Wikipedia

After analyzing/comparing the pages of Marshal McLuhan and Michelle Citron and two of Henry Sidgwick’s biographies, I wondered If Wikipedia could compare to encyclopedias such as Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Comparing and contrasting the Wikipedia page and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy was interesting because they were very different. Wikipedia provided broad information while the Stanford Encyclopedia went into great detail. Wikipedia just provided links that took you to other Wikipedia pages to go into details about Sidgwick’s relationship within subtopics. Sidgwick’s article didn’t include any links while McLuhan and Citron pages included links. Images weren’t used in either of the pages and articles showing that the use of media wasn’t effective at all. The McLuhan and Citron pages were completely unrelated except that they both are Wikipedia pages. Due to this I was able to focus on comparing and contrasting the details of the different Wikipedia pages. After observing both the McLuhan and Citron page I wondered if length was important. The Citron page was much longer and provided more information compared to the McLuhan page. McLuhan page went into great detail about personal life while the Citron page didn’t but only had facts in a section about her life such as date of birth and schooling. The structure of both pages started off with their life and background and then transitions into information about their work.

I chose to look into the Wikipedia page of Emma Watson. I have been a fan of Emma Watson since the first Harry Potter movie, The Sorcerer’s Stone in 2001. Overall, I would say that this page fit’s Wikipedia’s criteria for a featured article. The style of the page followed Wikipedia guidelines such as it starts off with background information summarizing the topic (Emma Watson), inclusions of headings with subheadings if needed, and hyperlinks consistently throughout the article.  The use of media proved to be effective as well. Pictures were used throughout the article to illustrate some of Emma Watson’s work as an actress and her throughout the years.