Today is my birthday, so I thought I'd write a blog post. I can't believe that I've been doing this for a year now, on and off. These days, mostly off. I haven't been working much lately (but hopefully, that will change in the coming weeks), so I've been spending my time at Wikipedia. My recent projects there are a peer review of my pet article, The Wiggles, and getting #2 article in my heart, Maya Angelou, to the point where it's ready for a peer review.
My goal for both articles is get them to "good article" status, which is the highest rating on WP. If that happens, they could get "featured article" status, which means they're good enough to go on WP's main page. Wouldn't that be cool if that happens to an article I'm heavily associated with; I'd be so very proud of myself.
Editing WP is great fun. There's this cool community based around it, and I'm really enjoying learning about it. There are folks who are really into it, and who are intensely committed to creating quality articles. There are also a lot of people who spend a great time vandalizing articles, too. For example, this week the Maya Angelou article has been heavily vandalized. Scary stuff, too--cruel, disgusting, racist comments. I'd never say this on its talk page, since that isn't appropriate there, but it reminds me of the kind of racism Dr. Angelou talks about in her first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. It also reminds me of the rape she experienced when she was seven years old.
Hmm, maybe I will talk about it, at least to get it protected again...
Anyway, the next post will be thoughts about my birthday, which is what I intended this post to be about in the first place, but I distracted myself.
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