Saturday, December 10, 2005

Wikipedia changes are finally made

It took me a while to get back to this project as I've been so busy this semester. I changed the description for Encaustic painting to get rid of a toxic description and give a more accurate recipe for making encaustic medium. Also, I clarified how metal tools are actually used, the old definition implied a single way of working with these tools.

Secondly, I added the common name, Damar Varnish, to the Dammar Gum entry. Making it easier for people to find out what Damar Varnish is.

Finally, I did add to the Casein definition as I felt the existing definition was sketchy and could use some further explanation.

I find myself using Wikipedia quite a bit lately. It seems like it's actually more useful than many commercial encyclopedias because the information is much more current. The fact that each page usually has a lot of links also helps to verify the information that is on the pages are accurate. The mere number of people that check this site out and add to it seems like it will in the long run be more accurate than any private company could hope to do.

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