Monday, December 3, 2007

Extra Credit Project

I was prompted to do the extra credit project after attempting to write a paper for a history class. The book Christ Stopped at Eboli was a reading requirement for a class. After reading the book I could find very little information on the novel or the author, Carlo Levi. After looking at wikipedia it became apparent that I had more knowledge about it than the site provided. I contributed over 800 words to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Stopped_at_Eboli (the Wikipedia article for Christ Stopped at Eboli.) The only information that was listed contained information about the film adaptation but nothing else. I was pleased to notice that during the entire week my information was left standing. A user did edit my work and corrected some minor grammatical errors made. I was glad to have the help because if my user name claims that I have contributed that material I want it to be well written and grammatically correct. Overall my experience of being a Wikipedia contributor made me feel good. I know that next time a student looks for information about that particular book my article will be there to help them.

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