I'll actually be surprised if someone has seen it. I was kind of hoping the PR person at my old stomping ground would be on this type of thing...looks like I may need to give her a call on that paltry piece of communication: the automatic talking machine. TommyH 15:24, 12 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I added information about a new construction project and art installation at my undergraduate alma mater Pomona College [4]. Gerrityrob 16:07, 12 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I added some general information to the stub article about my former summer camp - Camp Ramah in California. See Diff.--Ma1593 16:32, 12 March 2008 (EDT).
  • I added an infobox and a bunch more info to the entry on documentary film director Murray Lerner. --Mgoren 17:58, 12 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I added some (truthful) biographical information on stand-up comedian John Mulaney. I'm going to log in from another IP address and lie through my teeth. --Patrick
  • I added a small amount of information on the stub page for Kremasti [5], the village that my father is from in Greece. The page is not very informative right now, but I'll work on that during the semester. Jennyt 20:36, 12 March 2008 (EDT)
  • We added a course description of the cyber law course to Professor Zittrain's page [6] Freefall 22:43, 12 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I tried to clean up and add some information to the Universal Studios Islands of Adventure page, including some "behind the scenes" information. The existing language was mostly copied from, I think, the map they give you when you enter the park, so I changed some of that, too. --Sydney 21:56, 12 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I noted that the legal significance (informed consent) of the signature can be inferred from its common location at the end or bottom of a document. --Solon 22:30, 12 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I edited the page on Duke University, adding the names of 2 NBA players from Duke who were not previously listed, Luol Deng and Corey Maggette. -- Jon Carter
  • I have added a line about Steffi Graf's mixed doubles partnership with John McEnroe on [7] - Hima Lawrence
  • I modified the Yale University Wikipedia page to update information about residential colleges. See Diff. --Andrea 10:37, 13 March 2008 (EDT)
  • I edited the Ontological Argument[8] page by adding a response to St. Anslem's response to Gaunilo's response to the ontological argument. This is the specific section: [9]. The edit is still there a day later.

--Dsiffert 23:25, 13 March 2008 (EDT)

  • On March 12 I edited Stowe Vermont's [10] page, correcting some inaccuracies about the ski trails and other incorrect information. No further changes have been made. Jennifer Wheeler 17:11, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
  • On March 25, I edited Northstar-at-Tahoe's [11] page, adding detail about its location in California. No further changes have been made. DLeberman 08:49, 1 April 2008 (EDT)
  • I added a factual note to the UCLA v. UCLA rivalry page [12] to clarify UCLA's consistently higher ranking by US News. The edit is under the username 68.175.110.176. - Morgan
  • I added information regarding the few remaining populations of Psychotria Fusiformis [13]. - Bridgette Cornwell
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