Editing Wikipedia Part 2

A couple of  blogs post ago I discussed how easy it was to go to web pages like Wikipedia and add your own edits to the content already on the page. I decided to go on wikipedia and test it out for myself. I made an edit to the Field Of Study section in the definition of Interpersonal Relationships. Even though editing the content of wikipedia is possible, the changes you've made can be deleted if the information is false or not to the liking of the managers of that website. I decided to go back and check to see if my edit was still there and it was!

Field of study

The study of interpersonal relationships involves several branches of the social sciences, including such disciplines as sociology, psychology, anthropology, and social work.Interpersonal skills are extremely vital when trying to develop a relationship with another person. The scientific study of relationships evolved during the 1990s and came to be referred to as 'relationship science',^[2] which distinguishes itself from anecdotal evidence or pseudo-experts by basing conclusions on data and objective analysis. Interpersonal ties are also a subject in mathematical sociology.

Wikipedia: Interpersonal Relationships

In my edit to the page I added the sentence that says, " Interpersonal skills are extremely vital when trying to develop a relationship with another person." That goes to show that anyone can add or subtract anything they want! 

Happy editing folks and remember when researching don't rely on just one source like a wikipedia because everything you may read might not be 100 percent true!

xoxo Rockie

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Editing Wikipedia

Wikipedia is one of those sites that allows people (like you and me) to make edits to the contents on it's page. We can write anything we want really. Some times depending on how true to the subject your edit is, your edit can stay on the page forever or get deleted right away. If what you write is offensive or untrue then in a couple days or in a matter of hours it's deleted.
I wanted to try this out so I decided to edit a portion of wikipedias "Field of study" section of "interpersonal relationship."

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In the "field of study" portion of the wiki definition about interpersonal relationships, it reads as follows.

==Field of study==

The study of interpersonal relationships involves several branches of the social sciences, including such disciplines as sociology, psychology,anthropology, and social work. The scientific study of relationships evolved during the 1990s and came to be referred to as 'relationship science',^[2] which distinguishes itself from anecdotal evidence or pseudo-experts by basing conclusions on data and objective analysis. Interpersonal ties are also a subject in mathematical sociology.

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In bold you can find where I made my own edit to the field of study portion of the definition.

 Field of studyThe study of interpersonal relationships involves several branches of the social sciences, including such disciplines as sociology, psychology, anthropology, and social work.Interpersonal skills are extremely vital when trying to develop a relationship with another person. The scientific study of relationships evolved during the 1990s and came to be referred to as 'relationship science',^[3] which distinguishes itself from anecdotal evidence or pseudo-experts by basing conclusions on data and objective analysis. Interpersonal ties are also a subject in mathematical sociology.

Here is the link to the wikipedia definition for "Interpersonal Relationship" --> Wiki