week3-Wikipedia Editing and Translating Book Titles-xiongchaoli웅초려

 This week, I continued editing Wikipedia pages and spent more time reading the editing guidelines and checking how other editors write articles. Compared with the previous week, I started paying more attention not only to the content itself but also to the writing style and tone used on Wikipedia.

One thing I found interesting is that Wikipedia strongly emphasizes neutrality. At first, I thought editing mainly meant adding more information, but I realized that the way information is written is also very important. Some words may sound normal in daily conversation, but on Wikipedia they can appear too emotional, too biased, or too subjective. Because of this, editors often need to rewrite sentences in a more neutral and factual way.

I also noticed that different language versions of the same article sometimes focus on different details. Some information that appears important in one language version may be missing in another version. This made me think about how culture and perspective can influence online knowledge.

One question I still have is whether complete neutrality on Wikipedia is truly possible. Even if editors try to be objective, different people may still choose different sources or emphasize different parts of a topic.

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  1. wyyz02May 21, 2026 at 4:02 AM

    Your post reminded me of my own experience when I first started editing Wikipedia. At first, I thought translation would be relatively simple, but I quickly realized that Wikipedia has many formatting rules and writing standards that make the process much more complicated than normal translation work.

    I especially liked the part where you described the difficulties of balancing accuracy and readability. I think this is one of the hardest parts of Wikipedia editing because editors need to preserve the original meaning while also making the article natural for new readers.

    Reading your blog also made me realize how much progress we have both made since the beginning of the course. Compared to the first few weeks, I now feel much more comfortable using citations, links, and editing tools on Wikipedia.

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