Wikipedia Article

This was quite an interesting project! I always knew that Wikipedia was a website where anyone could update the information but I never really thought about doing it myself! So much fun! At first, it was difficult for me to find a topic to write about. I am currently studying Human Ecology (Fashion Marketing) and therefore, I wanted to choose a subject that had to do with the fashion and retailing industry. It was difficult finding something in this field that I could research and that hadn't already been written about. I wish it was easier to find stubs on the website. Sure, they are organized nicely into categories but if you are wanting to find a certain topic it would have been much easier to have a search engine to search the stubs for you.

Initially, I was going to write on the fashion companies Free People or Cole Haan. These are both fashion and accessory companies that I am familiar with. I later found that they would be very difficult to get references for and most of the critical information from their official websites were already on the page. Therefore, I had to choose a different topic. I ended up going with Jacques Cartier (the jeweler), one of the brothers who helped create the luxury Cartier jewelry line. There was lots of information from credible sources that I was able to cite on this topic. I also added a referenced picture.

I have always loved Cartier jewelry. It has been something that we have studied in some of my class and even though I can't afford any Cartier jewelry right now, I plan to own some when I am older. Cartier jewelry and watches are timeless. It was fun for me to looks for sources and learn more about how this business was started.

Through looking at other blogs and Wikipedia articles from the students in the ALES class has been interesting too. I have noticed that lots of students are having trouble when it comes to referencing and citing and I did as well! One Wikipedia article that stuck out to me was the one on Textile Design by Katy Cheung. Katy is in the same program as me so it was interesting reading about some of the information that we have used in our classes. She used some of our textbooks as reference as well, so I know that they are credible. I though she did a great job on her article!

This was a great assignment because I truly think that I learned a lot about Wikipedia.

**Please note: My wikipedia username is kelseymacd.