Check that off the bucket list. (kind of?)

Yes. I have now edited a Wikipedia article. I didn't even stress over word selection - because it was a number that I corrected. A search of BYU's online catalog listed 26 PhD programs. However the Wikipedia article on BYU listed the number of doctoral programs as 25. [Which makes me wonder how often the other numbers are updated] So I edited it.

Then the turmoil began. I found another reference to the same count later in the document and edited that. After I edited the second count, I noticed that it had a citation, so I checked it (which I should have done BEFORE editing). The citation was from BYU's website. On the web page it mentioned "as of Fall '07", and so I assumed it was accurate for that date. Rather than find a reference that backed my edit from searching and counting, I reverted both of my edits (call me lazy).

Kind of fruitless work, but in the process I discovered that there is a talk page for each Wikipedia article (a wiki with a history) and each editor can also create his/her own talk page as well (also a wiki with a history). So I created my own talk page and explained my two edits that I had promptly reverted. I also added my talk page to my 'watchlist' to see what, if anything, happens. I'm not holding my breath. :-) Read More......