Final Blog

Well, I guess this will be my final posting. I had no clue how to blog before I created this site, but I am happy to say that now that the semester has come to an end, I am very comfortable with blogging and participating in the blogosphere! Thanks to Professor Brown for teaching us all about blogging and different topics in IT! Congrats to all the seniors and good luck to all of the underclassmen (enjoy the rest of your time here at UD-time flies! trust me) and happy retirement Professor Brown!! =)

Reaction to The Warped Tour Article

The article on The Warped Tour is another popular article on wikipedia that has received a great deal of attention through edits. The only part that has continually been updated on the article is the history section. My additions have remained which I'm very happy to say. This article seems to generate many graffiti-like comments such as someone posting 'The Warped Tour sucks' or a comment of that nature. I think it is great that the wikipedia community is so quick to react to these edits in order to keep the article clean and truthful. Hopefully the users who use their editting powers in a negative way are relieved of their rights to edit, yet the individual can go right back on and create a new username to continue doing what they want to do. I guess that is just something the site has to deal with by being a wiki, yet I do believe it is worth it and I do give a great deal of credit to wikipedia officials as well as the overall wiki community for keeping the articles updated and factual!

Reaction to Surf Culture Article

Wikipedia's article on Surf Culture has had a great deal of additions/modifications and seems to be quite a popular article. While there have been many changes made to the page, none of them have been very significant. Most of the changes to the page have been minor. I am very happy to say that my edits have remained on the page and I think this article would have to be my favorite article that I editted since I think it is really enjoyable to read-I advise everyone to check it out!

Reaction to Southern Regional School District Article

Th wikipedia article on the Southern Regional School District has also not changed very much since I have started editting it. One of my edits was taken down since it was false; I was surprised at how fast a false statement was taken down and I was quite impressed. The false edit that I posted referred to the fact that the sending district of Barnegat is no longer attending Southern Regional High School; This was a false statement since Barnegat students that have previously attended Southern will stay there- only incoming freshman attend the new Barnegat High School. I added a couple small facts within the article, again local truths.

Reaction to Long Beach Island Article

After reviewing the history of the LBI article, nothing drastic has been changed on it since I've been blogging about it and editting it. There has been slight additions such as external links and famous people added to the article along with 'local facts' (I would like to call it) to make the article more relevant and specific. My additions have added more local truth to the article and I plan to keep up with my editting to make sure the article remains complete and factual.

2nd Team Mate Post

I thought it was great that Brenna created a wikipedia article for her mom's business. As I view more and more articles on my required feeds, I've come to fully realize how important wikipedia is as an information source. I think iColor Studio will definitely benefit by being on the site- good job Brenna! Although Brenna put the article on wikipedia, wikipedia is calling the article a 'stub'(says Brenna on her blog) does anyone know what that means? Check out Brenna's progress and her blog by clicking the links above.

4th Required Blog

I viewed an article on Slashdot on 'A New Wireless Power Transmission Sheet.' This sheet is a power pad that will charge devices, such as cell phones, by just placing it right on the pad. I thought this was pretty cool and I'd like to get one, yet the product requires a special receiver and it is therefore very expensive. We will just have to wait until some compeition stirs up to drive down prices- until then, batteries are going to have to do!

3rd Required Blog

I just found an article on ClickZ titled 'Should SEOs Care About Wikipedia?' and it reminded me of our class lecture in which we talked about how important wikipedia is as a source of information. Within the article it talks about the high degree of quality traffic that wikipedia generates. The great benefit to the info source is the fact that it a no cost way to generate traffic and is also a top 10 referer. To view the full article click the link above.

12th Wikipedia Edit

I completed my third and final edit to the Southern Regional School District article on wikipedia. Within the article I added in the fact that the student population has increased dramatically over the years which caused the school to add on an addition in the mid-90's. I made the article flow better by putting together the fact that the school had to expand due to overpopulation which also resulted in the new Barnegat High School. The sending district of Barnegat created the high school to take a great deal of students away from Southern to decrease the effects of overpopulation.

4th Comment on Class Material

I thought it was a very good idea to create a wiki for Professor Brown's website so that users would be able to keep track of constant updates as well as look back at the history of the article. Creating a wiki is a great way to keep the community involved and maintain up-to-date information on different subjects. I think it is an important feature to his website and I think his current users will definitely appreciate the wiki creation.

11th Wikipedia Post

I did my third and final post on the article Surf Culture in wikipedia. I added "The "locals only" expression is common among most beach towns, along with "Go home Shoobie/Bennie." These sayings are consistent with the territorialism that drives the beach culture and those that live on the coastal territories year round." I thought this was a good sentence to add for those people who are not aware of what shoobie and bennie mean. Shoobie is an everyday saying in my hometown during the summer when all the vacationers are down. So those of you vacationing in a beach town and someone comes up to you saying what's up shoob or what's goin on shoobie- your doing something to stick out from the local crowd (perhaps socks with sandals? that's a sure sign).

3rd Comment on Class Material

In class on Wednesday we discussed how it is important for companies to keep up with what is written on wikipedia about them. I thought this was a really good point since most people do go on wikipedia these days to look things up on a certain topic. I don't think companies put enough emphasis on the web and certain things such as creating a wikipedia article or blog are put on the back burner and are not looked at as a necessity. In the emerging IT world, it is an absolute necessity and the faster companies learn this-the better off they'll be.

10th Wikipedia Post

I added in my third wikipedia edit on The Warped Tour last night. The edit I made stated that: "The Warped Tour also benefits up-and-coming bands and those looking to gain more recognition. The tour provides a direct market in order for these bands to obtain or extend their fan base. The bands can set up tent areas and are able to talk with those atteding the tour and sell their merchandise as well as give away promotional freebies." I thought I should add this fact in since it is another benefit to attend the tour, for bands as well as spectators.