Wish my dream come true

Assignment 5

March 9, 2008 at 3:54 pm | In Uncategorized |

My Wikipedia contribution

Green Power Hike is my soundslide project’s topic.

On March 1^st, I, Peter and Cindy took part in the activity and finished our interviews with organizers, sponsors, participants and medical staff. In addition, we are keeping updating the information of that activity since then.

So when I thought about my contribution to the Wikipedia, I went to the Green Power page on Wikipedia first. Then I found that the latest news of 2008 Green Power Hike had not been posted. So I added the following information on its Green Power Hike section:

“In 2008, it mobilized around 3,000 participants to walk for a green cause and raised more than HK$4,000,000 donations. All donations will be used to fund local green education in kindergartens, primary and secondary schools.”

Please find my contribution by referring to the history page.

To my surprise, this page was created by my team partner Peter on March 9. Thanks for his efforts.

Until March 10, nobody has changed or deleted my contribution. It is hoped that an increasing number of people will notice this charitable activity through Green Power page on Wikipedia. 

Wikipedia is a platform for global information and knowledge exchange. I appreciate its openness and convenience which makes everyone can actively participate in it.

Under the supervision of global people and its administrative staff, Wikipedia’s information has considerable credibility. We can learn that from its regulation that some sensitive pages can be edited only under the website editor’s approval, Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 page for example.

Anyway, Wikipedia and Google are my first choice when I search for an event or others. But after that step I will search other websites or reference media to identify the correctness and completeness of information on Wikipedia.

New Media Workshop Wiki

I have posted the contact of Green Power and listed the summary of our interviews on the soundslide project page Green Power Hike. Please refer to the related section Green Power contact and Finished interview and summary as well as the history page.

In addition, I posted replies for Cindy’s thread division of labor. We have a hot discussion on this thread.

We will go on our soundslide project by Peter’s schedule. Now we are still waiting for the reply from the Green Power founder. If he does not give any feedback until March 15, we may change our storyline according to our finished interviews.

My contribution to resource page

According to my final project’s topic, I added following links:

Hong Kong Ecotourism and Travels Professional Training Centre

Tree Top Cottage

Please find my contribution by referring to the history page.