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This semester in MCO425 we went over the basic concepts to editing and contributing to Wikipedia. I learned a bit about what it takes to edit and add to a page and I decided to take a shot at the page all about Rag doll cats. I have a rag doll, his name is Tom Ford and he is a 20 month blue mink who is my whole world. I got him about a year and a half ago and since then he has been my best friend. I decided to edit the Rag doll page because when I was reading about the breed and I noticed in the “Pop Culture” section there was no mention of Grumpy Cat, who is part Rag Doll and a huge internet Icon. I decided I could contribute information about grumpy cat to this Wiki page because she was one very popular and while she was not full bred Ragdoll I still felt that she should be included in the pop culture area.
I first noted why I wanted to edit the page in the first place to the others who have also contributed information and time to the Rag doll page. Next I added my own fact with a link to the late Grumpy Cat’s page along with A reference to Gumpy Cat’s website where they mention that she is part Rag doll. I put my edit after all of the other pop culture edits so that everything reads in order of how they were submitted.
In high school we had to create a wiki page and I found it very interesting how the online wiki community works. I love that there are so many people willing to spread knowledge and information online for free. While most of us have endless information at our fingertips in 2019 it is still something of a privilege. Wiki gives the world a tool to work together to bring free information to anyone with the internet and that is very important. Education and information can be such a powerful tool that opens doors for whole generations and even countries when it is free. It inspires and encourages the flow of even more knowledge and bodies working to help the next generation. Bringing information to anyone and everyone is a great way to help people form their own opinions based off of knowledge they have access to. I enjoy being able to help contribute to such a mass global project, even if I am just talking about Ragdolls.
Ragdoll Wiki Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragdoll
