9th Wikipedia Edit

I've made my second wikipedia edit to the Berlin Township, New Jersey article. I condensed the second paragraph of the education section into one sentence because the previous version seemed a bit redundant to me. The new version says, "Students from Berlin Township and Clementon attend Overbrook High School in Pine Hill for grades 9-12 as a part of a sending/receiving relationship with Pine Hill schools." Check it out!

Classmate Comment Post 2

After browsing through some of my classmates' blogs, I came across Kerri Angell's blog post on an article from Slashdot called, "Should Chimps Have Human Rights?". I checked out the article through the link she had in her post and I think its absurd for them to even consider chimpanzees having the same rights as humans and that they could be charged in the court of law. Primatologists think that chimps should be treated like humans because of the many similarities between the two groups. I just thought that this article was really weird and amusing at the same time... and I'm glad that others feel the same way that I do about it.

8th Wikipedia Edit

I've created the article iColor Studio, LLC. When speaking to my mom earlier in the semester about the wikipedia project about ideas for articles, she asked if I could create an article about her company. I just put in a brief history about the company and what the company does. It was much easier to create an article than I had thought it would be. Check it out!

Reaction to the Eastern High School Wikipedia Article

I also looked at the history to the Eastern High School article on wikipedia that I also edited earlier on in the semester. One person added another famous alumni to the page--Adam Taliaferro. Adam was a senior football player at my high school when I was a freshmen. The following year he was awarded an athletic scholarship to play football for Penn State. During one of the first games of the season versus Ohio State, Adam went in for a tackle and was nearly paralyzed. Today, he is functioning at 90% of what he could previous to the injury. He also wrote a book called "Miracle in the Making" which is now a required reading assignment for freshmen at Eastern High School. There was another edit that just cited some numbers I had added to the article. I'm really glad someone took the time to acknowledge Adam Taliaferro in the Eastern High School article.

Reaction to the Berlin, New Jersey Wikipedia Article

I reviewed the history page of the Berlin, New Jersey article that I have made three edits to on wikipedia earlier this semester. The only change that had been made since I made edits was that someone cited something I added to the article from the US Census Bureau. Other than that, the article has not been changed and my edits have remained in the article.

7th Wikipedia Edit

I have made my first wikipedia edit to the article, Berlin Township, New Jersey. Many people do not realize that there is a difference between Berlin and Berlin Township, New Jersey.. they are in fact, two different towns. Berlin sends its students to Eastern High School while Berlin Township sends its students to Overbrook High School in Pinehill, New Jersey. I made a change within the sentence, "Schools in the district are John F. Kennedy Elementary School for Preschool through 4th grade and Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School for grades 5-8." The first version read "PreK-4" so I changed it to "Preschool through 4th grade" because I thought it sounded better. Feel free to check it out!

Required Blog List Post 4

I also came across the article, "15 Year-Old Scams YouTube", on Slashdot and thought it also peaked my interest. The article states that "a fifteen year old from Perth, Australia, posed as an employee of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, demanding that YouTube remove hundreds of video clips of 'The Chasers War on Everything.' The amusing part is that The Chaser is a comedy company well known to perpetrate exactly this sort of prank." While this article was relatively funny, I also found it to be relevant to the Viacom vs. Google case that we spoke about in class. Viacom was demanding Google/YouTube to take down certain video clips from YouTube's site. It seems that YouTube has been dealing with not only Viacom, but other companies, with this issue.