Wikipedia Revisited

I've checked my wikipedia entry for the false information that I added into the critical reception area on Sunday saying that The Shawshank Redemption won two Academy Awards for Best Actor, Morgan Freeman and Best Adapted Screenplay, though I know that the film didn't win a single Academy Award. It was still on the wikipedia site Monday morning after our class, but I didn't check again until Friday morning and it was deleted. My estimated guess of what happened in the four days in which I didn't check my wikipedia entry, is probably someone from wikipedia erased it sometime during those four days when they saw that it was wrong.

Illustrator Final Image

Here is my recreated Pepsi Twist with lime ad using illustrator. I used the pen tool, pathfinder tool, and live trace tool for my chosen ad. I edited it to the best of my liking and found the right font that I felt was close enough to the font that was used in the ad. I also used the free rotate transform tool to align the words to a different angle.

Illustrator Update Post 2

I'm just about finished recreating the ad I chose on illustrator. I just need to do a couple more things with illustrator before I'm finished and need a little more time before posting my final post. Sorry I don't have an image of what I've done so far, but I was having trouble uploading the image on my blog which I will try to figure out. I will probably need a couple more days to work on this.

Illustrator Progress Post 1

I'm still working to recreate my chosen ad for Illustrator. My progress so far is I'm finishing up what I did in photoshop and plan to transfer it to illustrator so I can put text and edit the ad I chose.

This is the ad I plan to recreate.

Wikipedia Entry Assignment Continued

Day 4: Tuesday, November 24

I've checked to see if any changes occurred or anything has been added to the entry, but nothing has been changed or altered. What I've added to the entry in the summary and critical reception of the film is still there. I plan to see what happens in the next couple of days.

Day 5: Thursday, November 26

Today is Thanksgiving, I've checked my entry and it seems that those who use wikipedia have erased the information that I edited and added to the entry. It seems that wikipedia wasn't keeping an eye on the changes I made because no changes occur a couple of days ago, but since that time, someone must have found my changes not suitable to wikipedia. It does read on the top of the entry, that a clean up may occur if it doesn't meet wikipedia quality standards.

Day 6: Sunday, November 29

I tried to reedit what I changed before, to see if they if they would change it again. They did erase most of what I put, but they did leave one sentence behind that I wrote in the summary, but it was edited to their liking. I've added false information that The Shawshank Redemption won two Oscars for Best Screenplay and Best Actor Morgan Freeman. I will check tommorow as I'm anxious to see if any changes will be made.

Wikipedia Entry Assignment

Day 1: Friday, November 20


I'm searching for wikipedia entries that seem incomplete, outdated, or wrong. I think the entry I'm going to choose is either going to be a movie, television show, or a certain event in history. What I have learned and researched about on wikipedia is how incredibly easy it is to use and change by revising and adding new information. Andrew Keen is right, you don't need much of a brain, wikipedia makes it very simple. Although for certain entries on wikipedia, they have a lock panel, where they don't allow you to use or change anything on the particular entry. Though, there are certain entries that don't have lock panels and you can change or add all you want, by pressing edit on wikipedia and saving.



Day 2: Saturday, November 21


I've decided to choose the movie, The Shawshank Redemption as my wikipedia entry. I feel it's incomplete in certain areas and needs to be added and revised a little bit.

Day 3: Sunday, November 22

I've gone on The Shawshank Redemption entry to make changes about the film and information that I know, but wasn't included. I plan to see if any changes occur or if my changes to the entry remain there or not in a few hours.

Midterm Assignment: Part Two

This is my ad of the Brain Fingerprinting system used in action on a criminal by Dr. Lawerence Farwell, the inventor of this futuristic product. I chose to advertise the Brain Fingerprinting system being used and the slogan "Criminals Must Tell The Truth" because I wanted to emphasize the importance of this product and how criminals may think they can get away with murder, but the Brain Fingerprinting system can say otherwise.