Wikipedia is an online Encyclopaedia resource that I used to create a draft article about a ‘Woman in Red’ without an existing Wikipedia article. We also had a workshop with our University seminar time taught by a contributor to the site. From using the site and attending the workshop, I found Wikipedia to be a very useful resource to publish new content about an individual or subject as the means to do so are simple and using the five pillar system it gave a structure and the correct voice to pose the article in.
Another aspect I liked within the creation of a new article was that the general navigation of the Sandbox was very easy to pick up and I learnt all the basic techniques and skills within the first workshop. This made using such a large resource less stressful. A feature I found particularly helpful was the automatic creation of a contents box, done simply by making subheadings and the box being made for you. This took away a lot of stresses that could have come with coding in a contents box yourself.
Overall I found the first workshop to be extremely useful to the creation of my article but I did walk away with a few things still not secured in my knowledge. One of which is correct citing. After coming away from the workshop I had to ask my course-mates to help me with my citing as my knowledge after the workshop was very basic and some elements were incorrect. Had I been taught this properly then some weight would have been lifted.
On the whole though, Wikipedia worked well for the context of the project and using it as a graded artefact has been enjoyable. If the opportunity came up again to create another Wikipedia article I would most likely choose to do it as the content made is actually published to the internet and other users can use the resource created by you.
Lewis Mantle Fashion 