Wiki Wacky

            We all know there are some glaring errors on Wikipedia pages. But why do we do so little to correct these issues?

            Perhaps it is too much effort. There is far too much to correct that maybe we feel once we start, our work will never be finished. We will fix something on one page, and then see another error elsewhere.

            Maybe we feel as though we shouldn't have the right to edit the page, regardless of whether or not editing is available to anyone.

            Or maybe we are afraid our work will be undone. In the past I have tried to fix something on a page and the next time I looked at the page, it had been taken down by someone at Wikipedia who thought my edit was inaccurate and there was a message at the top warning me not to "vandalize" the page.

            I also remember someone I knew in high school who created a page for the "s'more dog," basically a s'more but with a hot dog bun instead of graham crackers. Wikipedia deleted the page because they did not think that it was a legitimate thing. While I would agree with them, I feel as though there are many other non-legitimate articles on the website.

            In terms of so much work to do editing, sometimes it can become a little too addictive. I find another website, wikipella.com, which was an a cappella database. I found my group on their and noticed some errors so I edited it and expanded the information. But then I noticed none of the other Northeastern groups had accurate pages. I was worried that if I continued editing  their pages I would go on an editing rampage, so I stopped.