My Own Little Contribution to Wikipedia

Wikipedia, as the most well-known online cyclopedia, contains great amounts of information, which is very useful for everyone to learn more knowledge. Comparing to traditional cyclopedia, Wikipedia is more convenient for us to find what we want : just type in some key words and click search, the results are right there. Besides, Wikipedia updates more frequently, we can find the latest information.  When I am doing my research paper, I will always go to wikipedia and get a general information about my research so that I can decide what is my next step. However, in schools, most instructors do not allow student to use Wikipedia as a reference. The reason is that Wikipedia is open to everybody, so anybody can edit as long as they get an account. Therefore, many resources in Wikipedia may not be true, and sometimes biased, it is not reliable under many conditions.

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In the course ALES 204, this week's assignment is to choose a stub in Wikipedia and edit our own Wikipedia assignment. This is my first time to edit in Wikipedia. The stub I choose is "fruit syrup". For myself, I like sweet food, and every time when I'm eating pancakes and waffles, fruit syrup is necessary. The former description of fruit syrup is very little, just two sentences. Thus I decide to add my own words to expand it. Later I find that editing is really not a easy job, the code used is confusing and tricky, especially for the references. I tried many times, it still says this article does not cite any references or sources. This make me feel very sad.  Here is the screenshot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_syrup

Fruit syrups, as the same kind of processed food as jams and jellies, are the method to keep flavor of off-season fruits. They can enhance the tastes of food and maintain the original flavor of fruits. In addition, fruit syrup can be preserved for a long time. Fruit syrup can also be made easily by ourselves at home. Just get your fruit, crush them, add water and sugar, and then put it on heat and boil, until it becomes sticky. Store it in refrigerator, and you will get your own fruit syrup. However, the processed food has less nutrition value than fresh food, espeially for Vitamin C. Under high temperature, Vitamin C can be broken down easily. Therefore, it someone want to get fruit nutrients, fresh fruits are still the first choice.

I find that there is a blogpost written by my classmate Jasveer Brar about the stub "food choice". This blogpost is very helpful for what food we should choose when we are eating due to their nutritive and dietary value. By choosing the right food, our body will be strong and healthy.