For my Wikipedia article, I decided to write an article about the Sway House in Los Angeles. The reason I chose to write about this is because I knew for a fact there is not much information on social media collaboration houses on the internet. Initially I was going to write about the Hype House, which is the more popular social media collaboration house. I looked up on Wikipedia using the search tab, “hype house”, and nothing came up.
Later that day I found that someone had just made a Wikipedia article on the hype house, so I was no longer able to use this. Then I remembered that I saw on social media that there was a competing group called the sway house. The sway house did not have much publicity therefore making it the new subject of my article. I then decided to submit a proposal through “WP:AFC” which is where you submit articles for creation. You have to get this approved in order to make an article. I then began to write and article by composing the article in something called the sandbox.
There I was able to familiarize myself with the editing tools that Wikipedia provides to write an article. They have a lot of different tools such as ways to cite a person and put name references. There is also error check to help decrease the amount of errors the article contains to it can eventually go through less of a screening process. They also have places where you can insert symbols and many different languages.
I then had my article declined by reviewing articles for consideration. This makes sense due to the errors I had in connecting my account to the sway house and making it legitimate. I then referenced back to the video that was provided about how to create a Wikipedia article. I followed the steps again and was able to have it approved to be written.
Then, when it came to writing the article I had a lot of issues finding information on the internet that pertained to the sway house because the hype house is the most prominent one. I looked at different websites that provided information on the different members, why they started the sway house, their social media accounts, and everything that went into starting it. I had to do research on many different websites by watching their YouTube videos, analyzing their social media and so on. I also used my personal knowledge that I have gathered form just following these influencers on social media and the information they have provided personally.
Finally when I finished writing the article I had a lot of trouble citing on the Wikipedia page because it was hard to follow the instructions pertaining to this. I then submitted the article for review and posted it to Wikipedia. I made sure to correct my spelling and make sure I had all my facts straight.
It shortly after told me that they were denying my article. I think this is because my article was too impartial and it didn’t give all the right facts of the sway house. If there was more information on the internet it would have made it easier.
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