Wikipedia Reviews
Defenestrations of Prague: Revision history
It is listed under high-importance for the Czech Republic and mentions of military history (medical and early-modern) and former countries listed as the Holy Roman Empire. It is a C-class, so it should have some reliable sources but still requires clean up and missing key information. The first edit of this page was in 2005 and includes definitions. Editors discuss the different ways it should be edited, links to other pages, what the classification should be, etc. These edits seem like they are having conversations with each other, like a much larger editing team for a book or article. The latest article was made in December 2025 with a new link directing people to correct information.
Truce of Andrusovo: Revision history
Several edits were made for clarification of information and to specify where the links will direct visitors. Edits made to categories, new categories made, etc. The talk page includes contention over the specific day, illustrating that exact dates in history can be challenging to narrow down and agree upon, especially when multiple voices or stories are being told, as is often the case on Wikipedia.
Genghis Khan: Revision history
Follows a lot of the same ideas as the past two, edits on minor facts, dates, and general grammar and writing. This history is interesting, however, because in some cases it is like the editors are arguing inside of an editing space, saying that someone doesn’t know what they are talking about, and another person is defending themselves. It was almost like I was in a chat room in 2007 when the argument was happening. I think this site was particularly interesting because Genghis Khan is a historical figure that, for some reason, a lot of people have opinions about, and the amount of interaction with this site makes that evident.
Creative Commons License
I think that the best Creative Commons license for our group would be CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. “This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, for noncommercial purposes only. If others modify or adapt the material, they must license the modified material under identical terms.” I think that this best suits our project because we are providing visitors with Devil-Goat Day-related items, and they can turn around and use them in a research project, or if they are just interested in the celebration, they can just look at the items. Because a lot of the items we have found belong to the university, we need to give credit to them, but some are also personal items that they have donated to Special Collections. We want to make sure that people are directed back to Special Collections.
