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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Spiralizer Wikipedia followup

A few weeks ago I wrote a post titled a spiralizers many uses where I discussed how fabulous the spiralizer kitchen tool was and referenced Wikipedia's entry on the product. To my surprise the entry was extremely short and hardly spoke about the vegetables you could use with the product. In fact, the "Usage" section referenced household products that most people use who also use a spiralizer. I decided to alter the Wikipedia entry to include the actual foods you can use with a spiralizer and how they can be used, for instance, zucchini can be used to make noodles with sauce, and carrots can be used as an edible garnish. I also completely removed the mention of blenders or processors since they didn't pertain to a spiralizer. 

I was so proud, this had been my first time contributing to Wikipedia after many years of using their site. I shared my change with past classmates and my husband. Within seconds they dropped the ball on me that my entry was deleted. I was shocked, and even more shocked to find that a "bot", which is a computerized program made to spot vandalism, deleted my post. Convinced I had made a mistake I went back into the system, double checked everything and reposted with some additional technical information. This time, within minutes a human contributor removed almost all of my post stating I did not reference a section, which I clearly did, so I was forced to react. I then took back their edits and re-entered mine for try #3. Third times a charm, right? Not quite, the human editor then informed me that my multiple references add nothing of significance and therefore edited my post yet again. Needless to say I was pretty heated at this point. 

Here is the current extremely abridged version of what I contributed to:


Spiralizers are often used to produce vegan or vegetarian meals or to transform high calorie meals into healthier options. Recipes containing spiraled ingredients are available on health blogs, (particularly vegan, vegetarian and paleo) and on social media sites.

After my several losses I took a few minutes and chilled out. After reading what was left to my entry I realized that part of my attempt to change the Wikipedia entry was a success. I did get the irrelevant section of other household items removed from the entry and the two sentences remaining were my own. Although I still stand by my additional information that was deleted, I realize that Wikipedia is not the place to argue over a few vegetables. Blogging is a great place to share plenty of information about a product and thus came several posts discussing different vegetable uses. I will still continue to use Wikipedia for quick knowledge of unknown subjects but I'm not sure if I will be contributing to it in the near future. 

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