Wikipedia Edit: Rastafarian Section of Vegetarianism
When I visited the vegetarianism wikipedia page, the first thing that I realized is that it was already a very substantial page. I found myself reading the religion section of this page, as it was something I had not normally thought of in conjunction with vegetarianism. Within the religion section, I found that the Rastafari portion of this section was very lacking. There Were only three sentences in and one of them was “Most Rastafari are vegetarian. While I knew very little about why Rastafari are vegetarian, I felt that this section deserved expansion. Having eaten at a Rastafarian restaurant while I was in the Caribbean, I felt as though I was slightly qualified to add information to this subject.
This is the original Wikipedia page:
You can see the changes I made to the Rastafari section here:
When researching this topic, I quickly realized why the sectiion was so vague in the first place. Since vegetarianism in Rastafarian religion is more of a guideline than a rule, there was very little factual information that I could add to the page. I added additional information about the “ital” food that was mentioned the previous sentence, since it did not mention what I had found out about it.
After checking in a little bit later, I saw that so far my post has not been removed. This may have something to do with me making my edit in the middle of the night when not many people are on wikipedia. Overall, I thought that editing wikipedia was very easy and I think it is very cool that just about anyone can go in and add information for the world to see. I see where concerns of the legitimacy of information come from, and after doing this assignment I now know to always check where the information is coming from before I can trust it. However, at the same time, I see how great wikipedia can be for finding quick information.
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