Why should i edit in Wikipedia??

Question

Hey there everyone...

We're having a workshop here in Egypt at the university about Wikipedia, i wanted to ask you what are your suggestions to convince people to edit in wikipedia?? I mean what are the benefits for the editors for example??

Please tell me your suggestion to encourage people to share their knowledge and edit articles.

Thanks alot

Answer 1

While it is true, and important, that contributing to Wikipedia contributes to the availability of human knowledge, the real reason is that contributing to Wikipedia is fun, emotionally satisfying, and you learn a lot. It is also an opportunity to learn how to collaborate with other people, especially people with different perspectives. The English Wikipedia is highly developed but the Arabic Wikipedia could use a lot of additional work. Also, many articles in the English Wikipedia reflect only American and European perspectives; the added perspective of Egyptian University students can substantially improve many articles.

Answer 2

I didn't start editing Wikipedia until I came across some vandalism. I reverted the damage and afterwards I felt better!

Now I regularly contribute as I find it such an amazing tool. My suggestion would be if you use Wikipedia and find it useful you should contribute to help make it even better.

The only real benefit is a feeling of satisfaction and having a positive effect on the world, if someone can't understand that I imagine they will never edit...