This entry pertains to my introduction into the world of wikipedia writing. I was surprised to learn about the millions of wiki-stubs that exist, and to see ones that seem like they would already be finished such as the Belgian Waffle. Another thing that was new to me was the amount of other wiki websites since I did not even really know of the term wiki except in the context of wikipedia.org. This was especially shocking since I do use wikipedia on a regular basis to search interesting and random topics.
The amount of stubs, and stubs of interest, made the task in choosing one difficult. To explore the differences in stubs and what people chose I first went and glanced at the class blog to see what people had decided on for themselves. I eventually found myself at Chelsea Livngstone's blog and saw her stub edit on Active Living, which is completely different than what I ended up picking, but it still intrigued me to read up on it more. For my search, I first begun looking at fashion stubs, and once thinking I have found something of interest (Hugo Boss) I immediately entered that to be my choice. This decision ended up not being the best, and I soon realized that there was hardly any extra information on the great designer Hugo Boss, so maybe that is the reason it still is a stub. This then led my search to Disney stubs, since my classmate Rebecca Miller was looking at the multiple stubs that category had to offer. I skimmed through all of those, but realized it was hopeless since I really do not know that much about the Disney resorts, and do not care to research that information. I went back to the fashion stubs and considered companies instead of specific people and came across a stub that I would have originally assumed to be a finished page. Citizens of Humanity is what I ended up deciding on, it is a denim company that was launched in 2002.
There were many reasonings in choosing Citizens of Humanity, but my main one was my love for their denim, so I figured it would be in my best interest to update something on wikipedia that is actually relevant to my life. It was interesting to learn about the ties to other denim companies and the business side of a clothing companies. The main things that I added to the article is the information on the Brand, involving the coming and going of new business partners, and a bit more on their charity (Citizenship) and where they choose to donate their money. I also added three references to the page to validate my research and even the beginning information on the page, these references include the companies website and news articles related to business changes.
Below is a screenshot of my additions to the wikipedia page.
Below is a screenshot of my additions to the wikipedia page.
Wikipedia Stub
Photo by: Paige Powers, 2012
